Monday, December 12, 2005

 

So you want into VAP, here’s how

By Paul E. Kostyu
Copley Columbus Bureau Chief

MASSILLON - There could be hundreds of brownfield sites spread across Stark and Tuscarawas counties waiting to be cleaned of their pollution and redeveloped. It’s hard to know the exact number, the amount and seriousness of pollution and the cost of cleanup.

One of them is the 350-acre Republic Technologies International site near the intersection of Ohio 21 and U.S. 30 in Massillon. Owners Steve and Dave DiPietro and Pete Bitzel are promoting it as a possible location for a casino operated by the Eastern Shawnee Native American tribe.

If they want to use Ohio’s Voluntary Action Program in the cleanup effort, here’s what they have to do:
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