Ohio

Fernald Uranium Plant Settlement Almost Completed

By Cleveland Law Library

The Ohio EPA and federal government have reached a proposed $13.75 million dollar settlement to restore the natural resources at the former Fernald, Ohio uranium plant. According to the EPA's press release, this settlement would end 22 years of litigation over damages to the site and grondwater below from uranium leakage at the plant. The notice also indicated that the funds will be used "to protect and improve surface water, ground water and ecological resources as well as to reimburse some of Ohio?s costs in assessing the damages to the natural resources." In addition, the goal of surface restoration at the site "is to help return the property to scientific estimates of the pre-settlement habitats." Apparently, the federal DOE has already spent over $14.4 million dollars on soil and water clean-up, as well as another $4.4 million on general site clean-up. Click here to read the proposed decree and browse a history of the Fernald site,

Full post as published by Cleveland Law Library Weblog on July 11, 2008 (boomark / email).