Warren gets grant to clean polluted land

WARREN — The city will receive a $1,358,607 Clean Ohio Revitalization Fund grant to conduct environmental remediation activities at the former Mahoningside Power Plant at 650 Summit St. N.W. along the Mahoning River. The earliest known use of the site was for the production of electric lamps and bulbs by the Sterling Electrical Manufacturing Co. The most consistent use of the site was for generation of electricity. Previously, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency funded an extensive polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) cleanup at the property, but additional remedial activities are needed to make the property safe and ready for reuse. With Clean Ohio funding, the City will be able to complete demolition and remediation at the site and begin marketing the land for either commercial or industrial use. Warren’s grant is among 11, totaling about $20 million, approved for brownfield clean-up projects by the Ohio Department of Development.