Calif lab study prompts rethink of tank cleanup costs
California researchers say costly soil cleanups for leaking fuel tanks may be unnecessary, urging fewer required remediations. Ohio regulators doubt immediate regulatory changes, leaving city and county owners facing steep, potentially avoidable costs. Elyria weighs savings if Ohio rules loosen, awaiting Cedar Street fire station test results in about two weeks. Cleanup costs rise with contamination. benzene levels could boost waste designation and expenses. The Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Relief Bureau reimburses many costs to owners.
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Flyria
California
Cedar Street
Greg Castle
David Reeder
Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Relief Compensation Bureau
Ohio
Grand jury to begin talks in ethics probe
A special grand jury in Columbus will start deliberations Monday in the probe of lobbyist payments to state lawmakers. Indictments could come by week’s end as prosecutors consider deals. The first conviction in the case came in a plea by The Limited Service Corp. to falsification counts involving unreported honorariums.
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Columbus
Columbus Dispatch
Franklin County
George M. Ellis
Dispatch
Kari Kittrell
Limited Service Corp
the Limited Inc
Senate
Stanley
Aronoff
Rincinnati
House
Vern Riffe Jr
Joint Legislative Ethics Committee
Riffe
High winds bend and break area trees
More than 50 mph winds felled trees and dropped temperatures across the region on Saturday. In Bay Village a gust toppled a tree that crushed a two car garage near Sutcliffe Drive around 1:30 p.m. Firefighters reported no damage estimate. In New Russia Township a tree blocked Quarry Road early Saturday. Meteorologist Frank Kieltyka noted 53 mph gusts in Lorain and a 20s wind chill with a 50 degree high earlier.
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Ilyria
Bay Village
Sutcliffe Drive
Lorain County
Quarry Road
New Russia Township
Lorain
Frank Kieltyka
Weather Service
Browns Backers protest Modell move to Baltimore
About 50 protesters gathered in Baltimore despite rain and wind to oppose Art Modell moving the Cleveland Browns there. They carried Save Our Browns signs and urged Maryland officials to block the deal, arguing funds should go to schools and criticizing Gov. Glendenning. Cleveland officials have sued Modell over the relocation plan.
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Baltimore
Art Modell
Cleveland Browns
Save Our Browns
Camden Yards
Inner Harbor
Terry Hunt
Modell
Parris Glendening
Browns
Cleveland
Maryland
Richard Hunt
Terry
Craig Rosche
Central Pennsylvania
Ohio
Laura Massie
Washington D.C
Massie
Parris Spendering
Washington Redskins
Prince George's County
RTA opens Park-N Ride to ease Lorain County commutes
The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority unveiled a 550 space Park-N-Ride lot on Sperry Road in Westlake to serve rush hour commuters to downtown Cleveland. Route 246 and 55X/55K buses run from the site with frequent departures, and transfers link Lorain County Transit lines though fare remains separate. The project, which began with 300 spaces in December and will reach 550 this spring, aims to be RTA’s largest Park-N-Ride.
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Westlake
Lorain County
Cleveland
Greater
Columbia Road
Ontario Street
Ontario
Huron Road
Superior Avenue
East 12Th Street
Prospect Avenue
RTA
Mike Conway
12Th Street
Rockwell Avenue
Lake Road
Clifton Boulevard
West Shoreway
Cleveland State University
CSU
Conway
Ing
LCT
Loram City Hall
Miller Road
Elyria
North Ridgeville
Midway Mall
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Timthy Coey
Elyria Safety Service
Castle
Cne
Janine Exner
Chrgingle
Alec Jones
Philip
West Branch
Elyna Public Library
Grand Jury
Mark Ross
Denise Rychel
National Weather Service
Medina
Erie
Kieltyka
Lorain County Community College
Lorain Road
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