In my four part blog post series- Rethinking Brownfield Redevelopment in Ohio- the final post advocated for a new Ohio liability protection law for buyers of contaminated property. The new law would provide brownfield redevelopers liability protection faster and at a lower cost than the current Ohio Voluntary Action Program (VAP).
I suggested looking to
This is the third post in a series of four assessing the current state of brownfield redevelopment in the State of Ohio. This third post will evaluate the progress Ohio has made in the last twenty years with regard to addressing brownfields.
Current Options for Addressing Environmental Liability
As discussed extensively in the prior posts
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Rumors abound that the Kasich Administration is seriously considering totally overhauling the Clean Ohio brownfield grant program. Multiple sources have indicated that the Administration is discussing internally making the next round of Clean Ohio the last for the program in its current form.
During the transportation engineers conference in Columbus, Governor Kasich made remarks that
These are great times to investigating potential brownfield projects in Ohio. The State has two pots of money available under its Clean Ohio brownfield program. 1) the Clean Ohio Revitalization Fund (CORF); and 2) the Clean Ohio Assistance Fund (COAF). CORF is a competitive grant process where applications are pooled into rounds and the top projects in