Last Friday, I attended the Clean Ohio Council meeting with my client Miceli Dairy Products, Inc. (Miceli Dairy). I had worked with Miceli Dairy over the last couple years on evaluating five parcels of property adjacent to their current facility on which the Dairy would like to expand its operations.
The Dairy submitted an application
In Ohio, the clean up program of choice for brownfields and industrial sites currently used is the Voluntary Action Program (VAP). The program is designed to give a tremendous amount of flexibility to property owners and companies in terms of the nature and extent of clean up performed on their property.
Instead of the traditional
In working on brownfield redevelopment projects, I find that addressing old underground storage tanks (USTs) or hazardous waste (RCRA) units can be one of the trickiest issues to address.
Why are these two issues tricky? Because they complicate the clean up process under Ohio’s Voluntary Action Program (VAP).
Due to the flexibility under the
As of July 1st, the Clean Ohio Assistance Fund (COAF) has been injected with new funding. Below is the update recently sent out by the Ohio Department of Development.
I have heard that the 25% set aside for clean up projects has already been accounted for fifteen days into July. Obviously, there must have been projects
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The State has announced the latest modifications to the Clean Ohio Assistance Fund (COAF) policies which provides up to $300,000 for Phase II environmental assessments and up to $750,000 for brownfield clean up. The State released its COAF policy update last month.
Unlike the Clean Ohio Revitalization Fund (CORF), COAF grants are given out on a rolling basis
The Ohio House has introduced a bill that would provide a tax incentive to clean up contaminated properties. House Bill 10, if enacted, would provide an exemption from penalties as well as a tax credit to encourage companies to voluntarily remediate property.
Similar to other existing tax incentives, the bill encourages companies to remediate property under Ohio’s Voluntary
I was interviewed for a story on the local NPR station in Cleveland about a Northeast Ohio company that nearly went bankrupt because of confusion over Ohio’s brownfield tax abatement law. The title of the story was "How a Poorly Worded Tax Rule Nearly Bankrupted Ohio’s Oldest Company." Listen to the whole story by clicking