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Cemex land now in city’s hands
FAIRBORN — City officials have taken possession of a former Cemex cement plant, the first step in transforming the site into a training ground for medical first responders.
The city has $3 million in state and federal grants from the Environmental Protection Agency and Clean Ohio to cleanup the property on Xenia Avenue for Wright State University’s National Center for Medical Readiness Tactical Laboratory, also called Calamityville.
“Cemex is very generous for donating this property to us,” said Deborah McDonnell, who has been working to bring the project to Fairborn since becoming city manager in 2007.
Asbestos in buildings on the site must be removed as well as other hazards including soil containing trichloroethene an industrial solvent. Environmental consultants estimate the cleanup could cost up to $4.4 million, according to city and university records, but McDonnell and university officials said last month they were confident it would cost much less.
Cemex turned the 70 acre property, which includes buildings, tunnels and other structures that will be reused for training, over to Fairborn by the June 30 deadline stipulated in the cleanup grants.
Work at the site is expected to begin by fall, but city and university officials are expected to hold an exhibition at the site later this month to give elected leaders and others an idea how Calamityville will operate.
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By what?
July 7, 2009 3:11 PM | Link to this
Generous? Three million divided by seventy acres is almost $43,000 per acre. In addition, will Cemex take a tax deduction on their “donation”. They couldn’t give away that site to any other user. NCR used the state, and now Cemex. Generous?By Generous?
July 9, 2009 12:29 PM | Link to this
Hoo, baby, yeah it’s GENEROUS to donate a toxic waste dump and let someone else worry about paying for the clean-up of the mess you left! Eventually, Clamityville will be a positive thing for Fairborn if the hazardous waste can be succesfully removed, but I don’t think anyone can correctly call Cemex ‘very generous’. Ms. McDonnel et al have relieved Cemex of a HUGE problem.