The OPSB today authorized South Branch Solar, LLC and Border Basin I, LLC to construct solar-powered electric generating facilities in Hancock County. The OPSB also approved AEP Ohio Transmission Company’s plans to construct a 138 kilovolt (kV) electric transmission line in Franklin County.
Registration is now open for the 2023 Ohio Brownfields Conference, which will be held in Columbus on May 9, 2023. The Early Bird deadline has been extended until Friday, March 3, 2023. Conference topics will include brownfields funding, public-private partnerships in brownfields remediation, remediation and the VAP process, and more.
The Village of Crestline announced today that the Ohio Water Development Authority (OWDA) has funded a $14.9 million Water Pollution Control Loan. The loan was approved by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA) earlier this month, and now the Village can move forward with the $19.5 million relocation and rebuild of their existing sewer plant. Groundbreaking is tentatively scheduled for March 20, and the construction is expected to be completed within two years.
The Huron County Business Advisory Council (BAC) hosted an “Engineering Day” for high school students who tested for an Architecture, Construction, or Engineering aptitude. These students visited area businesses, including the Huron County Engineer’s Office, BORGERS, Fabriweld, Mark Schaffer Excavating & Trucking and a presentation about the Engineering Tech program at EHOVE.
In November, Barberton Community Foundation purchased the former B&P Polishing property located at 401 Newell Street in Barberton, Ohio. The long-vacant, 36-acre site will be redeveloped for industrial use and several prospects have been identified, with a local company already claiming 15 of those acres for expansion.