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MIAMISBURG -- Work has ground to a halt on the final piece of the $1 billion environmental remediation of the old Mound atomic plant, and a battle is shaping up over whether the job will be completed and who will pay for it.
U.S. Rep. Mike Turner, who led efforts in 2005 to earmark $30 million for the cleanup of radioactive and chemical hazards in an old Mound landfill, said the Energy Department is obliged to pay to finish the job. The Energy Department, which owns the site and doesn't believe the landfill cleanup was ever environmentally necessary, gave $4.5 million toward the project earlier this fall and plans to walk away from it early next year if local officials don't come up with the estimated $5 million that's still needed.See the full content of this document
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Cost Overruns Halt Cleanup at Mound Plant
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