People Living Near The Mill Creek Want 'Environmental Justice'

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The Mill Creek runs behind Pamela Woods' backyard where just a few miles away, the 112-year-old Lunkenheimer Valve Company still stands as an abandoned building. In 2019, the EPA removed hazardous waste from the site.
Woods and her friend Midge Jackson are having a hard time being patient. "If they're not going to tear the place down, they're not doing anything to unify it," says Jackson. "The windows are busted out... It's a hazard." 
The U.S. EPA's Steve Renninger oversaw the hazardous waste clean-up at Lunkenheimer after the Cincinnati Fire Department warned of the danger.
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They were glad to hear The Port is in the very early stages of trying to acquire Lunkenheimer, tear it down and redevelop the site. Since its founding, the economic development agency says it has cleaned up more than 250 acres, impacting nearly 50 properties in Hamilton County. But more than 1,300 vacant industrial properties in the Mill Creek Valley remain.

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