COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Ohio's environmental agency canceled plans Monday to treat groundwater at a Cold War-era weapons site using federal stimulus money.
The state initially planned to give a private company $1.1 million for the work, causing confusion among federal officials who had already declared the former RMI Extrusion Plant near Ashtabula cleaned up.
The company, Absorbent Materials Co. LLC of Wooster, didn't provide documentation that the work was needed, according to a review by the Ohio environmental Protection Agency. Also, various public and private sources state there is no known remaining contamination, the agency said.
CEO Stephen Spoonamore said Monday he was aware of the state's decision and that he asked the agency to remove his application after learning his company had incorrect data.
The RMI Extrusion Plant, about 50 miles northeast of Cleveland, processed uranium for nuclear programs between 1962 and 1988.
Federal regulators celebrated the end of cleanup with a ceremony in 2007 featuring then-Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman.
About 1.1 million metric tons of waste was removed at the 42-acre site over a decade-long cleanup program, according to the U.S. Energy Department. The plant's main buildings also were removed, leaving a mostly vacant lot.
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