IV.D.3. Location Swan Cleaners is located in the City of Mansfield, County of Richland, State of Ohio

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1 Richland County Land Bank Court House, Lower Level One 50 Park Avenue East Mansfield, Ohio Narrative Information Sheet Applicant Identification Richland County Land Reutilization Corporation 50 Park Avenue East Mansfield, Ohio IV.D.2. Funding Requested IV.D.2.a. Grant Type Single Site Cleanup IV.C.2.b. Federal Funds Requested IV.D.2.b.i Funds Requested $500, IV.D.2.b.ii Cost Share Waiver No Cost Share Waiver Requested. IV.D.2.c Contamination Hazardous Substances IV.D.3. Location Swan Cleaners is located in the City of Mansfield, County of Richland, State of Ohio IV.D.4. Property Information Swan Cleaners 165 Park Avenue West, Mansfield, Ohio IV.D.5. Contacts IV.D.5.a. Project Director Amy Hamrick, Richland County Land Reutilization Corporation Manager Park Avenue East, Mansfield, Ohio Richland County Land Bank is the Registered Trade Name for the Richland County Land Reutilization Corporation

2 IV.D.5.b. Chief Executive/Highest Ranking Elected Official Bart Hamilton, Chairman of the Board of Directors / Richland County Treasurer bhamilton@richlandcountyoh.us 50 Park Avenue East, Mansfield, Ohio IV.D.6. Population Population of Mansfield Ohio is 46,720 (( population estimates 2017) IV.D.7. Other Factors Checklist Other Factors Page # Community population is 10,000 or less. The applicant is, or will assist, a federally recognized Indian tribe or United States territory. The proposed brownfield site(s) is impacted by mine-scarred land. Secured firm leveraging commitment ties directly to the project and will facilitate completion of the project/redevelopment; secured resource is identified in the 3 Narrative and substantiated in the attached documentation. The proposed site(s) is adjacent to a body of water (i.e., the border of the site(s) is contiguous or partially contiguous to the body of water, or would be contiguous or partially contiguous with a body of water but for a street, road, or other public thoroughfare separating them). The proposed site(s) is in a federally designated flood plain. The redevelopment of the proposed cleanup site(s) will facilitate renewable energy from wind, solar, or geothermal energy; or any energy efficiency improvement projects. IV.D.8. Letter from the State or Tribal Environmental Authority Hardship Waiver Request

3 III.B. Threshold Criteria for Cleanup Grants III.B.1 Applicant Eligibility Richland County Land Reutilization Corporation 50 Park Avenue East, Mansfield, Ohio Public Charity Status 170(b)(1)(A)(vi) Federal Income Tax under IRS code (IRC) Section 501(c)(3) III.B.2 Previously Awarded Cleanup Grants Richland County Land Reutilization Corporation affirms that Swan Cleaners located at 165 Park Avenue West, Mansfield, Ohio has not received funding from a previously awarded EPA Brownfields Cleanup Grant. III.B.3 Site Ownership Richland County Land Reutilization Corporation took ownership of Swan Cleaners located at 165 Park Avenue West, Mansfield, Ohio, from the Richland County Auditors Forfeited land list pursuant to Ohio Revised Code January, III.B.4 Basic Site Information Swan Cleaners 165 Park Avenue West, Mansfield, Ohio Owner: Richland County Land Reutilization Corporation III.B.5 Status and History of Contamination at the Site a) The Swan Cleaners site (0.36 acres of commercial land) is contaminated with hazardous substances, primarily chlorinated solvents. b) The contamination resulted from the operations on site of a dry cleaners during the period 1946 to The site ceased operations in 2014, and there have been no other activities on the property since then. c) There are confirmed impacts of perchloroethene and trichloroethene to the soil, soil vapor, and indoor air to the two-story, 15,424 square foot former dry cleaner building. d) The Site was contaminated from the historic operations and disposal practices of the dry cleaning fluids used at the Site. It appears source of the contamination is from releases to the soil beneath the building. It does not appear the groundwater is impacted. III.B.6 Brownfields Site Definition Richland County Land Reutilization Corporation affirms that Swan Cleaners located at 165 Park Avenue West, Mansfield, Ohio 44902, is not listed on the National Priorities List, it is not subject to unilateral administrative orders, court orders, administrative orders on consent, or judicial consent decrees issued to or entered into by parties under CERCLA. It is not subject to jurisdiction, custody, or control of the United States government. It is a commercial real property, that provided dry cleaning services (all dry cleaning was done on site), where redevelopment and reuse is complicated by the presence of hazardous substances, pollutants, and contaminants.

4 III.B.7 Environmental Assessment Required for Cleanup Proposals A Phase II ESA was conducted in September 2018 to evaluate the potential impacts of chlorinated solvents used during the dry cleaning operations at the Site to the soil, groundwater, and indoor air. Borings were drilled and soil, soil vapor, and indoor air samples were collected on the Site. Groundwater was not found to a depth of the bedrock, approximately 15 feet below grade. Results of the sampling and analyses indicated that soil was impacted above the Ohio EPA Voluntary Action Program (VAP) cleanup standards, and indoor air was also impacted above Ohio EPA VPA standards. Asbestos containing materials are also present on the Site. III.B.8 Enforcement or Other Actions There are no known ongoing or anticipated environmental enforcement or other actions related to the site for which Brownfields Grant funding is sought. III.B.9 Sites Requiring a Property-Specific Determination The Richland County Land Reutilization Corporation affirms that the Site does not need a Property-Specific Determination. III.B.10 Threshold Criteria Related to CERCLA/Petroleum Liability III.B.10.a Property Ownership Eligibility - Hazardous Substance Sites III.B.10.a.i Exemptions to CERCLA Liability III.B.10.a.i.3 Property Acquired Under Certain Circumstances by Units of State and Local Government Bart Hamilton, Treasurer, Richland County, Ohio foreclosed Swan Cleaners, 165 Park Avenue West, Mansfield, Ohio for unpaid taxes (total due 12/14/2018 $28,898.06) Case Number 17 cv 17R. Property was offered for sale by Richland County Sheriff s department October 13, 2017 and again on October 27, 2017 and did not sell. Therefore, it was forfeited to the State of Ohio November 20, December 23, 2013, Richland County Commissioners moved to approve a resolution pursuant to ORC (A)(2) designating the Richland County Land Reutilization Corporation as the agency for the reclamation, rehabilitation and reutilization of vacant, abandoned, tax foreclosed, and other real property in the County, directing the Corporation to act on behalf and in cooperation with the County in exercising the powers and preforming the duties of the County under ORC Richland County Land Reutilization Corporation requested deed from County Auditor. Deed was recorded. Richland County Land Reutilization Corporation affirms that we did not cause or contribute to any release of hazardous substances, did not transport hazardous substances or other wise to or from Swan Cleaners located at 165 Park Avenue West, Mansfield, Ohio

5 III.B.11 Cleanup Authority and Oversight Structure III.B.11.a Cleanup Oversight The Richland County Land Bank will oversee the cleanup grant and implementation in continuance of our Ohio EPA technical brownfield assessment for the Site. The Land Bank is working closely with Ohio EPA personnel and Richland County Health Department to insure Swan Cleaners complies with all Ohio EPA s Voluntary Action Program (VAP) in order to receive a Covenant Not To Sue for the Site. This Covenant is vital to our redevelopment plan. III.B.11.b Access to Adjacent Properties Richland County Land Bank has already received permission from neighboring properties for testing. We are working especially close with Ace Auto, the property likely down gradient and directly east of the Site, Swan Cleaners. There is approximately 20 feet between the 2 structures. Ace Auto has already signed an Ohio EPA Consent to Access form. III.B.12 Community Notification III.B.12.a Draft Analysis of Brownfields Cleanup Alternatives See attached ABCA III.B.12.b Community Notification Ad PUBLIC NOTICE EPA BROWNFIELDS CLEANUP GRANT PROPOSAL RICHLAND COUNTY LAND REUTILIZATION CORPORATION The Richland County Land Reutilization Corporation (Land Bank) is applying for up to $500, Brownfield Cleanup Grant from the United States Environmental Protection Agency for activities associated with the remediation of the former Swan Cleaners facility located at 165 Park Avenue West, Mansfield, Ohio. As part of the application process, the Land Bank is required to obtain public input to their proposal, which is due January 31, Starting January 16, 2019, copy of the grant proposal, including the draft ABCA will be available for public review on the Land Banks website ( and in the Land Bank office located 50 Park Avenue East, Mansfield, Ohio, Lower Level 1. The Land Bank will also discuss the draft proposal and consider response comments at a public meeting on January 16, 2019 at 1:00 pm in the Land Bank office located 50 Park Avenue East, Mansfield, Ohio, Lower Level 1. The Land Bank will consider and respond to and/or incorporate all substantial written comments provided by January 19, Written comments should be directed by to ahamrick@richlandcountyoh.us or by US Mail to Amy Hamrick, Land Bank Manager, 50 Park Avenue East, Mansfield, Ohio Published in the Mansfield News Journal on January 9, 2019 III.B.12.c Public Meeting See attached documentation from January 16, 2019 public meeting. III.B.12.d Submission of Community Notification Documents

6 See attached submission of community notification documents. III.B.13 Statutory Cost Share III.B.13.a Meet Required Cost Share The Board of Directors approved, January 9, 2019, to set aside $100, from 2018 DTAC (Richland County Commissioner's approved for Land Bank use five percent of all collections of delinquent real property, personal property, manufactured and mobile home taxes) funds to be used for the environmental cleanup of Swan Cleaners. III.B.13.b Hardship Waiver Not applying for hardship waiver.