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By Associated Press
POSTED: 08:41 p.m. EDT, Jul 08, 2008
GARFIELD HEIGHTS: The state has sued a Cleveland suburb and a shopping center built atop a former dump, alleging erosion of polluted soil and failure to monitor escaping methane gas.
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency lawsuit was filed Monday in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court against City View Center and Garfield Heights. The city had agreed to maintain the shopping center if the owners and operators didn't.
Mayor Thomas Longo declined comment on the lawsuit. He said today that the mall didn't pose a health hazard. He said he was working to resolve the legal dispute and said the project was important to the community.
John McGill, City View part-owner and president of the developer McGill Property Group, said today that the location had been cleaned up properly and posed ''no health or safety problems for tenants, shoppers or the community.''
The complaint asked that construction at the mall, which includes a Wal-Mart, a Giant Eagle supermarket and Chipotle restaurant, stop until problems are fixed.
''We hope this lawsuit will bring the owners and operators of City View Center into environmental compliance for the sake of the health and safety of shopping center patrons and employees, as well as the local community,'' said Robert Eubanks, assistant Ohio attorney general for environmental enforcement.
The mall opened in 2006. Workers cleared 48.6 million cubic feet of dirt and garbage from the site, creating a mound overlooking the shopping center.
GARFIELD HEIGHTS: The state has sued a Cleveland suburb and a shopping center built atop a former dump, alleging erosion of polluted soil and failure to monitor escaping methane gas.
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency lawsuit was filed Monday in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court against City View Center and Garfield Heights. The city had agreed to maintain the shopping center if the owners and operators didn't.
Mayor Thomas Longo declined comment on the lawsuit. He said today that the mall didn't pose a health hazard. He said he was working to resolve the legal dispute and said the project was important to the community.
John McGill, City View part-owner and president of the developer McGill Property Group, said today that the location had been cleaned up properly and posed ''no health or safety problems for tenants, shoppers or the community.''
The complaint asked that construction at the mall, which includes a Wal-Mart, a Giant Eagle supermarket and Chipotle restaurant, stop until problems are fixed.
''We hope this lawsuit will bring the owners and operators of City View Center into environmental compliance for the sake of the health and safety of shopping center patrons and employees, as well as the local community,'' said Robert Eubanks, assistant Ohio attorney general for environmental enforcement.
The mall opened in 2006. Workers cleared 48.6 million cubic feet of dirt and garbage from the site, creating a mound overlooking the shopping center.
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