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Bay Journal: New owner all fired up to raise Sparrows Point from the ashes

New firm has local roots and commitment to clean up years of contamination created by Bethlehem Steel’s furnaces.

Michael Pedone’s to-do list looks something like this: Wake up. Watch dismantling of what was once the world’s largest steel mill. Figure out how to clean up a 3,100-acre site where dangerous contaminants have filled the air and water for more than 100 years. Find companies that might want to relocate to such a place. Oh, and get the phones working.

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