2005 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 28 Mar 2005 21:35:00 -0000
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] No cleanup at Bay City (MI) development site
 
DEQ says underground chemicals in city don't need to be cleaned up



By Jeff Kart
Bay City Times (MI) 
March 28, 2005

An underground plume of chemicals near a Bay City riverfront condominium
project likely will be left in place rather than cleaned up, the state
Department of Environmental Quality says. 

A local environmental group says the problem shouldn't be ignored, since
the plume may be leaching into the Saginaw River. 

The Lone Tree Council wants the Dow Chemical Co. to clean up the mess.
Dow says no action is needed. 

Dow owns property at First and Water streets that once was home to Dow
Specialty Products, which reportedly stored Agent Orange at the site up
until the 1970s or '80s. 

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.mlive.com/news/bctimes/index.ssf?/base/news-4/1112026534183370.xml

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
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