[CPEO-BIF] Erwin Orchards, Lyon, Michigan

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Plan to build subdivisions in orchards dismissed by township

By James Mitchell
South Lyon Herald (MI)
August 3, 2006

Developers hoping to turn the Erwin Orchards into a 
residential-and-retail community have three choices now that township 
officials soundly rejected their latest plan: Walk away from the table, 
try again, or wait and see how the courts view the property in question.

Last week's proposal added a new topic to the discussion: Beztak's plan 
would require the township to finance the removal of arsenic from soil 
in the orchards. Beztak proposed that Lyon Township enter into a 
"Brownfield" agreement to pay for restoring the land.

"That's ridiculous," said Township Supervisor Lannie Young. "The 
Brownfield law was designed to help develop orphan properties, but this 
is a developable piece of property. I would never support a Brownfield."

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For the entire article, see
http://hometownlife.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060803/NEWS19/608030726/1036

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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