[CPEO-BIF] Eberspaecher North America, Brighton, Michigan

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Another creative use of Brownfields assistance in Michigan ...


German auto supplier may expand Brighton plant


By Tom Tolen
The Livingston Community News (MI)
June 6, 2008

Eberspaecher North America, a major German-owned automotive supplier, 
wants to expand and retool its Brighton plant with a $50 million 
investment, but first needs help from the city and state.

...

Berry said ENA would need a Brownfield plan resolution by the city's 
Brownfield Redevelopment Authority Board and the City Council which, if 
approved by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation would enable 
the company to obtain state of Michigan business tax credits.

That, coupled with a requested 12-year property tax abatement from the 
city, "will facilitate this investment," Berry said in the letter.

Foster said testing done at the site, which abuts the existing plant, 
show "trace levels of metals" that qualify it as a Brownfield site but 
would not require cleanup.


...

For the entire article, see
http://blog.mlive.com/lcn/2008/06/german_auto_supplier_may_expan.html
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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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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