[CPEO-BIF] Battery parts maker seeks land in Battle Creek, Michigan

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Battery parts maker seeks land in Battle Creek

Elizabeth Willis
Battle Creek Enquirer (MI)
December 2, 2009

A battery parts manufacturer requested to lease and possibly purchase 
land in Battle Creek.

The Japanese-owned Toda America Inc. has expressed an interest in 
expanding its ability to provide materials for lithium-ion batteries 
used in hybrid vehicle technology.

On Tuesday, the Battle Creek Tax Increment Finance Authority approved 
the sale of a little more than 18 acres along West Dickman Road in the 
Fort Custer Industrial Park to Toda America for $100,000.

...

The land is contaminated with metals such as arsenic, lead, cobalt and 
manganese at levels higher than what occurs in nature, probably due to 
oils and other chemicals that have leached into the soil.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/article/20091202/NEWS01/912020306/Battery-parts-maker-seeks-land-in-Battle-Creek

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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
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