[CPEO-BIF] Harbor Shores golf course, Benton Harbor, Michigan

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Back on course

Judge dismisses lawsuit against Harbor Shores golf course; plaintiffs 
contend swap of parkland for river frontage is bad for environment

By EVAN GOODENOW
Herald-Palladium (MI)
January 19, 2010

BENTON HARBOR - Harbor Shores developers have chipped out of a legal 
sand trap with the dismissal of a lawsuit seeking to block construction 
of three holes of the project's golf course at Jean Klock Park.

...

Plaintiffs contended the swap of the approximately 21-acre golf course 
land for 38 acres along the Paw Paw and St. Joseph rivers was a bad deal 
because the 38 acres are contaminated with arsenic and heavy metals that 
could leach into the waterways. The plaintiffs asserted the 
environmental impact wasn't fully considered.

However, Bell's 57-page decision found the National Parks Service's 
analysis of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Michigan Department of 
Environmental Quality environmental studies were comprehensive and 
labeled the plaintiff's contention "unsupported speculation."

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.heraldpalladium.com/articles/2010/01/19/local_news/1134653.txt

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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>
http://www.cpeo.org



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