[CPEO-BIF] Buick City cleanup proposal, Flint, Michigan

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

News Release No. 10-OPA007
U.S. EPA Region 5
January 28, 2010


EPA holds public comment period on Buick City cleanup proposal, hearing 
Feb. 18, 5:30 p.m.


(CHICAGO – Jan. 28, 2010) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 
opens a public comment period tomorrow on a range of cleanup options 
that address historical contamination on the Southend portion of the 
former General Motors Buick City property in Flint, Mich. A public 
hearing will be held Feb. 18, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., at Mott Community 
College’s Regional Technology Center Auditorium, 1401 E. Court St. The 
comment period runs from Jan. 28 to Feb. 28, 2010.nd water polluted by 
gasoline and hydraulic fluid. At present, the ground water contamination 
is contained within the site boundaries and has not affected local 
drinking water supplies or reached the Flint River.

Current owner Motors Liquidation Co. is preparing the Southend portion 
of the 452-acre property for potential redevelopment. The Southend 
includes the area south of Leith Street, bounded to the east by Cole 
Boulevard and the Flint River and to the south by Harriet Street. The 
Northend portion of Buick City will be addressed separately.

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For the entire release, see
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/60b04f1c2d3297ce852576b9005c5e37?OpenDocument

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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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