[CPEO-BIF] AAR Cadillac Manufacturing, Cadillac, Michigan

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Michigan, manufacturer reach deal on contamination

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Business Week
July 2, 2010


CADILLAC, Mich. - Groundwater contamination linked to a plant in 
northwestern lower Michigan that makes air cargo containers for the 
military will be cleaned up as part of an agreement between the state 
and the manufacturer, officials said.

Contamination from the degreaser trichloroethylene, which can cause 
cancer, was found at the AAR Cadillac Manufacturing property in the 
1980s. Under a settlement announced Thursday, new groundwater monitoring 
will be installed and contamination from under the AAR building will be 
removed.

The state Department of Natural Resources and Environment said the 
agreement will resolve issues surrounding trichloroethylene 
contamination from the property.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9GN2P280.htm

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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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