[CPEO-BIF] Bay Harbor development, Little Traverse Bay, Michigan

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Clean up efforts at Bay Harbor moving to local option


CMS Land officials share perspective on project to date; see treatment 
plant as best solution

By CHARLES O'NEILL
HARBOR SPRINGS HARBOR LIGHT (MI)
January 5, 2011

For the past six years, environmental clean-up efforts have been 
underway on the southern shore of Little Traverse Bay following the 
discovery of high pH chemical readings in the shoreline waters of the 
Bay Harbor development in 2004. Cement kiln dust (CKD), left over from 
cement plant operations between 1904-1980, is the apparent cause of the 
contamination, created when water passes through the CKD and into the 
bay. Increased levels of Mercury are also a byproduct of the CKD.

Collection and clean-up of the contamination has been ongoing, 
critically examined and alternatives have been explored and reviewed 
during the past few years. There remains debate over the best and final 
solution to the problem, but the process does seem to be coming to a 
head with plans for a treatment plant on-site nearing apparent approval.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.harborlightnews.com/atf.php?sid=11820&current_edition=2011-01-05

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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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