[CPEO-BIF] Orchard Hills arsenic, Fenton, Michigan

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Fenton Council Refers Orchard Hills Arsenic Issue to Brownfield  
Authority for Recommendation
Options to address it could cost city estimated $150,000 to $200,000.

By Anna Troppens
Fenton Patch (MI)
June 7, 2011

It's going to cost Fenton more than the $63,000 originally discussed  
to address arsenic issues in the soil in two areas of Orchard Hills  
subdivision. Depending on which of two options city council could  
select, it might be an estimated $181,000 to cap the contaminated  
soil with clay or $176,000 to consolidate it into one area and then  
cap it, said attorney Charles Barbieri, from Foster Swift Collins &  
Smith.

If the city cannot afford either option, he recommends fencing off  
the contaminated areas and placing signs to discourage people from  
going there, Barbieri said.

Fenton obtained undeveloped property in Orchard Hills from the  
Genesee County Land Bank, which had possession of it due to unpaid  
taxes. There are two areas of the subdivision that have elevated  
levels of arsenic in the soil, due to pesticides used around 80 years  
ago.

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For the entire article, see
http://fenton.patch.com/articles/fenton-council-refers-orchard-hills- 
arsenic-issue-to-brownfield-authority-for-recommendation


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For the entire article, see

http://fenton.patch.com/articles/fenton-council-refers-orchard-hills- 
arsenic-issue-to-brownfield-authority-for-recommendation


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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope Street, Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
Fax: 650-961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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