[CPEO-BIF] Former Allied Paper landfill, Kalamazoo, Michigan

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Kalamazoo to EPA: Totally remove PCBs and other waste from Allied  
Paper landfill


By Paula M. Davis
Kalamazoo Gazette (MI)
July 5, 2011


KALAMAZOO - Totally removing pollutants from the former Allied Paper  
landfill is the only clean-up option the Kalamazoo City Commission  
wants the feds to pursue, the city leaders unanimously asserted in a  
resolution passed tonight.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is considering several  
alternatives for the long-contaminated property between Alcott and  
Cork streets, which is part of the 80-mile Allied Paper/Portage Creek/ 
Kalamazoo River Superfund site.

The EPA could make its determination as early this fall on options  
that include total removal of the polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs),  
doing nothing at all or some variation of leaving the pollutants on  
site and capping the area. The property is laden with an estimated  
1.5 million cubic yards of PCB-contaminated, paper-mill residuals and  
other waste.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/index.ssf/2011/07/ 
kalamazoo_city_commission_to_e.html

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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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