[CPEO-BIF] Manitou Marine, Lake Leelanau, Michigan

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

State to pay for clean-up

Leelanau News (MI)
August 15, 2011

Scott Anderson, owner of Manitou Marine in Lake Leelanau, was  
surprised a couple years ago to learn that the property he bought in  
1998 was still considered a contaminated site.

He was also surprised to learn last week that the state will clean up  
- at no charge to his business - residual petroleum left from a spill  
19 years ago at the former Ted's Standard Station and automobile  
repair shop.

The property is located at 108 Philips Street, Lake Leelanau, on the  
north side of M-22.

"Everyone assumed that they had closed the site. They did not," said  
Anderson, who also owns an adjacent home whose well water passed tests.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.leelanaunews.com/drupal/index.php?q=node/31444

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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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