[CPEO-BIF] TCE at Visteon/Ford Utica Trim site, Shelby, Michigan

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Toxic chemicals found next to Shelby Township plant

By JAMESON COOK
Shelby Township Source Newspapers (MI)
July 24, 2012

Toxic chemicals have been found in groundwater that migrated from the  
former Visteon plant in Shelby Township and it could cost $57 million  
to clean up, a scientist says.



The chemical TCE, a carcinogen, and TCA, which causes health  
problems, have contaminated an estimated 78 million gallons of water  
in two areas on vacant land east of the plant owned by Grand Sakwa, a  
development company. The findings are based on samples from the  
parcel taken this spring, according to James Dragun, a prominent  
expert in chemicals' impact on the environment. He was hired by Grand  
Sakwa and Shelby Township. The chemicals, found within 100 feet of  
the surface, are typically used as degreasers, Dragun said.



The chemicals' presence was revealed July 23 as part of a legal  
dispute involving several companies over the demolition of the plant,  
located near 23 Mile and Mound roads. Indiana Metals, a firm that  
purchases and redevelops industrial property, bought the 207-acre  
parcel last year and is in the process of demolishing the structure.



Ford Motor Co., the former owner, tried in court to have information  
about potential contaminants on its property suppressed,...

Dragun said there is no evidence that the chemicals have migrated to  
the underground beneath the residential areas but suggested those  
areas should be tested.

...


For the entire article, see
http://www.sourcenewspapers.com/articles/2012/07/24/news/ 
doc500ecee29e2d2663334119.txt

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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