[CPEO-BIF] Ford Motor denies responsibility for Shelby, Michigan plume

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Ford: we may not have caused contamination

By JAMESON COOK

Royal Oak Daily Tribune
July 1,2013

In an attempt to avoid what could be a $150 million-plus clean up,  
Ford Motor Co. denies that it is definitely responsible for  
contamination of groundwater at and near its demolished Shelby  
Township factory and contends the possible hazards have been  
exaggerated.

Ford attorney Kenneth McIntyre argued in court Monday against an  
injunction and summary disposition sought by Shelby Township  
officials and a developer for removal of contaminants found on and  
around the old plant site near 23 Mile and Mound roads.

The township and Grand Sakwa North Shelby LLC, which owns the  
adjacent parcel, want the contaminants TCE and TCA removed as soon as  
possible at a cost of up to $157 million because they fear the health- 
threatening chemicals are not only getting worse at the existing  
locations but are spreading to townshipâs baseball/recreation  
facilities near 23 Mile Road and Van Dyke and possibly to the nearby  
subdivision Central Park Manor.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.dailytribune.com/article/20130701/NEWS01/130709958/ford-we- 
may-not-have-caused-contamination

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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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