[CPEO-BIF] Cyanide found at planned hotel site, Traverse City, Michigan

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Hotel Indigo, Brownfield Authority Speak Out


By Luke Haase
Traverse City Ticker (MI)
July 31, 2013

Amidst reports that heightened levels of cyanide have been detected on the site of the planned Hotel Indigo – with traces likely seeping in the West Grand Traverse Bay – The Ticker sat down to get answers from Jean Derenzy, who leads the Grand Traverse County Brownfield Redevelopment Authority, and developer Jeff Schmitz, whose company is building Hotel Indigo.

Ticker: When did you first discover cyanide underground on-site where the former Midas shop was and Hotel Indigo will be?
Derenzy: In November 2010 an environmental investigation report from the Brownfield Authority under the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Assessment Grant identified the presence of cyanide in the soil and groundwater at this Midas property.

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For the entire artile, see
http://www.theticker.tc/story/hotel-indigo-brownfield-authority-speak-out

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
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