[CPEO-BIF] Burgess-Norton TCE investigation, Muskegon, Michigan

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Burgess-Norton contamination investigation continued this summer with  
soil and water testing

By Dave Alexander |
Muskegon Chronicle (MI)
September 10, 2013
MUSKEGON, MI - The industrial contamination of the groundwater below  
the houses and businesses surrounding the former Burgess Norton  
Manufacturing Co. has left the public spotlight but environmental  
investigation continued this summer.

Burgess-Norton had an industrial plant at 660 Nims St. and it’s  
expected that the plume of trichloroethene, or TCE, could have  
resulted from the plant that closed in 2003. With the blessing of the  
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, company officials have  
hired an environmental consultant to explore the extent and source of  
the contamination deep in the groundwater in the city’s McLaughlin  
and Angell neighborhoods.

The TCE contamination became a public issue before the Muskegon City  
Commission and Muskegon County Board of Trustees throughout 2012. The  
company set up a public information website at nimsreport.com.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2013/09/burgess- 
norton_contamination_i.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>
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