[CPEO-BIF] "St. Marys Cement Ok'd by Charlevoix County and Charlevoix Township, " MI

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

St. Marys Cement Ok'd by Charlevoix County and Charlevoix Township


by Beth Gohs
Boyne City Gazette (MI)
February 2, 2015

Both the Charlevoix Township and Charlevoix County boards approved  
St. Marys Cement's requests regarding Brownfield status, tax  
abatement and a development district in connection with its proposed  
$130 million modernization project.

The Charlevoix Township Board of Trustees, on Monday Jan. 26,  
unanimously OK’d a 12-year tax abatement and created the development  
district necessary for St. Marys to apply for Brownfield Status,  
which it got from the Charlevoix County Board of Commissioners in a  
5-1 vote on Wednesday Jan. 28.

...

She added that she wants to see a remediaton plan for the site, and  
wants to be assured brown water is properly cleaned, that cement kiln  
dust is removed and stack emissions are kept at the lowest levels  
possible.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.boynegazette.com/2015/st-marys-cement-okd-by-charlevoix- 
county-and-charlevoix-township/uncategorized/69662

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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
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