[CPEO-BIF] "Keweenaw County [Michigan] hears cleanup plan" for former Calumet Air Force Station

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Air Force Brownfield: Keweenaw County hears cleanup plan


by GRAHAM JAEHNIG
Mining Gazette (MI)
May 10, 2017

EAGLE RIVER — The Keweenaw County Brownfield Redevelopment Authority (BRA) hosted an informal informational presentation to describe upcoming environmental activities at the former Calumet Air Force Station, also referred to simply as Mount Horace Greeley. 

Chuck Bennetts, BRA chairman, gave a brief background of the organization, then discussed the former Calumet Air Force Station on Mount Horace Greeley, which has been classified as a brownfield. 

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Phase 1 and Phase 2 environmental site assessments were conducted at the former air base, as were sampling and analysis plans, and a cleanup plan was started in 2012, Bennetts said. Some of the results of the assessments were that hazardous substances were found that exceed the limits of the MDEQ and were identified in both groundwater and soil samples. Also identified was the presence of lead-based paint.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.mininggazette.com/news/2017/05/air-force-brownfield-keweenaw-county-hears-cleanup-plan/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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