2017 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Sun, 14 May 2017 15:13:10 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Louisiana Pacific saw mill site, Eagle River, Michigan
 
Brownfield panel looks at former saw mill


by GRAHAM JAEHNIG
Daily Mining Gazette (MI)
May 11, 2017

EAGLE RIVER - Chuck Bennetts, chairman of the Keweenaw County Brownfield Redevelopment Authority, discussed three brownfield sites his organization has worked with since its founding and having received a $200,000 grant from the Michigan Department of Environmental Protection Agency in 2009. The purpose of the grant was to identify brownfields and to work on remediation. 

One of brownfield sites found assessed the Louisiana Pacific saw mill site, just north of Mohawk, which is still being monitored. It is still owned by L.P. 

Phase1 ESA is an assessment that evaluates environmental issues at a site previously used for commercial purposes. The Phase 2 ESA includes sampling and laboratory analysis to confirm the presence of hazardous materials. Some of the tests that may be performed include surface soil and water samples; subsurface soil borings, groundwater monitoring well installation and analysis; drum sampling, if any were left on the property) and several other tests.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.mininggazette.com/news/2017/05/brownfield-panel-looks-at-former-saw-mill/

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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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