2017 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2017 12:12:42 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Bathey Manufacturing Co. site TCE, Plymouth, Michigan
 
Plymouth Contaminated Site Needs More Tests: MDEQ 
Bathey Manufacturing site, vacant for decades, needs additional environmental testing. 


By Scott Daniel 
Plymouth Patch (MI)
July 3, 2017

PLYMOUTH, MI - If a former industrial site in Plymouth is going to be redeveloped, it will need additional environmental testing to determine the level of contamination and the amount of remediation needed. That’s the word from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality about the former Bathey Manufacturing Co. site, which sits on Mill Street between Ann Arbor Trail and Main Street.

The 15-acre parcel, which is now privately owned after the city of Plymouth sold it 10 years ago, is known to contain trichloroethylene, or TCE, an agent which can cause health problems like kidney and liver damage. The MDEQ told the Plymouth Observer that soil gas samples need to be taken to see if TCE has made its way into homes adjacent to the site.

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For the entire article, see
https://patch.com/michigan/plymouth-mi/plymouth-contaminated-site-needs-more-tests-mdeq

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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