[CPEO-BIF] L3 Technologies/Teledyne site, Muskegon, Michigan

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

$8.1M hazardous waste cleanup ordered at Muskegon manufacturing site

By Justine McGuire
Muskegon News (MI)
August 2, 2018

MUSKEGON TOWNSHIP, MI - Two former owners of a Muskegon manufacturing site have been court ordered to spend a combined $8.1 million on an environmental cleanup effort. 

Contaminants at the site include arsenic, cyanide, chromium, PCBs, lead, mercury and others, according to court documents. The pollution has affected groundwater on the site and there are concerns about air quality. 

The 170-acre site at 76 Getty St. in Muskegon Township is owned by military manufacturer L3 Technologies, but the contamination occurred prior to the company's ownership, according to the court order that enforces a consent agreement between the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, L3 and previous owners.  

L3 will cooperate with the cleanup being conducted by former owner TDY, previously known as Teledyne, Inc.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2018/08/81m_environmental_cleanup_orde.html

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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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