[CPEO-BIF] Former Imperial Oil gas station, Belding, Michigan

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

DEQ redeveloping former Belding gas station

By Meghan Nelson 
Daily News (MI)
September 15, 2018

BELDING - An old gas station - or rather the property it once sat upon - is set to be redeveloped to benefit Ellis Elementary School.

Decades ago, Imperial Gas station operated at 429 N. Bridge St., directly across from the school. While the business has been closed and the building has been demolished, rubble, such as broken concrete and asphalt, are still spread across the site.

“When I was city manager 30 years ago, the gas station had already been torn down,” Belding City Manager John Niemela said. “It’s a vacant parcel and has been idle for 30-plus years.”

Beneath the debris and ground, underground storage tanks leftover from Imperial Oil’s operations may pose an environmental risk. Because of the potential for contamination, the land is listed as a brownfield site, which hinders future development.

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For the entire article, see
https://thedailynews.cc/articles/deq-redeveloping-former-belding-gas-station/

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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
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<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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