[CPEO-BIF] "$535K pollution cleanup at Ann Arbor [Michigan] nature center gets extra support"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

$535K pollution cleanup at Ann Arbor nature center gets extra support

By Ryan Stanton
Ann Arbor News
October 24, 2019

ANN ARBOR, MI – The city is getting some extra help from the county to clean up pollution at the Leslie Science and Nature Center.

City Council voted this week to approve a $535,438 brownfield plan to address the contaminated site at 1831 Traver Road.

The city will be fully reimbursed by Washtenaw County’s brownfield fund, officials said.

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Eugene Leslie was a University of Michigan professor active in the field of chemical engineering and the site was headquarters for much of his pioneering work that developed new technologies such as no-knock gasoline. The property included a chemical laboratory, orchard and residential spaces, according to the city.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2019/10/535k-pollution-cleanup-at-ann-arbor-nature-center-gets-extra-support.html

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