[CPEO-BIF] "Howell [Michigan] To Sign Restrictive Covenant With Diamond Chrome"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Howell To Sign Restrictive Covenant With Diamond Chrome 


WHMI 93.5 FM (Livingston County, MI)
February 11, 2020 


The Howell City Council met Monday night and authorized the signing of a restrictive covenant with Diamond Chrome Plating, which was the focus of a health hazard alert late last year.

Air sampling last March found high levels of trichloroethylene, also known as TCE, in the area around the Diamond Chrome Plating facility at 604 South Michigan Avenue. State officials eventually suspended operation of the company’s degreaser in November after follow-up testing showed higher-than-allowed levels of the compound in the neighborhood to the northeast of the facility. The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy or EGLE later announced that Diamond Chrome started to use a new degreasing fluid on December 23rd as an acceptable alternative to TCE. As part of negotiations with EGLE, a restrictive covenant on the property is being required as part of a remedial action plan. Diamond Chrome advised the City that additional caution and restrictions were necessary in the event the City undertakes any activities on the property that require soil handling and/or contact with groundwater. 

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For the entire story, see
https://www.whmi.com/news/article/diamond-chrome-plating-restrictive-covenant

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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
http://www.cpeo.org





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