2021 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2021 10:55:32 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Removing TCE at Kirsch Plant No. 1, Sturgis, Michigan
 
Commission hears groundwater project update

By Dan Cherry
Sturgis Journal (MI)
March 29, 2021



Progress is being made to remove contaminants from an underground aquifer in Sturgis, although more work is needed to remove what was found nearly 40 years ago.

On March 24, Sturgis City Commission received an update from representatives of Newell Brands and Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy, regarding the Sturgis Municipal Well Field Superfund Site

…

Soil and groundwater contamination was found beneath former Kirsch Plant No. 1 in 1982, near the intersection of Hatch and Prospect streets. Remediation work started in 1994 and continues today.

…

For the entire article, see
https://www.sturgisjournal.com/story/news/2021/03/28/sturgis-city-officials-hear-aquifer-contamination-update/7017244002/

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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
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