2006 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 7 Jan 2006 23:56:07 -0000
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] Old Air Force site in Duluth (MN)
 
Duluth wins state grant for Cirrus expansion

BY SCOTT THISTLE
DULUTH NEWS TRIBUNE (MN)
January 7, 2005

The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development
announced Friday it will pay $377,099 toward the costs of cleaning up
contaminated soils at the ongoing expansion of Cirrus Design Corp.'s
Duluth production facility.

Granted to the city of Duluth, the money will cover a portion of the
estimated $787,000 in cleanup costs on the 3.91-acre site, according to
Heidi Timm-Bijold, an assistant business developer with the city. The
grant comes from DEED's Contamination Cleanup Grant Program. Statewide,
the department awarded $5.5 million Friday.

The site was previously used by the Air Force and the Minnesota Air
National Guard. The contamination there includes diesel range organics
and volatile organic compounds, according to a DEED press release.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/13572171.htm

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
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