[CPEO-MEF] Old Air Force site in Duluth (MN)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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