[CPEO-BIF] Cordova Chemical, Muskegon County, Michigan

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Long-sought industrial park takes step toward reality


By Steve Gunn
MUSKEGON CHRONICLE (MI)
August 01, 2006

When Muskegon County officials meet today to break ground for the new 
industrial park on the former Cordova Chemical site in Dalton Township, 
they will have plenty to celebrate.

After all, turning a relative disaster area into a potential 
job-producing zone is no small feat.

But anyone watching for factories to open in the park and jobs to hit 
the want ads will have to wait awhile.

...

A few years ago, establishing anything valuable on the property seemed 
like a long shot. When the county was sold the property for $1 in 2002, 
it inherited a Superfund cleanup site that had experienced severe soil 
and groundwater contamination.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.mlive.com/news/muchronicle/index.ssf?/base/news-9/1154450715313590.xml&coll=8

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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