[CPEO-BIF] TCE at Douglas, Michigan project

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Neighbors worry contamination could spread

By Shandra Martinez
The Grand Rapids Press (MI)
January 16, 2007

DOUGLAS -- Paul Wicks' plans to redevelop his 18-hole West Shore golf 
course off Ferry Street into an upscale residential development with a 
9-hole course has some neighbors worried.

The southern portion of the 90-acre property sits on a groundwater 
contaminant plume.

...

But it suggested a plan for using a $2.2 million state grant to clean 
the groundwater as well as construction technology such as foundation 
wraps and vapor recovery systems that could allow for building homes on 
the site.

The clean-up never happened, said Douglas Mayor Matt Balmer, adding he 
was told the money set aside for the work since has been used for other 
projects. State officials were not available for comment.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.mlive.com/business/grpress/index.ssf?/base/business-4/1168962630293590.xml&coll=6&thispage=2#continue

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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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