[CPEO-BIF] South Haven (MI) Factory Condominiums

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

'One of the most polluted sites in the state' Residents of South Haven 
condo site angered by officials' report

By Alison Black
Kalamazoo Gazette (MI)
August 18, 2007

SOUTH HAVEN -- State environmental officials this week characterized 
South Haven's Factory Condominium site as ``one of the most polluted 
sites in the state of Michigan.''

"The concentrations (of pollutants) are astronomical" Michigan 
Department of Environmental Quality Assistant District Supervisor Frank 
Ballo told concerned residents and condominium owners during a public 
meeting Thursday at City Hall.

...

In 1999, under the auspices of the Brownfield Redevelopment Authority, 
the MDEQ awarded the City of South Haven a $570,000 Site Reclamation 
grant, which paid for the 2004 installation of a sub-floor ventilation 
system and vapor barrier beneath the health club -- under which the 
site's greatest concentration of TCE is located.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.mlive.com/news/kzgazette/index.ssf?/base/news-25/1187410960272850.xml&coll=7

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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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