2009 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:58:38 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Harbor Isle, St. Joseph, Michigan
 
Harbor Isle developers seek brownfield designation
Tax credits would allow revenue to go toward replacing sea wall and removing arsenic from property

By DAVID WARFIELD
Southwest Michigan Herald-Palladium
October 15, 2009

ST. JOSEPH - Developers laying the groundwork for the $100 million Harbor Isle Resort on St. Joseph's Marina Island are asking the city for tax credits worth $1.2 million to cover the cost of cleaning up arsenic contamination and replacing a sea wall.

The City Commission on Monday set an Oct. 26 date for a public hearing over the developers' proposal. The hearing will take place during the regular City Commission meeting.

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In 1999, an unspecified amount of arsenic contamination was found in the soil beneath what is now Harbor Isle Resort's property and in the sand at the bottom of the St. Joseph River northeast of the property, Hodgson said.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.heraldpalladium.com/articles/2009/10/15/local_news/908574.txt

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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