2010 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 07:10:23 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Hooker Chemical site, Montague Township, Michigan
 
EPA wants more wells to protect White Lake from effects of old chemical plant

By John S. Hausman
Muskegon Chronicle
February 27, 2010

MONTAGUE -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a plan it says will clean up groundwater to safe levels within 18 years in the southern portion of the former Hooker Chemical site in Montague Township.

It's the first major new cleanup initiative proposed for the notorious site in nearly a decade.

The EPA proposes to install an additional six extraction wells to speed the cleanup of the area south of Old Channel Trail and north of White Lake. The wells would be placed north of Old Channel Trail and immediately south of the source areas of the contamination left by the long-defunct chemical factory.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2010/02/epa_wants_more_wells_to_protec.html

See also http://www.whitelakebeacon.com/news/20959-proposed-revisions-to-cleanup



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Lenny Siegel
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