[CPEO-BIF] Electronic Industries site, New Hope, Minnesota

[Lenny Siegel <Lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

STATE ADDS NEW HOPE SITE TO POLLUTION CLEANUP PRIORITY LIST

By Corey Bork
CCX Media (MN)
May 5, 2026

A former industrial site in New Hope contains a pollutant that poses risk to human health and the environment, according to investigators with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.

The site, located at at 7516 42nd Ave. N., New Hope. used to be occupied by Electronic Industries, a former circuit board manufacturer and metal plating operation. The MPCA said the site tested for elevated levels of trichloroethylene (TCE) in soil, soil vapor and groundwater. The contamination has been linked to a chemical release from an underground storage tank decades ago.

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However, in 1993, the city of New Hope determined the site remained hazardous to the public, condemned the property and demolished the buildings.

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For the entire article, see
https://ccxmedia.org/news/state-adds-new-hope-site-to-pollution-cleanup-priority-list/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)




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