I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed adding the Gratiot County Golf Course to the National Priorities List of Superfund sites, and is inviting the public to comment on the proposed action.
The St. Louis site is among three contaminated areas that Gov. Jennifer Granholm recently asked EPA to add to the National Priorities List.
According to EPA:
The proposed Superfund site lies east of the Hidden Oaks Golf Course on Monroe Road. From 1956 to 1970, the nearby Velsicol Chemical plant disposed of liquid industrial waste by open pit burning in this area. The disposal area was proposed to the NPL in 1982 and at that time Velsicol excavated 68,000 cubic yards of contaminated soil. As a result, the proposed NPL listing was cancelled. In 2006, additional soil and ground water contamination was found and EPA and Michigan Department of Environmental Quality decided to propose the site as a new listing.
If added to the NPL, the site will be eligible for further analysis and development of cleanup options by EPA in partnership with MDEQ. Private residential or municipal drinking water wells are not believed to be affected. Addressing the site under Superfund can remove potential future risks.
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