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The controversy over clear-cutting in northern Michigan state forests comes to
a head in Gladwin County next month.
http://bc.mlive.com/news/index.ssf?/news/stories/clearcut.html

WASHTENAW COUNTY - A judge Wednesday issued an injunction against Pall-Gelman
Sciences from installing a cleanup pipeline after local and state government
lawyers called the work illegal as cleanup of contaminated groundwater hit
another snag.
http://aa.mlive.com/news/index.ssf?/news/stories/pallg.frm

ST LOUIS - EPA holds hearing on Pine River cleanup.
http://sa.mlive.com/news/index.ssf?/news/stories/clean.frm

BAY CITY General Motors Corp. will tackle contamination on its Powertrain
plant site with upgrades of its groundwater treatment and caps over
contaminated soil, if a plan presented to the state is approved this winter.
http://bc.mlive.com/news/index.ssf?/news/stories/gmpt$01.frm

THREE RIVERS - Residents on the south side of Three Rivers have hurled another
barrage of complaints over a stench that continues to permeate the area from
the Three Rivers Waste Water Treatment plant.
http://kz.mlive.com/news/index.ssf?/news/stories/odorsagai.frm

MIDLAND - About 25 gallons of chlorosilane spilled at a Dow Corning Corp.
plant. The chemical, which causes eye and respiratory irritation, is used to
make a variety of silicone products, including computer chips.
http://sa.mlive.com/news/index.ssf?/news/stories/ddowcorn.html

WASHTENAW COUNTY - The county is attempting to recapture forgotten pieces of
land as a way of revitalizing urban cores and at the same time stemming the
runaway growth in outlying rural areas. County voters will be asked to approve
a 0.4-mill levy in November to preserve farms and open space and invest in
reuse of urban wasteland where all the infrastructure and municipal services
are already available. At the same time the Ann Arbor Area Chamber of Commerce
is spearheading a drive to reclaim urban sites so far presumed doomed due to
past contamination.
http://aa.mlive.com/news/index.ssf?/news/stories/brownland.html

GREEN OAK TOWNSHIP - Angry residents living near the Tuthill compost facility
want the township to send the business to the scrap heap, citing foul smell
and truck noise.
http://aa.mlive.com/news/index.ssf?/news/stories/compost.frm

Tyrone Twp. - Although a White Lake shopping center failed to clear one
hurdle, residents are preparing for the long haul in their attempts to block
it and other commercial development.
http://fl.mlive.com/news/index.ssf?/news/stories/tyrone$01.frm

 Linwood water has been subject to many claims: The state says it's sometimes
"turbid," some in Linwood says it's lower in chlorine than Bay City water, and
many residents complain that it's way too expensive.
But the only real differences between water from the Bay City plant and the
aging Linwood plant is that Linwood water is fluoride-free, but turbid - that
is, more cloudy with silt and organic matter. Those are among findings from
tests The Bay City Times had performed on water samples taken from the two
systems in August.
http://bc.mlive.com/news/index.ssf?/news/stories/wtrtes$01.html


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