• Pollution Plumes

 

Grand Haven may ban irrigation wells

City Manager Pat McGinnis says he hopes this summer to recommend a ban on private irrigation wells after a 24 Hour News 8 investigation that focused on a potentially cancer-causing plume beneath part of the city.

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    • Locations
    Steelcase

    901 44th St. SE, Kentwood
    Contaminants: Toluene, Ethylbenzene, Xylenes, Vinyl chloride

    Kaydon Corp

    2860 McCracken St, North of Plant No. 1, Muskegon
    Contaminants: Tetrachloroethene, Trichloroethene, Vinyl chloride, Cyanide

    HJ Heinz

    221 10th St., Lakeview
    Contaminants: Chloride

    Bradford White Corp

    200 Lafayette Street, Middleville
    Contaminants: Cis-1,2-dichloroethylene, Vinyl chloride, Trichloroethene

    General Motors, Grand Rapids Metal Plant

    300 36th St. SW, Wyoming
    Contaminants: Trichloroethene

    Delphi

    2100 Burlingame Ave. SW, Wyoming
    Contaminants: Vinyl chloride

    Marathon Oil Company, former Laketon Avenue Refinery

    2920 E. Laketon Ave., Muskegon
    Contaminants: Benzene, Ethylbenzene, Toluene, Xylenes

    Former Mobil pipeline

    Sisson Avenue and McCracken Street
    Contaminants: Toluene, Ethylbenzene, Xylenes, 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene, 1,3,5-trimethylbenzene, Naphthalene,

    Federal-Mogul Corp

    Piston Rings, 331 West Laketon Avenue, Muskegon
    Contaminants: Tetrachloroethene

     

    Nugent Sand Company

    2925 Lincoln, Muskegon
    Contaminants: Manganese, Iron
     

    Former Teledyne Continental Motors Facility

    76 Getty St., Muskegon
    Contaminants: Trichloroethene

    Former Occidental Chemical

    7601 Old Channel Trail, Montague
    Contaminants: Tetrachloroethylene, Carbon tetrachloride, Hexachlorobutadiene, Hexachloroethane, Trans-1,2-dichloroethylene,

    Canal Street Group LLC

    Brassworks Building, 648 Monroe Ave. NW, Grand Rapids
    Contaminants: Trichloroethylene, Vinyl chloride

    Conestoga-Rovers & Associates (William F. Bieber Revocable Trust)

    520 Watson St. SW, 617 and 525 Butterworth St. SW, Grand Rapids
    Contaminants: Tetrachloroethene, Trichloroethene, Aluminum, Manganese, Iron, Selenium
     

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    The United States Environmental Protection Agency.

    Michigan DEQ

    Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.

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