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Bay Harbor Lake Study ompleted 
(WebWire) 6/15/2007 4:39:49 PM
 
 
A recently completed study shows no evidence of cement  http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=39538 kiln dust contamination or CKD leachate in Bay Harbor Lake, an inland lake within the Bay Harbor Resort near Petoskey, Mich.
 
Field work for the study was conducted in May, June and October 2006. The project included 15 hours of underwater dive surveys by a New Jersey-based EPA dive team and more than 500 water quality measurements collected over two miles of shoreline. Several storm drains were also sampled. All shoreline pH samples collected ranged from 7.4 to 8.3 standard units. All dive samples collected ranged from 6.9 to 8.7. Michigan requires surface water to be between 6.5 and 9.0 for human contact and aquatic  http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=39538  ecosystem protection.
 
The study was a joint partnership effort among EPA Region 5, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Michigan Department of Community Health, Michigan Department of  http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=39538 Environmental Quality, Northwest Michigan Community Health Agency, Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians, Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council, CMS Energy and Bay Harbor Co.
 
The resort lies on a redeveloped area that previously contained a cement factory. Interim measures and study by CMS Energy were launched in 2005 to control the release of CKD-contaminated leachate from the resort property into Little Traverse Bay. Short-term work is being overseen by EPA. Long-term containment and remediation steps are overseen by MDEQ.
 
Links to the completed Bay Harbor Lake study and other information may be found at http://www.epa.gov/region5/sites/littletraverse/. Bay Harbor environmental information Web sites are also managed by many of the lake study partners.

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No contamination found in resort lake, EPA says
Associated Press - June 15, 2007 6:04 PM ET

PETOSKEY, Mich. (AP) - Federal officials say a 90-acre lake at the Bay Harbor resort near Petoskey is free of contamination from cement kiln dust buried on the grounds.

The agency said today it has completed a water quality study of Bay Harbor Lake, which serves as the inland harbor for the luxury resort on Lake Michigan's Little Traverse Bay.

Piles of kiln dust are buried there from the days when a cement plant operated at the site.

Regulators ordered an extensive cleanup a couple of years ago after water with high alkaline levels leached into the bay.

But the EPA says it found no evidence that kiln dust contamination has reached Bay Harbor Lake.

Field studies determined that pH levels around the inland lake are within normal ranges.

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No contamination found in resort lake, EPA says

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PETOSKEY, Mich. -- A 90-acre lake at the Bay Harbor resort has no contamination from cement kiln dust buried on the grounds, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Friday.

The agency said it had completed a water quality study of Bay Harbor Lake, which serves as the inland harbor for the luxury resort on Lake Michigan's Little Traverse Bay just south of Petoskey.

The resort, which sprawls along five miles of shoreline, is a gated community of multimillion-dollar mansions built on the site of a former cement plant. Piles of kiln dust, a byproduct of the manufacturing process, are buried there.

Regulators ordered an extensive cleanup after water with high alkaline levels and laced with heavy metals leached into the bay. The Michigan Department of Community Health described the contaminated beach and shallow water near shore as a health hazard in 2005.

But the EPA said it had found no evidence that kiln dust contamination had reached Bay Harbor Lake. Field studies in May, June and October 2006 included underwater dives and more than 500 water quality measurements from more than two miles of shoreline, plus several storm drains.

The collected samples had pH levels within ranges required by the state of Michigan for human contact and aquatic ecosystem protection, the EPA said.

The study was sponsored by government and tribal agencies, nonprofit organizations and private entities.

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