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Associated Press: No contamination at resortAssociated Press: Shoreline reopenedA half-mile stretch of Lake Michigan shoreline at the Bay Harbor resort has been reopened to the public.
The Northwest Community Health Agency this week lifted a ban on access to the 2,800-foot section, where leftover contaminants from a former cement plant caused problems in recent years. Bay Harbor Community Council
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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. Regional Agency gives resort's shoreline a clean bill of healthResort's shoreline gets clean bill of healthStretch of Bay Harbor shoreline gets a clean bill of healthStudy shows no contamination at Bay Harbor ResortStudy shows no contamination at Bay Harbor resortClick here to read the whole story. To visit the website, click here. |
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