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ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM) - The future of the remaining dam along the Kalamazoo River in Allegan County will be considered on Wednesday night. Official.
Trowbridge Township cleanup site. (Photo courtesy of Paul Ruesch and EPA).
TROWBRIDGE TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Wednesday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that activities to remove PCB contaminated soil and sediment along the Kalamazoo River are continuing.
The ongoing process is part of a partnership with the EPA, NCR Corporation, and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE).
Field staging area at 26th Street Boat Launch. (Photo courtesy of Paul Ruesch and EPA).
This year, the EPA will continue surveying and sampling sediment and soil to define the extent of the PCB contamination to be removed.
Kalamazoo River restoration projects to use $27M in PCB settlements
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The former Plainwell Paper Co. mill dam spillway along the Kalamazoo River in Plainwell, Mich. on Nov. 20, 2020. The structure would be removed under a draft list of proposed ecological restoration projects being developed with settlement funding from paper companies that contaminated the river with polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs.Garret Ellison | MLive
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KALAMAZOO, MI A suite of ecological restoration projects is being planned along the Kalamazoo River using settlement funding from companies responsible for contaminating an 80-mile stretch with polychlorinated biphenyls.
State and federal agencies are seeking public input on 14 proposed projects between Kalamazoo and Lake Michigan that would remove dams, improve riparian areas and rehabilitate wildlife habitat harmed by PCB pollution.