Michigan offers incentives for redeveloping contaminated, blighted, and functionally obsolete properties, including tax increment financing, brownfield site assessments, and grants and loans.

EGLE’s Remediation and Redevelopment Division (RRD) administers two of these parts, or programs: What is Groundwater-Surface Water Interface or GSI? What is a Mixing Zone? A mixing zone is the portion of a surface water body in which venting groundwater is …

Sep 9, 2023 · Images of the former Cliffs Dow site, she noted, show how extensive it was at the time. “They have nine to 11 different rail lines that were coming in and bringing wood,” Mittlefehldt said...

The Cliffs Dow plant in Marquette primarily produced charcoal used in the manufacture of pig iron, as well as a range of chemical by-products including acetic acid, calcium acetate, wood alcohol, and ethyl alcohol.

This collection contains the scattered records of R. Wesley Jenner, long-time employee and president (1960-1968) of the Cliffs Dow Chemical Company of Marquette, Michigan. The records primarily relate to the company which manufactured charcoal and was the largest and sophisticated wood distillation plant in the world from 1940-1968.

Nov 14, 2022 · MARQUETTE — Public input was heard on Thursday at the Municipal Service Center regarding the city of Marquette applying for an Environmental Protection Agency brownfield cleanup grant for work at...

May 1, 2024 · MARQUETTE — The Marquette City Commission Monday night unanimously approved a contract with TriMedia Environmental and Engineering to oversee remediation at the former Cliffs-Dow site.

Jan 10, 2023 · MARQUETTE, Mich. (WZMQ) – Marquette residents wondering on the former Cliffs-Dow Site Project now have an update. At the city commission meeting last night, representatives of the project said that the property, located on Lakeshore near Presque Isle Park, has state collected data on contamination points on the site for further monitoring.

Apr 30, 2024 · The agreement includes a $125,000 cost to the city for an assessment and remedial action plan for the former Cliffs-Dow Site along Marquette’s waterfront.

Aug 1, 2023 · A proposed swap would have the city get the Jacobetti Home for Veterans in exchange for the former Cliffs Dow site where a new veterans home could be built.