Developers in Muskegon County are several steps ahead of a new push to convert the state’s Brownfields into alternative energy plants. A diverse offering of clean energy options could set this endeavor apart from its competition.
According to excerpts from the story:
The former Muskegon County Wastewater site in Whitehall Township could see development as Silver Creek New Energy as early as this year. Loans for the land - which was designated a Brownfield District in February 2008 - were approved by the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) earlier this month.
“I haven’t got any hard copy (of the approval),” said Township Supervisor and Brownfield Secretary Dennis Babcock. “But everything has been approved.” Babcock said the loans would total just under $1 million and go toward completing a Baseline Environmental Assessment (BEA), which will identify any pollution that might still need to be cleaned up.
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