“I am alarmed by the threat (Hexavalent chromium) poses for soil, groundwater and watershed contamination, putting the health and safety of our families at risk,” she said.
Lori Stone, D-Warren, vowed Monday to “remain vigilant” in monitoring and correcting the situation. A clean-up could involve removing the embankment in the area. She said officials will decide the next phase of operation after the test results are learned Friday. Some of the substance may have migrated from the area into a nearby drain and eventually into Lake St. “There’s no imminent danger to drinking water,” she said. Greenberg said there has been no evidence that anyone has come into contact with the substance or that any drinking water was impacted. Jill Greenberg, spokeswoman for the state Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy, said Monday that HAZMAT workers vacuumed storm sewers and catch basins in the area and placed a sump-pump in the business’ basement to prevent groundwater from spreading.Ī fence was erected on the embankment to prevent anyone from entering the contaminated area, she added. In the recent incident, the Michigan Department of Transportation reported a green liquid substance leaking from a retaining wall along the embankment.Ī HAZMAT team and local, state and federal officials responded and stopped the leak and have been conducting a clean-up and containment. Materials included cyanide, chromium, chloride and various acids as part of its plating process, and were stored in drums, containers and a pit dug in the ground. Sayers and the company were ordered to pay $1.5 million in restitution for the cost of the clean-up, which was completed in January 2018. The company and its owner, Gary Alfred Sayers, were charged with a crime and sentenced Nov. It was later declared a Superfund site by the federal Environmental Protection Agency for illegal storage of hazardous material. 10 Mile Road, which was shut down three years ago by what was known then as the state Department of Environmental Quality. It was determined the substance, which contained Hexavalent chromium, originated from Electro-Plating Services, 945 E. The liquid was found Friday afternoon oozing on to the eastbound side of the freeway near Couzens Road near the Warren border. A green liquid that leaked on to Interstate 696 in Madison Heights came from a company whose owner was recently sentenced to one year in prison for illegally operating a hazardous material facility.
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