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MDNR Closes Kalamazoo River Between Penn Central Railroad Crossing and Plainwell
By djkimmel on Jul 22, 2009 | In Environment, Cleanup, Closures | Send feedback »
Contact: Sharon Hanshue 517-373-1280 Agency: Natural Resources
July 20, 2009
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources today announced that a one-mile stretch of the Kalamazoo River between the Penn Central Railroad Crossing and the Plainwell No. 2 Dam will be closed to public access starting Saturday, Aug. 1. Cleanup operations to remove targeted soils and sediments containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are slated to begin at that time and will continue until December 2010.
Contractors will be operating heavy construction equipment on both sides of the river as well as on two mid-channel islands, making it too dangerous to allow access to canoeists, kayakers and other boaters. Signs will be posted to alert river users of the closure.
