McLouth Steel NPL Superfund Site

Why we need mixed-use: Industrial development on our waterfront creates air and water pollution, no tax base, damages roads and bridges, takes up valuable land that could be used for recreation, and won’t create jobs due to automation

Successful Mixed-Use Steel Mill cleanups in the United States:

First State Crossing

425 Acre former steel mill
Located in Claymont, Delaware (population 15,292)
Expected $500,000,000 investment and 5,000 jobs
Office, residential, retail, light-industrial, including regional transit system
This developer submitted a bid on the McLouth Steel property

Hazelwood Green

178 Acre former steel mill
Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
$250,000,000 public-private collaboration
Manufacturing Futures Initiative to prepare region for jobs of the future
220 Public and private partners, including $200,000 grant from EPA

US Steel Duluth

600 Acre former steel mill
Located in Duluth, Minnesota
$75,000,000 Superfund cleanup and restoration
EPA covering 45% of of cleanup costs using taxpayer dollars in public-private partnership
Includes trail and protected land for nearby community use

Community Advisory Group (CAG)

Open to all regional residents, including Trenton, Riverview, Grosse Ile, Wyandotte, Brownstown, Woodhaven, Gibraltar

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Attending this site’s quarterly CAG meetings makes sure you’re able to ask questions and get answers - it holds those with the ability to clean up the site accountable.

Questions we have:

How come people have said this site can’t be cleaned up for residential standard when other steel mills across the United States have been successfully remediated?
What is the clean up difference between a mixed-use development and an industrial development?
What accountability mechanisms are in place to make sure there is no additional contamination during the clean up process that would impact a feasibility assessment in a way that would reduce the likelihood of a higher standard of cleanup?

SIGN UP FOR MCLOUTH STEEL COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUP INFORMATION LIST:
EPA Remedial Project Manager
Greg Gehrig: gehrig.greg@epa.gov
mclouth@lists.epa.gov
CAG Leadership:
Trenton Visionaries - Wendy Pate
wpate@trenton-mi.com, (734)692-7729 (listed on City of Trenton website)
Riverview Brownfield Authority - Brian Webb
cityofriverviewbra@gmail.com
City of Trenton - Jim Wagner
Contact information unlisted