Site Name: Former Union 76 Auto Service 15502 Beech Daly Redford Township, MI  ID #: 00019562

The DEQ cleaned up the former Union 76 Auto Service (Facility #19562) located at 15502 Beech Daly, Redford Township, by removing seven underground storage tanks in 2002.  The DEQ expended $371,982.18 at this site using Clean Michigan Initiative funds. This cleanup has assisted Redford Township in facilitating a redevelopment of this and adjoining properties.

Medical Building LLC has utilized a brownfield Single Business Tax credit valued at $167,420 and state and local tax capture valued at $167,000 to demolish existing structures at 15502-15534 Beech Daly Road and build a new 12,000-square-foot facility to house pulmonary, physical therapy and family practice offices affiliated with nearby Botsford Hospital. The township contributed approximately $1.9 million to the project which includes land purchase, road construction and façade and streetscape improvements.  As many as 30 professional and support jobs were expected to be created on total project investment of $3.1 million. The project was also supported by the Michigan State Housing Development Authority.

SITE NAME:  Captain Oil Change  589 West Columbia Ave.  Battle Creek, MI  ID #:  13000362

LOCATION:  The former Captain Oil Change site is located on the south side of Battle Creek on West Columbia. 

SITE HISTORY:  The Captain Oil Change site is an approximately one-half acre property that was the site of a former quick oil change business from 1980 to 1994.  From 1950 to 1980 the building was either vacant or used for commercial purposes.  The property was residential prior to 1950.  The building has remained vacant since 1994 and the property has tax-reverted to the City of Battle Creek.  Past operations at the site have resulted in environmental impacts that were detected during Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments that were conducted in early 1999.  The soil was found to be contaminated with polynuclear aromatic compounds, volatile organic compounds and heavy metals.  However, the horizontal and vertical extent of contamination was not determined.  The building was in very poor condition and had a variety of abandoned containers with hazardous substances in them.  There were also two abandoned underground storage tanks (USTs). 

CLEANUP ACTIONS:  $20,000 in Site Assessment Fund grant monies were used by the City of Battle Creek to conduct Phase I and Phase II environmental site assessments in 1999. $161,772 in Clean Michigan Initiative (CMI) monies were used to: remove all abandoned hazardous substances from the inside of the building, complete asbestos abatement in the building, demolish and remove all demolition materials from the site, remove the abandoned underground storage tanks from the subsurface, excavate and remove all contaminated soils from the site and conduct a limited remedial investigation to ensure that all contaminated soils have been removed and that the site is clean.  This work began in September of 1999 and was completed in October of 2000. 

REDEVELOPMENT:  The City of Battle Creek sold the property and a new 3 unit mini-plaza was constructed in 2006. Currently two businesses are located there, a Check into Cash and Papa Murphy's Pizza.  Grubb and Ellis is offering the middle 1400 square foot unit for lease. A total of 17 jobs have been created so far, and private investment made of over $250,000. 

LOCATION: The project area is a 2,280 foot section of the Grand River located in downtown Jackson from the Holton Dam to a point just north of Louis Glick Highway. This section of the River is adjacent to commercial properties whose uses include restaurants, hotel, offices, a bank, and retail businesses.
SITE HISTORY: A concrete culvert was constructed in the project area of the Grand River in 1937 which diverted the flow of the surface water under a concrete cap. This action was an effort to reduce the odors associated with wastes dumped in the River upstream of downtown Jackson. The cap proved to be an acute health hazard to the community. Since 1978, there were six incidents where a child has been trapped beneath the cap and drowned. These deaths resulted in an outcry by the community to remove the cap and make it possible for a person to escape from the River. In addition to the public health improvements, removal of the cap promoted waterfront redevelopment projects, attracting more businesses and patrons to the downtown area.
The City of Jackson implemented a pilot phase of the cap removal project in the summer of 1998. A 300 foot section of the cap was removed and the river bank stabilized successfully. Contaminated soil was encountered, costing the city an additional $62,000 to remove and dispose of it.
CLEANUP ACTIONS:  The state spent $1,100,000 in CMI funds to assist the city of Jackson in removal of the cap and pay for excavation and disposal of contaminated soils along the river.  The project was completed in December 2000 with removal of the Holton dam.
REDEVELOPMENT:  Although these CMI funds were intended to abate an acute health risk, significant redevelopment has occured in the project area. Most notably, a new headquarters building for Consumers Energy was sited next to the reconstructed riverbank.

Zoning: Office/Commercial    Master Plan Use: Office/Commercial

Local Incentives: Several Incentives, including tax increment financing, were used to support the new Consumer's Energy headquarters.  

GRAND RAPIDS DISTRICT
Joe's Tire / Van Drie's Furniture Store, Big Rapids
The old Joe's Tire Service/Ridderman Oil was a gasoline service station and tire service establishment. Three underground storage tanks (USTs) were removed in 1992 after free product was found to be entering Mitchell Creek in 1989. Cleanup and Redevelopment Funds (CRF) have been used since 1999 to remove three remaining USTs, abate acute risks of inhalation and surface water impacts, monitor groundwater, and remove free product at the site. The State of Michigan has spent approximately $215,000 at this site and is continuing corrective actions off-site. The new Van Drie's Furniture Store, built in 2000, employs 25 people. The owner invested over $500,000 in site improvements and a new showroom after performing a Baseline Environmental Assessment (BEA). The old building was demolished and a new parking lot was extended over the area of contamination to prevent exacerbation and exposure. Van Drie's is located at 318 N. State Street, Big Rapids, MI.

Geller's Auto Service, Montcalm Co.  
Geller's was used as a gasoline sales and automotive service station since 1923. Three USTs were removed from the property in April of 1992. During the removal activities, a confirmed release was discovered and reported to the STD.  An investigation of the extent of the contamination was conducted by installing 30 monitoring wells and twelve soil borings. Free product was detected in one of the monitoring wells.

This site was a state funded cleanup project. The scope of work included a complete investigation of the extent of free product and soil and groundwater contamination. Once the extent of contamination was determined, remediation activities, including free product recovery and disposal, was conducted. State funded activities ceased in December of 2003.

A BEA stating that no hazardous materials would be stored on site was submitted to the STD for determination in June of 1998. The BEA was submitted on behalf of the Governmental Employees Credit Union of Ionia. The BEA and Due Care plan was affirmed in November of 1998. The former building was demolished and the new credit union building has been constructed, vastly improving the streetscape in the downtown.  

Blackrick Service, Crystal
This former service station, located at 705 Main Street in Crystal had four underground storage tanks which were non-compliant and required removal. The tanks included one 1000 gallon, one 2000 gallon, one 4000 gallon and one 6000 gallon. The DEQ funded this project under the 1999 Clean Michigan Initiative. The facility was operated as a gas station since 1938 and stayed in the same family until it was sold in 1996. Subsequent to the removal of the tanks by state contractors, an off-site release was identified and additional funding to determine the extent and remediate groundwater was approved. Over $250,000 has been authorized for cleaning up this property. The property tax reverted to the county and was foreclosed upon. The property was sold at public auction in July 2002, and a BEA submitted by the new owner.

SXT/Ron's II, Kent County
The property was formerly used as a gasoline, convenience store, bait shop and sporting goods store.  As part of the gasoline station, the property contained five USTs with their associated piping and dispenser island. The five USTs were registered as two 3,000-gallon gasoline, one 2,000-gallon gasoline, one 520-gallon kerosene, and one 560-gallon gasoline USTs. The five USTs were removed from the property in October 1998. During the UST removal activities, five soil samples were collected and analyzed from the southern excavation and dispenser island location. The area of highest soil contaminant concentration was located at the north dispenser island soil sample. A confirmed release was reported on October 7, 1998.

This site is currently a state funded cleanup project. Over $200,000 has been authorized to conduct response activities which include complete investigation of the extent of soil and groundwater contamination. Free product and soil removal activities have already been carried out by the DEQs contractors. Their assessment of the site is under review by the project manager.

Redevelopment of the property was accomplished after foreclosure by the bank. Both the bank and new owners submitted BEAs in January and in December of 1999. The building has been remodeled into a retail store, which is now operated by Aqua Flow Water Systems, which submitted a BEA in April 2003.  Through the use of the BEA redevelopment tool, the new owners have protected their liability from the contamination associated with the former gasoline station.

CADILLAC DISTRICT
Rite Aid, Cadillac
This was the location of a Marathon service station until 1989. Five USTs that were installed in 1962, were removed in 1989 when the business shut down. A release was reported upon removal of the tanks and remediation began shortly after this.  Corrective actions, including recovery of free product, soil treatment and groundwater treatment continued until 1998. The site was purchased by a new owner and leased to Rite Aid Corporation in 1998. A BEA was performed for the site and a new building and parking lot were constructed. The store is one of the busiest in the area and has had a positive impact on the surrounding businesses.  

Dutch Hutch, McBain
The Dutch Hutch was used as a donut and coffee shop for many years, prior to that it was a small gasoline service station, on the north side of downtown. In 1997, five leaking underground storage tanks were removed from the site, and a large release of petroleum, including free product was reported. A sixth tank was discovered and its piping was leaking. The piping from this tank and the pump island were removed. The remaining tank was removed later as a potential source of contamination. The City of McBain's municipal wells were within the pathway of the plume from the LUST, one of which had already been impacted with MTBE. McBain is located in a geologic region of sands up to 21 feet in depth, with groundwater at approximately 16 feet below ground surface.

The former owners of the property had stopped using the USTs prior to 1996, but did not properly close them. The DEQ district project manager nominated the site for Cleanup and Redevelopment funding in 1999 to perform additional on and off-site investigation, free product removal and treatment system installation and maintenance. Demolition of the building was included under the 1999 CMI program.

The building was demolished in the summer of 2001 and the treatment system installed in the fall of 2001. It is currently pumping and treating groundwater in order to protect the city's municipal wells. Over 1 million gallons of groundwater have been treated so far, and over 1900 gallons of free product has been recovered.The city has taken ownership of the site and has successfully applied for a downtown redevelopment grant from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation to improve parking and support the downtown business district. The DEQ has spent approximately $200,000 on the cleanup.

Finch's Amoco, Grand Traverse County
The property was utilized as an auto repair facility as early as 1929 and was last operated as a gasoline service station in 1996. A release was confirmed in 1991 from a failed tank tightness test. Free product was found in as many as seven monitoring wells over the years. Free product recovery and remedial investigations were funded by MUSTFA until 1995. The Leaking Underground Storage Tank systems were removed in March 1997. A Baseline Environmental Assessment was submitted in April of 1997. Redevelopment of the property commenced after the BEA was completed. Currently the property is being leased by Republic Bank. The contamination at the property is being remediated with State funding from the Cleanup and Redevelopment Fund. 

Michigan National Bank, Traverse City
The property began use as a petroleum retail facility in 1959. Seven of the eight underground storage tank (UST) systems were removed in 1981. The station was then converted into a drive-in branch of Michigan National Bank this same year. The bank retained one UST for fueling bank vehicles. Approximately 800 gallons of unleaded gasoline was lost in March 1981. Free product recovery began immediately and roughly 1,134 gallons of free product and water were recovered. In 1985 groundwater contamination was discovered at the northeast corner of the site. A remedial investigation was conducted. Limited remedial actions, in the form of air sparging and soil vapor extraction, occurred in 1994. A Baseline Environmental Assessment was submitted in July 1997. The building was raised. The property was redeveloped into an office building.

Krouse Tire, Traverse City
The property was initially utilized as a gasoline service station from 1952 until 1978. Three underground storage tank (UST) systems were removed in 1987 prior to Federal rules, which required site assessment sampling below the tanks. Soil and groundwater contamination was discovered during a Phase II Environmental Assessment. A Baseline Environmental Assessment was submitted to the Department of Environmental Quality on February 20, 1998. The service station was razed and a four-story office building was constructed on the property in 1999. Approximately 30 cubic feet of contaminated soil was removed during construction activities.

MARQUETTE DISTRICT
Pair-a-dice-Inn, (Jerry & Pat's Party Store) Christmas, Alger Co.
This property was a general store located in Christmas, MI, located less than 150 feet from Furnace Creek which flows into Lake Superior.  The store also sold gasoline until 1994 when one 2000 gallon and one 1000 gallon UST were removed. At that time, a release was reported and the contractors removed 100 cubic yards of soil. However, it was estimated through analysis of data from monitoring wells and soil borings that an additional 800+ cubic yards of contaminated soils were left at the site. Groundwater impact is very likely, and a plume of primarily MTBE and BTEX has migrated off site with the potential to impact at least one private well at the restaurant/bar across the street and the creek.The Storage Tank Division nominated the site for the 1999 CMI program for site investigation and plume delineation and groundwater and soil cleanup. Monitoring will continue on downgradient wells until 2010. Over $154,000 has been spent by the state on this project which was completed in 2003. 

A new owner purchased the property and performed a BEA and Due Care activities in December 1999 at the site. During the winter and spring of 2001, the owners completed building a new hotel and convenience store/gas station on the site, investing over $1 million and creating about 20 new jobs.  In the process of constructing the hotel, most of  the remaining contaminated soil was removed.  The property recently became available>

LANSING DISTRICT
Former Central Distributors, Flushing
This former service station operated for decades along the east side of the Flint River, on Main Street. The building had fallen into disrepair and a basement with two large USTs had been exposed to the elements. There were eight USTs in total, several of which had impacted the soil and surface water over the years. The owner of Central Distributors was reluctant to remove the tanks or clean up the contamination, so the project was nominated for state funding. The STD performed tank removals in late 2001 and the city subsequently purchased the property and demolished the building. The site is now used as a public access to the riverwalk and canoes can be rented from a new livery.

Former Pete's Sunoco- Burton
The Pink Palace or former Pete's Sunoco gas station, had five USTs, ranging from 1000 to 9000 gallons in size all of unknown age. The tanks were last used in 1983 but it is not known when the tanks were actually removed, or when a release had occurred as none had ever been reported. In early 2001, a release, possibly from this site or another facility on the south side of Lapeer Road, began impacting a residence. State emergency funds were immediately used to install an air exchange system/ groundwater pump in the basement.  A new owner performed a BEA on the property, which is the main office for a phone systems installation company, Allen Audio & Communications, Inc.

Former Car Wash, Gas Station- Flint
A former self car wash at the northeast corner of Davison Road and Dort Highway was purchased in 2000 and was demolished. The new owners performed a BEA and began to redevelop the site. Twelve USTs were removed from the ground, some of which were buried underneath the sidewalks, as the original gas station had been located in the original right of way of the two lane road, which later expanded to four lanes. The redevelopment of the property by both Kentucky Fried Chicken and Rite Aid has greatly improved the corner, supplying a needed drug store and fast food restaurant for the surrounding neighborhoods and manufacturing plants. Over $1 million in private investment went into the site.

City of Davison
Just east of Flint, the City of Davison has been at the forefront of USTfields redevelopment in the state. On one corner alone, two former gas stations have been demolished and new businesses have built stores. The first is on the northwest corner of State Street and Flint Road, which was a Davison Gas & Oil Company gas station. The station was sold and a BEA was performed in 1999. A confirmed release was reported in April of 1999 and the tanks were removed from the ground in May. The purchaser built a new Wendy's restaurant. On the southwest corner, a former Total station had closed in the winter of 2000.   There had been a release reported in 1993 during removal of eight 32-year old steel USTs. The release was closed in 1997 with deed restrictions. Three tanks were removed in 2001 and the building was demolished. A new CVS drug store was built on the lot just to the west on Flint Road, and the parking lot covers the area of the old gas station. The eastern two corner lots (a former Action Auto/car dealership and oil change garage) are next in line for redevelopment, both sites have had USTs, which are now removed. Two former bulk gasoline storage areas south of the downtown are targeted for redevelopment.

KALAMAZOO DISTRICT
Former Baker Oil-West Dickman Road, Springfield           

The former Baker Oil on West Dickman, just west of Battle Creek's Magnificent Motor Mile, was a former bulk fuel plant that was abandoned when the company went out of business. It had been contaminated by at least two known releases of fuels from leaking underground storage tanks. The DEQ funded an investigation and cleanup of the site from CMI funds starting in 1999. Currently, Delisle Associates is the QC performing free product recovery and site investigation both on and offsite.  In 2002 and 2003, the RRD Kalamazoo District project manager and Funding and Support Unit staff worked with the City of Springfield to maintain access at the site in order to continue investigation and cleanup, prior to the city acquiring the site through a public use deed from the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). In late 2003, the city gained the title to the property and agressively marketed it for redevelopment.  A new Do-It Hardware Store has been constructed at the site.  

Downtown Tomorrow, Kalamazoo
A gas station located on the corner of Michigan Avenue and Main Streets was closed in the mid 1960s and remained vacant for nearly four decades. The city ended up with the facility through tax reversion and removed the tank in 1998, at that time also reporting a release. The site had been funded through the Clean Michigan Initiative for tank removal and investigation of the release. The investigation was performed and It was determined that the release would have no detrimental impacts for the proposed use of the property. A local non-profit, Downtown Tomorrow paid for a BEA and built a unique and attractive fountain and sign as an entry into downtown Kalamazoo.  

Albion former KFC/Gas Station, Albion
This former gas station had been converted to a drive-in restaurant in the late 1940s. It operated as one restaurant or another for the next 50 years, most recently as a Kentucky Fried Chicken. This restaurant went out of business in the late 1990s and was left vacant. In 2001 the site was purchased and the new owner began to redevelop the property, update the building, and repave the parking lot. Upon tearing up the old pavement, two 20,000 gallon USTs were discovered. The owner immediately contacted the DEQ, registered the tanks, and had them removed and cleaned. A BEA was completed for the site, and is now a barber shop.

Former Gas Station- Kalamazoo
This former gas station, located at 1114 Douglas Avenue was purchased by Meijer Corp. which demolished the existing structure and extended their parking lot over the former station. They performed a BEA for the site and invested several million dollars in their new property.

SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN DISTRICT
Former Union 76- Redford Township
The former gas station at 15502 Beech Daly had seven underground storage tanks removed by the DEQ in 2002 using Clean Michigan Initiative funds amounting to over $371,000.  On March 13, 2007, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation announced the proposed redevelopment of this site.  Medical Building LLC will utilize a brownfield Single Business Tax credit valued at $167,420 and state and local tax capture valued at $167,000 to demolish existing structures at 15502-15534 Beech Daly Road and build a new 12,000-square-foot facility to house pulmonary, physical therapy and family practice offices affiliated with nearby Botsford Hospital. The township contributed approximately $1.9 million to the project which included land purchase, road construction and façade and streetscape improvements. As many as 30 professional and support jobs were expected to be created on total project investment of $3.1 million. The project was also supported by the Michigan State Housing Development Authority.

River Rouge Animal Shelter- River Rouge
River Rouge Animal shelter located at 11242 West Jefferson, across the street from an elementary school was not only an eyesore, but also a hazard to the children who had to pass by it every day. This former gas station was converted to an animal shelter in the early 1990s. The underground tanks were not removed by the previous owner and the property eventually tax reverted to the state of Michigan. The city of River Rouge took title to the property and worked with the DEQ to have the tanks removed using $112,000 of Cleanup and Redevelopment funds. In October of 2001, contractors removed 3 USTs and closed two small tanks in place, as their removal would have affected the building foundation. The city leased the building to an auto repair shop.