mclouth steel

A now-shuttered metal plating company contaminated a drain in Macomb County last week, and a closed steel plant left corrosive chemicals in puddles in Wayne County. The incidents are leading to renewed calls for the state Legislature to pass recently introduced Polluter Pay bills.

A milky discharge was recently observed spilling into a creek near the former McLouth Steel Plant in Trenton, though the creek is situated in the city of Riverview. It was first noticed last year, but regulators suspect it’s been an occasional problem for many years.

The state has issued a second asbestos-related violation notice to a company that is demolishing the former McLouth Steel plant in Trenton. The McLouth…

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has named the former McLouth Steel site in Trenton to its Superfund National Priorities List.That list is…

Wayne County has finalized a deal that will rid the city of Trenton of one of its worst eyesores - the long-vacant McLouth Steel plant. The buyer is Crown…