(MI) Muskegon Chronicle – The material in the six contaminated lagoons on the former Whitehall Leather Co. tannery site likely won’t be removed, based on comments Wednesday night by environmental consultants and state Department of Environmental Quality officials.

Many of the 100 or so residents who turned out for a public meeting at the Howmet Playhouse voiced concerns about the proposed plan that would leave the lagoons in place. The proposal is expected to be part of a final cleanup plan for the entire 33-acre site polluted by more than a century of leather-tanning operations.

A developer wants to turn the site into condominiums. More