(MI) Muskegon Chronicle – Since the early 1990s, the environmental mess that is the former Whitehall Leather Co. tannery site and adjacent Tannery Bay has been the source of many meetings, debates, deadline delays and negotiations.

The final cleanup plan, which will effectively end much of that work and prepare the site for redevelopment, is nearly ready for submission by Genesco, the former owner of the site that is still responsible for its cleanup. More