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APDrinking WaterForever Chemicals FeaturedGroundwater ContaminationMichiganNewsPFASTraverse CityWater Quality and Restoration EffortsMichigan oversight panel OKs limits on ‘forever chemicals’
-The state legislature established the panel in 2018 at the urging of Republicans who described it as a check on excessively burdensome regulation.
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APDrinking WaterForever Chemicals FeaturedGroundwater ContaminationMichiganNewsPFASWater Quality and Restoration EffortsJudge OKs Wolverine Worldwide settlement over western Michigan PFAS contamination
-A federal judge on Wednesday approved Wolverine Worldwide’s settlement with the state of Michigan and Plainfield and Algoma townships.
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Some worry if New York’s coming plastic bag ban is enough
-New York retailers have begun giving up single-use plastic bags as the state prepares for the March 1 implementation of a ban aimed at reducing pollution.
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Board authorizes Wisconsin DNR to begin drafting water standards for pollutants
-The department has proposed: creating groundwater standards for 16 substances that are currently unregulated, including E. coli bacteria; revising standards for five substances already regulated; and creating limits on PFAS in groundwater and surface water.
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APEnbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLake HuronLake MichiganMichiganNewsProtectEnbridge: Broken boring pipe in Mackinac Straits is 200 feet long
-Enbridge Inc. retrieved a broken 45-foot rod in December and told state regulators that a pipe of similar length remained. But the leftover pipe actually is 200 feet long, the Detroit Free Press reported Wednesday.
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Wisconsin lawmakers approve firefighting foam restrictions
-The bill now goes to Democratic Gov. Tony Evers, who can sign it into law or veto it.
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APIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentMinnesotaNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeWater Quality and Restoration EffortsHearing puts Minnesota agency under scrutiny over PolyMet mine permit
-Ramsey County Chief Judge John Guthmann is opening a fact-finding hearing into allegations that the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency improperly tried to suppress serious concerns by the federal Environmental Protection Agency about the PolyMet mine’s risks to clean water.
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Cleanup of Detroit “green goo” contaminated site expected to cost millions
-According to the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy, efforts to contain the leak at the Electro-Plating Services Inc. site in Madison Heights has cost at least $200,000 over 24 days.
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Superfund cleanup considered for Detroit ‘green goo’ site
-The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy said an evaluation of the Electro-Plating Services Inc. site will be completed this spring.
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APArticleDetroitDetroit RiverDrinking WaterForever Chemicals FeaturedIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentNewsEPA: Lead, uranium found after Detroit River aggregate spill
-The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy said in a statement Thursday that the EPA’s testing of soil and water at the Detroit Bulk Storage detected “many heavy metals including uranium.”
