Clean Watershed Campaign

MDNRE Public Hearing

The RCRA corrective action license, hailed by Dow, MDEQ and EPA as the path forward to cleanup, was signed in 2003. Then as now, Dow boasted about signing on the dotted line and crowed about their willingness to find some resolution. Seven years later the 2003 path forward is being heavily modified because Dow refused to do much of the work. In the end Dow was rewarded with another path forward —- one which EPA admits at this time does not contemplate cleanup.

Major modification of Dow’s license is taking place to accommodate the new path forward in the recent AOC signed by EPA, Dow and MNDR (formerly MDEQ)

The MDNRE will hold a public hearing on the draft Dow major License modification from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 11, 2010, at Saginaw Valley State University, Curtiss Hall, Seminar Room G, 7400 Bay Road, Saginaw, Michigan.

Written comments must be submitted by April 5, 2010, to Cheryl Howe at howec@michigan.gov or the address below.

• The public notice is available here.
• The Fact Sheet is available here.
• Attachment 1 to the Fact Sheet is available here.
• Attachment 2 to the Fact Sheet is available here.
• The direct link to the Dow Hazardous Waste Facility Operating License Information Web page is available here.