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	<description>EMBRACING THE URGENCY OF NOW FOR OUR RIVERS, BAY AND NEIGHBORS</description>
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		<title>Adminstrator Jackson: We are still waiting</title>
		<link>http://www.cleanwatershedcampaign.org/2010/09/03/adminstrator-jackson-we-are-waiting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:02:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mhr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Administrator Jackson, On behalf of the Lone Tree Council I would like to thank you for the EPA’s many efforts to address the myriad of issues associated with dioxin and its impacts on human health and quality of life. We understand that responding to the NAS, development of interim PRG’s and the cumbersome process [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sediment traps are not rocket science</title>
		<link>http://www.cleanwatershedcampaign.org/2010/08/08/sediment-traps-are-not-rocket-science/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Aug 2010 20:08:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cleanwatershedcampaign.org/?p=727</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At the July 19th EPA public meeting, EPA was asked about the ongoing failure to place sediments traps in the river system to mitigate the migration of contaminated sediments to Saginaw Bay. EPA stated the delay is because the agency does not want to do it wrong. There is no doubt the sentiment is true [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Enough fingers to count &#8216;em</title>
		<link>http://www.cleanwatershedcampaign.org/2010/08/03/enough-fingers-to-count-em/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cleanwatershedcampaign.org/2010/08/03/enough-fingers-to-count-em/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 00:40:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mhr</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cleanwatershedcampaign.org/?p=717</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What if EPA held a public meeting and nobody came? It was close. The July 19th public meeting on SVSU was unprecedented. Not counting the Dow representatives, agency folks and the CAG, there were five members from the public in the audience. Not even the media showed up. Granted there is a level dioxin fatigue on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another delay on the horizon?</title>
		<link>http://www.cleanwatershedcampaign.org/2010/07/18/another-delay-on-the-horizon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cleanwatershedcampaign.org/2010/07/18/another-delay-on-the-horizon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mhr</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cleanwatershedcampaign.org/?p=707</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Headline this past week in INSIDE EPA warns the release of  the final dioxin reassessment in December of this year is not likely. In June of 2009, EPA headquarters visited Saginaw, Bay City and Midland to assure the community  of EPA’s commitment to an interim number and  after dozens of years, the release of the much debated, deliberated and argued, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From EPA&#8217;s National Public Meeting on Dioxin</title>
		<link>http://www.cleanwatershedcampaign.org/2010/07/13/from-epa-hqs-public-meeting-in-dc/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cleanwatershedcampaign.org/2010/07/13/from-epa-hqs-public-meeting-in-dc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 23:37:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mhr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to Mike Schade at CHEJ (Center for Health, Environment, &#038; Justice) for being the voice today of dioxin contaminated people and communities across the country. CHEJ comments on EPA&#8217;s public meeting Of course Dow Chemical and the industry lobbyists were out and about in full force. Here&#8217;s hoping the administration stands tall!]]></description>
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		<title>The awesome but ill Tittabawassee</title>
		<link>http://www.cleanwatershedcampaign.org/2010/06/27/the-awesome-but-ill-tittabawassee/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cleanwatershedcampaign.org/2010/06/27/the-awesome-but-ill-tittabawassee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 18:04:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mhr</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cleanwatershedcampaign.org/?p=674</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week the Community Advisory Group (CAG) traveled from Caldwell Boat Launch in Midland County down the Tittabawassee River to the Rust Street Launch, not far from Wicks Park, on the Saginaw River in the City of Saginaw.  It was personally illuminating and fortifying. This river’s striking beauty (photo 471) belies its toxicity.  Cleanup, whenever [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cancer slope factor for dioxin increased</title>
		<link>http://www.cleanwatershedcampaign.org/2010/06/13/cancer-slope-factor-for-dioxin-increased/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cleanwatershedcampaign.org/2010/06/13/cancer-slope-factor-for-dioxin-increased/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 01:37:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cleanwatershedcampaign.org/?p=664</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dioxin&#8212;Yes it causes cancer and the chemical&#8217;s non-cancer effects are impacting people at lower levels. The draft dioxin reassessment is out as EPA promised but it&#8217;s just not good news for people living along the contaminated waters of the Tittabawassee and Saginaw Rivers. Cleanup needs to happen sooner rather than later. The draft reassessment report, released [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RIP RCRA</title>
		<link>http://www.cleanwatershedcampaign.org/2010/03/28/rip-rcra/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cleanwatershedcampaign.org/2010/03/28/rip-rcra/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 20:39:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mhr</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cleanwatershedcampaign.org/?p=646</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lone Tree Council will be submitting comments on the major modification of Dow’s RCRA license as it is incorporated into the Administrative Order on Consent signed by EPA, MDNRE and Dow. Dow’s RCRA license is being melded into the AOC as EPA takes over the lead on this cleanup. Make no mistake; MDEQ never had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CAG Update</title>
		<link>http://www.cleanwatershedcampaign.org/2010/03/21/cag-update/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cleanwatershedcampaign.org/2010/03/21/cag-update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Mar 2010 22:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cleanwatershedcampaign.org/?p=629</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The first official meeting of the CAG took place on the Ides of March (15th). This after a retreat of sorts the previous month. We will be creating a location on this site as a repository for CAG information. And for commentary as needed. The EPA did forget to send out a public announcement about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Community Comments on EPA Plan</title>
		<link>http://www.cleanwatershedcampaign.org/2010/02/11/community-comments-on-epa-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.cleanwatershedcampaign.org/2010/02/11/community-comments-on-epa-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:12:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.cleanwatershedcampaign.org/?p=570</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Public comment on the recent AOC negotiated behind closed doors with Dow resulted in a number of comments submitted on the record. Although long with some very detailed comments it is well worth the read for insight into the issue. Residents along the river overwhelmingly wanted EPA to do the work, bill Dow for it, [...]]]></description>
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