Delay Game
Dow has at their disposal an army of regulatory lawyers, engineers and scientists. That they go it so wrong so often was by design. Dow’s repeated failure to comply with the law, to submit timely work plans and utilize accepted scientific guidelines is common practice. These maneuvers coupled with their forum shopping for the most politically pliable administrations to do their bidding is legendary, making their contamination a shameful, shameful legacy.
EPA Snapshots Dow’s Delays |
| MDEQ Comments on Dow’s Delays |
| Dow Hot Issue from 12-14-06 |
| EPA Identifies Dow’s Delays – Part One |
| EPA Identifies Dow’s Delays – Part Two |
| EPA Sites Dow Deficiencies |
| Boat Launch Agreement (Large Document) |
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NPR News clip concerning the Dow mediation. In 2007! Dow was consuming a lot of time arguing about what documents need to be kept from the public rather than participating in an ‘open and transparent’ process. And while Dow fiddled, the contamination continued to spread. From Interlochen public radio with comment from EPA Region 5′s John Steketee. (MP3) |
From EPA’s John Steketee, while Dow argues over what documents to keep from the public, the ‘damage continues to occur’. (MP3) |
