CleanUp Detroit - EPA and MDEQ don't protect you

There are over 70 Superfund sites in the city and 40,000 contaminated parcels.

When cleanup efforts get too expensive,
the rules of the EPA and MDEQ get changed by court order,
to help industry/investors/etc., etc. to continue .

Strict cleanup requirements get loosened to “aid” the
financial burden on industry by putting Michigan’s residents
health concerns on the back burner.
Items involving the financial assurance from a company
to carry out “a cleanup to completion” seem to outweigh the
general protection of public health, safety, welfare and the environment.

There are numerous examples of Loosening the Reigns at the health expense of residents

It all gets real interesting when “standards” get changed.
Michigan recently modified the Dioxane Standard.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency [[EPA) changed
Michigans current standard for Dioxane in Drinking Water.
– New standard is 85 parts per billion [[ppb)
of 1,4 dioxane in drinking water
while in the 1980s, the acceptable level in Michigan was just
3 parts per billion [[ppb).

The consent judgments, on occasion, get amended a few times,
and sometimes the court issues other additional cleanup-related orders.
These agreements often take place in courts – with little or no opportunity for public input.
MDEQ has to accept “”remediation plans”” that comply with state law, aka court order
The Natural Resources & Environmental Protection Act [[NREPA) of Michigan
has a little paragraph [[Part 201, Section 2a) that basically claims
— MDEQ is required to approve changes to legal agreements —
Sometimes a proposal lacks adequate monitoring planning
and/or contingency planning to deal with the spreading contamination

http://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...rinking-water/

http://water.epa.gov/lawsregs/rulesr...heet_List1.pdf

Safety.... your family .... your kids --- you did click on the links up above, right :)


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