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Michigan’s Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy has announced the creation of the Michigan Dam Safety Task Force, and three of the 19 members have ties to the Upper Peninsula.
Michigan Tech graduate Marty Holtgren, executive director of Muskegon’s River Watershed Assembly, Stan Vitton, Michigan Tech professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Jim Kovechar, GM of Michigan operations for Cleveland-Cliffs all made it to the task force.
The task force is charged with providing recommendations on policy, budget, legislative and enforcement reforms to prevent future dam failures across the state.
Key dam safety stakeholders, representatives from local governments and state agencies make up the task force.
On Monday, EGLE sent Gov. Whitmer its Preliminary Report on the Edenville Dam Failure, Response Efforts, and Program Reviews report summarizing the department’s actions during and following the failures of the Edenville and Sanford dams, and outlining the status of reviews of the state’s dam safety operations.
They will hold their first meeting Tuesday at 1pm.
Information to join the meeting is here.
To join by phone, dial 248-509-0316 and enter Meeting ID 750 093 554.
