PFAS

A special prosecutor in Benzie County has declined to issue charges against Cadillac's Local Development Finance Authority. Michigan State Police investigated the board in June earlier this year after a complaint alleging the LDFA violated Michigan's Open Meetings Act.

In June, MSP investigated allegations that Cadillac’s Local Development Finance Authority violated Michigan’s Open Meeting Act by conducting business without the minimum number of members required, ignoring bylaws, and withholding meeting minutes and records.

The meeting comes after controversy over the practice of land applying septic system waste as a type of fertilizer.

A U.S. subsidiary of the Swedish defense company Saab announced its plans to build last year. The facility will take up about 60 acres in an industrial park south of Grayling.

The conflict has led to a lot of questions and confusion, and could be discussed at a meeting this week.

A challenge to Michigan’s rules on water contamination by a group of forever chemicals is on the Michigan Supreme Court’s November oral arguments docket.

U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee (D-Flint) and U.S. Sen. Gary Peters (D-Bloomfield Township) recently sent a letter to the Department of Defense, demanding a detailed plan to address contaminated military sites.

Calls for urgency aren't new among Oscoda residents, but a revised timeline that pushes PFAS systems on the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base back by roughly two years is catching flack.

The state wants to better understand Michiganders' exposure to nearly 200 different chemicals, including lead, mercury and PFAS.

Some projects could break ground this year but questions over funding and public opinion remain.