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Credit tEdGuY49 / Flickr - http://j.mp/1SPGCl0 The State of Michigan has revoked the permits to operate the Detroit trash incinerator. For decades, neighbors complained about the odors coming from the site in Detroit. The trash incinerator had been cited many times before the company shut down the incinerator almost two years ago. Now, the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy and Detroit Renewable Power have agreed to a consent judgment. “Well, it was long standing air quality v...

Align RNG is a partnership between Smithfield Foods and Dominion Energy. The new company plans to build a 30-mile pipeline network among 19 farms in Duplin and Sampson counties that will install or convert one lagoon to a covered gas capture system. The farms will then ship methane generated by the hog waste to a central processing plant along N.C. Highway 24 in Turkey. From there, the Align RNG plant will upgrade the gas and inject it into the Piedmont natural gas line, where it will be purcha...

MI ENVIRONMENT 5 takeaways from EGLEs 2019 Air Quality Annual Report Date:  January 20, 2021   The year 2019 was another year of overall air quality improvement across the Michigan, according to the latest Annual Air Quality Report released by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energys (EGLE) Air Quality Division. The 2019 Annual Air Quality Report provides information about specific pollutants, including those with National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) and tox...

A man receding the COVID-19 vaccine A man has died after getting Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine in Israel. The 75-year-old man from Beit Shean died on Monday morning from cardiac arrest, about two hours after receiving the vaccine, according to The Jerusalem Post. The man received the vaccine at 8:30 in the morning, and waited for the customary time at the health clinic before he was released to his home feeling well. Sometime later, the man lost consciousness and was later confirmed dead from heart ...

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December 19, 2020 The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE), has approved a modified air permit for a controversial industrial shredder project in Howell. Padnos Iron & Metal, located at 645 Lucy Road in the City of Howell, is proposing a new metal processing facility that includes an outdoor scrap metal shredder and systems to separate waste materials from recyclables. They are currently in litigation with the City over the denial of...

EGLE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Annette Switzer, Permit Section Manager, SwitzerA2@Michigan.gov 517-643-3847 The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) today approved an air permit for a scrap metal recycling operation at Louis Padnos Iron and Metal in Howell. The approved permit included changes responsive to public comments requesting verification of emissions and adding testing conditions to the permit. Several requirements were added such as more frequent testing for...

City of Enid The city of Enid received $205 million in funding Tuesday from the state as part of its water pipeline project, the city’s most expensive project ever. The 30-year loan for Enid’s Kaw Lake Water Supply Project is Oklahoma Water Resources Board’s largest-ever, according to a press release. Through the approved contract with Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality, Enid Municipal Authority will use the funds of this loan in combination with three previously approv...

Image credit: Sandra Svoboda Current air monitoring efforts have limitations in what can be tracked. This federal grant funding allows for more detailed tracking and potentially, higher accountability from industry sources. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently selected Michigan to receive a $500,000 grant to go toward community-scale air monitoring. The project, run by the state Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy or EGLE, will allow for the study of ambient air...

EGLE How This Site is Regulated Under the Environmental RegulationsContact: Andrew Bertapelle | BertapelleA1@Michigan.gov | 517-290-3813Agency: Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy US Ecology Detroit South (USE-DS), also known as EQ Detroit, located at 1923 Frederick Street, in Detroit, Michigan (Site), is subject to multiple environmental regulatory programs, carried out by multiple government agencies. Each agency issues separate permits or licenses under the authority they are assigned under...