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Great Lakes Invasive carp Challenge nets more than 350 entries

First-round awards to be announced in February

LANSING Mich - The State of Michigan announced today that the Great Lakes Invasive Carp Challenge which sought innovative solutions to stop the movement of invasive carp received 353 entries from 27 countries The challenge hosted by global crowd-sourcing company InnoCentive netted new ideas and raised the global profile of this important issue

Invasive carp pose a serious and growing threat to the economy and ecology of our Great Lakes Gov Rick Snyder said The Invasive Carp Challenge has unleashed the creativity and power of the entrepreneurial community to find the best ways to protect one of Michigans most prized

natural resources Im looking forward to the results of this challenge and how to put some of these ideas into action

Solutions will be reviewed by a panel of expert judges with up to eight solutions selected for awards of $25000 Stage 1 awardees will be announced in February 2018

For final awards a select number of Stage 1 awardees will be invited to present their ideas before a live audience of judges industry experts nonprofit organizations and venture capital representatives for additional cash awards totaling up to $500000

This live event is planned to take place in late March 2018 in Detroit and will provide an in-person platform for ideas to be pitched to judges for final awards All awardees will have an opportunity to make connections with audience members as well including university

researchers entrepreneurs and venture capital firms in hopes of furthering their ideas

Gov Snyder announced the Great Lakes Invasive Carp Challenge during his State of the State address in January 2017 The State of Michigan pledged $1 million to seek innovative methods to prevent the movement of invasive carp species into Lake Michigan from the Illinois River through the Chicago Area Waterway System

Invasive carp pose a significant threat to the Great Lakes ecosystem the $7 billion fishery and other economic interests dependent on the Great Lakes and its tributaries

In June 2017 a 28-inch-long silver carp was caught approximately 9 miles from Lake Michigan beyond the electric barrier system meant to keep invasive carp out of the Great Lakes An autopsy and analysis by Southern Illinois University indicated the fish spent from a few weeks to a few months in the section of river where it was caught There was no indication of how the fish ended up beyond the electric barriers

This discovery of a second invasive carp found beyond the barrier - a bighead carp was captured in 2010- underscores the need for action and innovation to prevent these fish from doing potentially irreparable ecological and economic damage to Michigans signature and defining natural resource

Banquet April 13 2018

The LPM Chapter of TU will hold its 44th Annual Banquet on April 13th 2018

We would welcome any suggestions you have for major prizes for this banquet This is a chance for you to have input on these major prizes and have them be of interest to you

Just send me a reply

Thanks for your help George Membership Chair

DNR dredging buys time $31 million effort begins to protect Buffalo Reef in Keweenaw County

EPA forms task force to develop long-term stamp sands management plan

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources recently completed an emergency dredging project in Keweenaw County to restore the Grand Traverse Harbor channel for

commer cial and recreatio nal boating

The $24623 o dredging project undertak en by

Marine Tech LLC of Duluth Minnesota through the DNRs Parks and Recreation Division pumped 9000 cubic yards of sand to a beach area north of the harbor

Previous dredging at the harbor was done by the DNR in 2015 and the US Army Corps of Engineers in 2009 and 2003

Meanwhile more extensive sand removal and containment efforts are needed to protect important lake trout and whitefish spawning habitat on Buffalo Reef and a juvenile whitefish area south of the Grand Traverse Harbor

which is situated on the east side of the Keweenaw Peninsula northeast of Lake Linden

Buffalo Reef is a 2200-acre spawning reef located down drift of stamp sands that have eroded into Lake Superior since the early 1900s said Phil Schneeberger DNR Lake Superior Basin coordinator It is currently estimated that this reef critical to both lake trout and lake whitefish populations in the area is currently 35 percent unusable by spawning fish due to sand that has filled spaces between rocks which are necessary for successful fish egg deposit and incubation Furthermore migrating sands along the shore have made nursery areas unusable by newly-hatched fish

Nearly a quarter of the annual lake trout yield from Lake Superiors Michigan waters comes from within 50 miles of Buffalo Reef The Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission estimates the annual economic benefit of the reef at $1 7 million

The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community as well as other tribes located around Lake Superior are and have always been fishing tribes said KBIC President Chris Swartz Since time immemorial these tribes have used the resources provided by gitchi-gami (or Lake Superior) to sustain their communities This sustenance is not only physical it is also spiritual cultural medicinal and economic

Swartz said modeling predicts that by 2025 60 percent of the reef will no longer be viable for lake trout and whitefish spawning

In this part of the Keweenaw Peninsula the coarse black stamp sands threatening the reef were created as a by-product of century-old copper mining at the Mohawk and Wolverine

mines

The mines hauled copper ore from near

Calumet 13 miles to a four-stamp mill in the community of Gay where ore was crushed by the stamps and the copper separated through a flotation process

Stamp sands are the waste

material resulting from the milling work They were dumped into Lake Superior and on the shoreline

Over the past roughly 80 years the stamp sands have shifted south shymoved by winds waves and nearshore lake currents - about 5 miles to the Grand Traverse Harbor covering 1426 acres of shoreline and lake bottom

Without taking measures to slow the movement and down-drift accumulation of the stamp sands they will eventually move past the harbor and deposit on the natural white sand beach south of the jetty at the mouth of the Traverse River said Steven Check a project manager with the US Army Corps of Engineers in Detroit

The DNR has applied for a permit from the DEQ under the Great Lakes Submerged Lands Act (Part 325 of Michigans Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act) to allow the Army Corps to remove more of the stamp sands from Lake Superior

The EPA has provided $3 1 million to the Army Corps to design and carry out the dredging work scheduled for May 2018 A public comment period on this permit closed Nov 1 110 public hearing for this permit application is planned with a permitting decision deadline set for Dec 14

Under the permit a total of 17250 o cubic yards of stamp sands are expected to be removed from an underwater bedrock trough moving the sand to a 37 -acre placement site that has the capacity to store 380000 cubic yards This 2350-footshylong by 700-foot placement area located about 15 miles from the dredge location would be north of Buffalo Reef behind a temporary berm

Another 20000 cubic yards of sand would be removed from Grand Traverse Harbor while 10000 cubic yards of material would be dredged from an upland area next to the harbor on the beach

This dredging project would buy 5 to 7 years of protection for the reef and the whitefish juvenile recruitment area south of the harbor said Steve Casey Upper Peninsula district supervisor for the Michigan Department of Environmental Qualitys Water Resources Division In the meantime we need to develop a long-term adaptive management plan a solution for the Gay stamp sands problem

The EPA has formed a cooperative multi-entity task force to develop that plan over the next couple of years which will solicit input from many stakeholders including the public

A public meeting of the task force to kick off the effort has been scheduled for 6-8 pm Tuesday Dec 5 at the Lake Linden-Hubbell High School Auditorium located at 601

Calumet Street in Lake Linden

We will be soliciting public input on what issues the plan needs to address and looking for

volunteers to help us understand and resolve those issues Casey said

One critical component of the plan will be to develop a beneficial use for the stamp sands which is currently being explored by the MTECH SmartZone in Houghton A primary goal of the plan would be that long-term maintenance would be assumed by a nonshyfederal entity

A task force steering committee has been named which includes Lori Ann Sherman natural resources director for the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Tony Friona Great Lakes liaison for the US Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center and Steve Casey UP district supervisor of the DEQs Water Resources Division

Were hoping construction can start on some type of control mechanism for the original pile of stamp sands by 2021 with completion two years after that Casey said We would then hope to put long-term maintenance dredging in place by 2026 The annual costs for that dredging would depend on which type of longshyterm remedy is selected

The stamp sands source pile at Gay was originally estimated to contain 22 million cubic yards of material with 23 million cubic yards of material remaining today

The community of Gay is named for Joseph E Gay who conducted early explorations of the ore body that would be mined by the Mohawk Mining Co

Meanwhile a separate dredging project has been proposed by private parties for a stamp sands deposit on the southwest side of the Keweenaw Peninsula The project would extend roughly 13 miles from the Village of Freda to the North Portage Entry

This proposal is currently under permit application review by the DEQ Water Resources Division and is in no way associated with EPA Task Force DNR and Army Corps of Engineers efforts at the Gay stamp sand deposit A public hearing is planned for spring 2018 No date for that session has been determined

State announces 3 public feedback sessions on final version of Une 5 Alternatives Analysis report

LANSING Mich - Three public feedback sessions have been scheduled in December so the public can suggest the next steps the State should take regarding Line 5 based on information in the final version of the independent Alternatives Analysis The report is scheduled to be released publicly on Nov 20 and comments will be accepted online or by mail until Dec 22

The report by independent contractor Dynamic Risk Assessment Systems Inc

analyzed alternatives to using Line 5 owned by Enbridge Energy Partners L P to transport light crude oil and natural gas liquids from Superior Wisconsin through the Straits of Mackinac to Sarnia Ontario Canada

The draft report was released in July followed by one public information meeting three public feedback sessions and a 45-day period where the public could offer comments and replies to comments on the report All comments and replies to comments were considered for inclusion into tile final report

After the State completes its review of the alternatives report Enbridge has five business days beginning on Nov 13 to review the report ahead of its public release a week later Under Enbridges formal agreement with the state to provide funding for the Alternatives Analysis report the company cannot ask for or have any changes made to the document

Details about the public feedback opportunities

bull Wednesday Dec 6 in Taylor beginning at 6 pm at the Heinz C Prechter Educational and Performing Arts Center Wayne County Community College District Downriver Campus 21000 Northline Road

bull Tuesday Dec 12 in St Ignace beginning at 6 pm at the Little Bear Arena amp Community Center 275 Marquette St

bull Wednesday Dec 13 in Traverse City beginning at 6 pm West Bay

Beach Holiday Inn Resort Leelanau Banquet Rooms 615 E Front St

With the reports release Nov 20 on the Pipeline Safety Advisory Board website a 30-day window opens for online comments about what the State should do regarding the future of Line 5 The Dec 22 deadline for comments includes two additional days to account for the Thanksgiving state holidays during the comment period Comments can also be mailed to Department of Environmental Quality Attn Line 5 Alternatives Analysis PO Box 30473 Lansing MI 48909shy7973

The Michigan Agency for Energy (MAE) Michigan Attorney General s Office (AG) Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will use the Alternatives Analysis and a pending independent Risk Analysis to ensure the informational basis for any decision about the future of Line 5 is robust and complete

The State of Michigan in August 2016 commissioned independent contractors to complete an alternatives analysis and risk analysis The risk analysis was not completed after an apparent conflict of interest was discovered on the study team Dr Guy Meadows of Michigan Technological University is in discussions with the State to put together a team of academic experts from colleges and universities to perform a new risk analysis

Built in 1953 Line 5 is 645 miles long and transports up to 540000 barrels a day of light crude oil and natural gas liquids A 45-mile section runs beneath the Straits of Mackinac within an easement issued in 1953 by the State of Michigan

Pipeline Safety Advisory Board meeting details

The next quarterly meeting of the states Pipeline Safety Advisory Board (PSAB) is Dec 11 The location is the Causeway Bay Lansing

Hotel and Convention Center Ballrooms F-J 6820 S Cedar St Lansing

The PSAB created by Executive Order 2015shy12 is charged with making recommendations or advising the State on pipeline issues It also advises state agencies on matters related to pipeline routing construction operation and maintenance as well as ensuring public transparency While the PSAB advises the state on matters concerning energy pipelines it does not have decision-making authority and it does not control the contract administration

Keep up on PSAB activities by signing up for its listserv

Rotary Charities of Traverse City provides

grant to support fund development for

Michigans Arctic Grayling Initiative

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources recently was awarded a $10000 grant from Rotary Charities of Traverse City to facilitate a fund develop ment strategy In support of Michigan s Arctic Grayling Initiative

This initiative a statewide partnership effort focused on restoring self-sustaining populations of this native fish was founded by the DNR and the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians in June 2016 The partnership includes more than 40 organizations

The $10000 grant will support grant research and writing by NorthSky Nonprofit Network a management support organization administered through Rotary Charities The project will include a fund development strategy matching public and private funding sources with project phases and the development of the initial grant applications to secure funding for initial phases of the Arctic Grayling reintroduction

This is a tremendous opportunity for our organizations to be a catalyst for what we hope will be the historic return of the grayling to northern Michigan streams said Marsha Smith executive director of Rotary Charities We are impressed by the scale of this partnership This kind of collaboration is exactly what will generate important solutions for our region and all of Michigan

The first stage of Michigans Arctic Grayling Initiative is expected to take five years of research project development acquisition of fertilized eggs from Montana andor Alaska raising fry (small fish) in a controlled environment and research to assess acclimation mortality and other factors

Securing this grant will lay the foundation for developing funds from the public and private sources this project requires to move forward said DNR Fisheries Division Chief Jim Dexter This is an effort that needs to be owned by many organizations if it is to achieve its intended historic results

This is the second of two grants awarded to support the reintroduction of Arctic grayling The first came from the

Consumers Energy Foundation in the amount of $117000 to support identifying prime northern Michigan streams for this work

For more information on Michigans Arctic Grayling Initiative visit migraylingcom

Enbridge told to make full accounting of Une 55 condition to Pipeline Safety Advisory Board in December

Action comes after revelation of dramatically increased number of coating gaps on pipeline that runs through Straits of Mackinac

LANSING Mich - The State of Michigan today called on Enbridge Energy Partners LP to give the Pipeline Safety Advisory Board (PSAB) a full accounting of the status of the Line 5 pipeline in light of new information released today by Enbridge that additional coating gaps were discovered during the companys most recent inspection of the dual pipelines in the Straits of Mackinac

Enbridge must give the presentation at the PSABs meeting Dec 11 in Lansing about all the findings it has made about the pipelines condition that of its protective coating and anchors and the results of its video inspections automated in-line tests and recent hydrostat and biota testing

The new information comes after the State requested inspections of each of the anchor locations following initial reports of coating gaps Those inspections have been completed at 48 of 128 locations and a majority of those 48 areas have gaps Enbridge told the state today

This is very troubling and points out exactly why the state has been vigilant about getting information from Enbridge said Heidi Grether Director of the Department of Environmental Quality and co-chair of the PSAB It is

researchers entrepreneurs and venture capital firms in hopes of furthering their ideas

Gov Snyder announced the Great Lakes Invasive Carp Challenge during his State of the State address in January 2017 The State of Michigan pledged $1 million to seek innovative methods to prevent the movement of invasive carp species into Lake Michigan from the Illinois River through the Chicago Area Waterway System

Invasive carp pose a significant threat to the Great Lakes ecosystem the $7 billion fishery and other economic interests dependent on the Great Lakes and its tributaries

In June 2017 a 28-inch-long silver carp was caught approximately 9 miles from Lake Michigan beyond the electric barrier system meant to keep invasive carp out of the Great Lakes An autopsy and analysis by Southern Illinois University indicated the fish spent from a few weeks to a few months in the section of river where it was caught There was no indication of how the fish ended up beyond the electric barriers

This discovery of a second invasive carp found beyond the barrier - a bighead carp was captured in 2010- underscores the need for action and innovation to prevent these fish from doing potentially irreparable ecological and economic damage to Michigans signature and defining natural resource

Banquet April 13 2018

The LPM Chapter of TU will hold its 44th Annual Banquet on April 13th 2018

We would welcome any suggestions you have for major prizes for this banquet This is a chance for you to have input on these major prizes and have them be of interest to you

Just send me a reply

Thanks for your help George Membership Chair

DNR dredging buys time $31 million effort begins to protect Buffalo Reef in Keweenaw County

EPA forms task force to develop long-term stamp sands management plan

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources recently completed an emergency dredging project in Keweenaw County to restore the Grand Traverse Harbor channel for

commer cial and recreatio nal boating

The $24623 o dredging project undertak en by

Marine Tech LLC of Duluth Minnesota through the DNRs Parks and Recreation Division pumped 9000 cubic yards of sand to a beach area north of the harbor

Previous dredging at the harbor was done by the DNR in 2015 and the US Army Corps of Engineers in 2009 and 2003

Meanwhile more extensive sand removal and containment efforts are needed to protect important lake trout and whitefish spawning habitat on Buffalo Reef and a juvenile whitefish area south of the Grand Traverse Harbor

which is situated on the east side of the Keweenaw Peninsula northeast of Lake Linden

Buffalo Reef is a 2200-acre spawning reef located down drift of stamp sands that have eroded into Lake Superior since the early 1900s said Phil Schneeberger DNR Lake Superior Basin coordinator It is currently estimated that this reef critical to both lake trout and lake whitefish populations in the area is currently 35 percent unusable by spawning fish due to sand that has filled spaces between rocks which are necessary for successful fish egg deposit and incubation Furthermore migrating sands along the shore have made nursery areas unusable by newly-hatched fish

Nearly a quarter of the annual lake trout yield from Lake Superiors Michigan waters comes from within 50 miles of Buffalo Reef The Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission estimates the annual economic benefit of the reef at $1 7 million

The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community as well as other tribes located around Lake Superior are and have always been fishing tribes said KBIC President Chris Swartz Since time immemorial these tribes have used the resources provided by gitchi-gami (or Lake Superior) to sustain their communities This sustenance is not only physical it is also spiritual cultural medicinal and economic

Swartz said modeling predicts that by 2025 60 percent of the reef will no longer be viable for lake trout and whitefish spawning

In this part of the Keweenaw Peninsula the coarse black stamp sands threatening the reef were created as a by-product of century-old copper mining at the Mohawk and Wolverine

mines

The mines hauled copper ore from near

Calumet 13 miles to a four-stamp mill in the community of Gay where ore was crushed by the stamps and the copper separated through a flotation process

Stamp sands are the waste

material resulting from the milling work They were dumped into Lake Superior and on the shoreline

Over the past roughly 80 years the stamp sands have shifted south shymoved by winds waves and nearshore lake currents - about 5 miles to the Grand Traverse Harbor covering 1426 acres of shoreline and lake bottom

Without taking measures to slow the movement and down-drift accumulation of the stamp sands they will eventually move past the harbor and deposit on the natural white sand beach south of the jetty at the mouth of the Traverse River said Steven Check a project manager with the US Army Corps of Engineers in Detroit

The DNR has applied for a permit from the DEQ under the Great Lakes Submerged Lands Act (Part 325 of Michigans Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act) to allow the Army Corps to remove more of the stamp sands from Lake Superior

The EPA has provided $3 1 million to the Army Corps to design and carry out the dredging work scheduled for May 2018 A public comment period on this permit closed Nov 1 110 public hearing for this permit application is planned with a permitting decision deadline set for Dec 14

Under the permit a total of 17250 o cubic yards of stamp sands are expected to be removed from an underwater bedrock trough moving the sand to a 37 -acre placement site that has the capacity to store 380000 cubic yards This 2350-footshylong by 700-foot placement area located about 15 miles from the dredge location would be north of Buffalo Reef behind a temporary berm

Another 20000 cubic yards of sand would be removed from Grand Traverse Harbor while 10000 cubic yards of material would be dredged from an upland area next to the harbor on the beach

This dredging project would buy 5 to 7 years of protection for the reef and the whitefish juvenile recruitment area south of the harbor said Steve Casey Upper Peninsula district supervisor for the Michigan Department of Environmental Qualitys Water Resources Division In the meantime we need to develop a long-term adaptive management plan a solution for the Gay stamp sands problem

The EPA has formed a cooperative multi-entity task force to develop that plan over the next couple of years which will solicit input from many stakeholders including the public

A public meeting of the task force to kick off the effort has been scheduled for 6-8 pm Tuesday Dec 5 at the Lake Linden-Hubbell High School Auditorium located at 601

Calumet Street in Lake Linden

We will be soliciting public input on what issues the plan needs to address and looking for

volunteers to help us understand and resolve those issues Casey said

One critical component of the plan will be to develop a beneficial use for the stamp sands which is currently being explored by the MTECH SmartZone in Houghton A primary goal of the plan would be that long-term maintenance would be assumed by a nonshyfederal entity

A task force steering committee has been named which includes Lori Ann Sherman natural resources director for the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Tony Friona Great Lakes liaison for the US Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center and Steve Casey UP district supervisor of the DEQs Water Resources Division

Were hoping construction can start on some type of control mechanism for the original pile of stamp sands by 2021 with completion two years after that Casey said We would then hope to put long-term maintenance dredging in place by 2026 The annual costs for that dredging would depend on which type of longshyterm remedy is selected

The stamp sands source pile at Gay was originally estimated to contain 22 million cubic yards of material with 23 million cubic yards of material remaining today

The community of Gay is named for Joseph E Gay who conducted early explorations of the ore body that would be mined by the Mohawk Mining Co

Meanwhile a separate dredging project has been proposed by private parties for a stamp sands deposit on the southwest side of the Keweenaw Peninsula The project would extend roughly 13 miles from the Village of Freda to the North Portage Entry

This proposal is currently under permit application review by the DEQ Water Resources Division and is in no way associated with EPA Task Force DNR and Army Corps of Engineers efforts at the Gay stamp sand deposit A public hearing is planned for spring 2018 No date for that session has been determined

State announces 3 public feedback sessions on final version of Une 5 Alternatives Analysis report

LANSING Mich - Three public feedback sessions have been scheduled in December so the public can suggest the next steps the State should take regarding Line 5 based on information in the final version of the independent Alternatives Analysis The report is scheduled to be released publicly on Nov 20 and comments will be accepted online or by mail until Dec 22

The report by independent contractor Dynamic Risk Assessment Systems Inc

analyzed alternatives to using Line 5 owned by Enbridge Energy Partners L P to transport light crude oil and natural gas liquids from Superior Wisconsin through the Straits of Mackinac to Sarnia Ontario Canada

The draft report was released in July followed by one public information meeting three public feedback sessions and a 45-day period where the public could offer comments and replies to comments on the report All comments and replies to comments were considered for inclusion into tile final report

After the State completes its review of the alternatives report Enbridge has five business days beginning on Nov 13 to review the report ahead of its public release a week later Under Enbridges formal agreement with the state to provide funding for the Alternatives Analysis report the company cannot ask for or have any changes made to the document

Details about the public feedback opportunities

bull Wednesday Dec 6 in Taylor beginning at 6 pm at the Heinz C Prechter Educational and Performing Arts Center Wayne County Community College District Downriver Campus 21000 Northline Road

bull Tuesday Dec 12 in St Ignace beginning at 6 pm at the Little Bear Arena amp Community Center 275 Marquette St

bull Wednesday Dec 13 in Traverse City beginning at 6 pm West Bay

Beach Holiday Inn Resort Leelanau Banquet Rooms 615 E Front St

With the reports release Nov 20 on the Pipeline Safety Advisory Board website a 30-day window opens for online comments about what the State should do regarding the future of Line 5 The Dec 22 deadline for comments includes two additional days to account for the Thanksgiving state holidays during the comment period Comments can also be mailed to Department of Environmental Quality Attn Line 5 Alternatives Analysis PO Box 30473 Lansing MI 48909shy7973

The Michigan Agency for Energy (MAE) Michigan Attorney General s Office (AG) Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will use the Alternatives Analysis and a pending independent Risk Analysis to ensure the informational basis for any decision about the future of Line 5 is robust and complete

The State of Michigan in August 2016 commissioned independent contractors to complete an alternatives analysis and risk analysis The risk analysis was not completed after an apparent conflict of interest was discovered on the study team Dr Guy Meadows of Michigan Technological University is in discussions with the State to put together a team of academic experts from colleges and universities to perform a new risk analysis

Built in 1953 Line 5 is 645 miles long and transports up to 540000 barrels a day of light crude oil and natural gas liquids A 45-mile section runs beneath the Straits of Mackinac within an easement issued in 1953 by the State of Michigan

Pipeline Safety Advisory Board meeting details

The next quarterly meeting of the states Pipeline Safety Advisory Board (PSAB) is Dec 11 The location is the Causeway Bay Lansing

Hotel and Convention Center Ballrooms F-J 6820 S Cedar St Lansing

The PSAB created by Executive Order 2015shy12 is charged with making recommendations or advising the State on pipeline issues It also advises state agencies on matters related to pipeline routing construction operation and maintenance as well as ensuring public transparency While the PSAB advises the state on matters concerning energy pipelines it does not have decision-making authority and it does not control the contract administration

Keep up on PSAB activities by signing up for its listserv

Rotary Charities of Traverse City provides

grant to support fund development for

Michigans Arctic Grayling Initiative

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources recently was awarded a $10000 grant from Rotary Charities of Traverse City to facilitate a fund develop ment strategy In support of Michigan s Arctic Grayling Initiative

This initiative a statewide partnership effort focused on restoring self-sustaining populations of this native fish was founded by the DNR and the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians in June 2016 The partnership includes more than 40 organizations

The $10000 grant will support grant research and writing by NorthSky Nonprofit Network a management support organization administered through Rotary Charities The project will include a fund development strategy matching public and private funding sources with project phases and the development of the initial grant applications to secure funding for initial phases of the Arctic Grayling reintroduction

This is a tremendous opportunity for our organizations to be a catalyst for what we hope will be the historic return of the grayling to northern Michigan streams said Marsha Smith executive director of Rotary Charities We are impressed by the scale of this partnership This kind of collaboration is exactly what will generate important solutions for our region and all of Michigan

The first stage of Michigans Arctic Grayling Initiative is expected to take five years of research project development acquisition of fertilized eggs from Montana andor Alaska raising fry (small fish) in a controlled environment and research to assess acclimation mortality and other factors

Securing this grant will lay the foundation for developing funds from the public and private sources this project requires to move forward said DNR Fisheries Division Chief Jim Dexter This is an effort that needs to be owned by many organizations if it is to achieve its intended historic results

This is the second of two grants awarded to support the reintroduction of Arctic grayling The first came from the

Consumers Energy Foundation in the amount of $117000 to support identifying prime northern Michigan streams for this work

For more information on Michigans Arctic Grayling Initiative visit migraylingcom

Enbridge told to make full accounting of Une 55 condition to Pipeline Safety Advisory Board in December

Action comes after revelation of dramatically increased number of coating gaps on pipeline that runs through Straits of Mackinac

LANSING Mich - The State of Michigan today called on Enbridge Energy Partners LP to give the Pipeline Safety Advisory Board (PSAB) a full accounting of the status of the Line 5 pipeline in light of new information released today by Enbridge that additional coating gaps were discovered during the companys most recent inspection of the dual pipelines in the Straits of Mackinac

Enbridge must give the presentation at the PSABs meeting Dec 11 in Lansing about all the findings it has made about the pipelines condition that of its protective coating and anchors and the results of its video inspections automated in-line tests and recent hydrostat and biota testing

The new information comes after the State requested inspections of each of the anchor locations following initial reports of coating gaps Those inspections have been completed at 48 of 128 locations and a majority of those 48 areas have gaps Enbridge told the state today

This is very troubling and points out exactly why the state has been vigilant about getting information from Enbridge said Heidi Grether Director of the Department of Environmental Quality and co-chair of the PSAB It is

which is situated on the east side of the Keweenaw Peninsula northeast of Lake Linden

Buffalo Reef is a 2200-acre spawning reef located down drift of stamp sands that have eroded into Lake Superior since the early 1900s said Phil Schneeberger DNR Lake Superior Basin coordinator It is currently estimated that this reef critical to both lake trout and lake whitefish populations in the area is currently 35 percent unusable by spawning fish due to sand that has filled spaces between rocks which are necessary for successful fish egg deposit and incubation Furthermore migrating sands along the shore have made nursery areas unusable by newly-hatched fish

Nearly a quarter of the annual lake trout yield from Lake Superiors Michigan waters comes from within 50 miles of Buffalo Reef The Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission estimates the annual economic benefit of the reef at $1 7 million

The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community as well as other tribes located around Lake Superior are and have always been fishing tribes said KBIC President Chris Swartz Since time immemorial these tribes have used the resources provided by gitchi-gami (or Lake Superior) to sustain their communities This sustenance is not only physical it is also spiritual cultural medicinal and economic

Swartz said modeling predicts that by 2025 60 percent of the reef will no longer be viable for lake trout and whitefish spawning

In this part of the Keweenaw Peninsula the coarse black stamp sands threatening the reef were created as a by-product of century-old copper mining at the Mohawk and Wolverine

mines

The mines hauled copper ore from near

Calumet 13 miles to a four-stamp mill in the community of Gay where ore was crushed by the stamps and the copper separated through a flotation process

Stamp sands are the waste

material resulting from the milling work They were dumped into Lake Superior and on the shoreline

Over the past roughly 80 years the stamp sands have shifted south shymoved by winds waves and nearshore lake currents - about 5 miles to the Grand Traverse Harbor covering 1426 acres of shoreline and lake bottom

Without taking measures to slow the movement and down-drift accumulation of the stamp sands they will eventually move past the harbor and deposit on the natural white sand beach south of the jetty at the mouth of the Traverse River said Steven Check a project manager with the US Army Corps of Engineers in Detroit

The DNR has applied for a permit from the DEQ under the Great Lakes Submerged Lands Act (Part 325 of Michigans Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act) to allow the Army Corps to remove more of the stamp sands from Lake Superior

The EPA has provided $3 1 million to the Army Corps to design and carry out the dredging work scheduled for May 2018 A public comment period on this permit closed Nov 1 110 public hearing for this permit application is planned with a permitting decision deadline set for Dec 14

Under the permit a total of 17250 o cubic yards of stamp sands are expected to be removed from an underwater bedrock trough moving the sand to a 37 -acre placement site that has the capacity to store 380000 cubic yards This 2350-footshylong by 700-foot placement area located about 15 miles from the dredge location would be north of Buffalo Reef behind a temporary berm

Another 20000 cubic yards of sand would be removed from Grand Traverse Harbor while 10000 cubic yards of material would be dredged from an upland area next to the harbor on the beach

This dredging project would buy 5 to 7 years of protection for the reef and the whitefish juvenile recruitment area south of the harbor said Steve Casey Upper Peninsula district supervisor for the Michigan Department of Environmental Qualitys Water Resources Division In the meantime we need to develop a long-term adaptive management plan a solution for the Gay stamp sands problem

The EPA has formed a cooperative multi-entity task force to develop that plan over the next couple of years which will solicit input from many stakeholders including the public

A public meeting of the task force to kick off the effort has been scheduled for 6-8 pm Tuesday Dec 5 at the Lake Linden-Hubbell High School Auditorium located at 601

Calumet Street in Lake Linden

We will be soliciting public input on what issues the plan needs to address and looking for

volunteers to help us understand and resolve those issues Casey said

One critical component of the plan will be to develop a beneficial use for the stamp sands which is currently being explored by the MTECH SmartZone in Houghton A primary goal of the plan would be that long-term maintenance would be assumed by a nonshyfederal entity

A task force steering committee has been named which includes Lori Ann Sherman natural resources director for the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Tony Friona Great Lakes liaison for the US Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center and Steve Casey UP district supervisor of the DEQs Water Resources Division

Were hoping construction can start on some type of control mechanism for the original pile of stamp sands by 2021 with completion two years after that Casey said We would then hope to put long-term maintenance dredging in place by 2026 The annual costs for that dredging would depend on which type of longshyterm remedy is selected

The stamp sands source pile at Gay was originally estimated to contain 22 million cubic yards of material with 23 million cubic yards of material remaining today

The community of Gay is named for Joseph E Gay who conducted early explorations of the ore body that would be mined by the Mohawk Mining Co

Meanwhile a separate dredging project has been proposed by private parties for a stamp sands deposit on the southwest side of the Keweenaw Peninsula The project would extend roughly 13 miles from the Village of Freda to the North Portage Entry

This proposal is currently under permit application review by the DEQ Water Resources Division and is in no way associated with EPA Task Force DNR and Army Corps of Engineers efforts at the Gay stamp sand deposit A public hearing is planned for spring 2018 No date for that session has been determined

State announces 3 public feedback sessions on final version of Une 5 Alternatives Analysis report

LANSING Mich - Three public feedback sessions have been scheduled in December so the public can suggest the next steps the State should take regarding Line 5 based on information in the final version of the independent Alternatives Analysis The report is scheduled to be released publicly on Nov 20 and comments will be accepted online or by mail until Dec 22

The report by independent contractor Dynamic Risk Assessment Systems Inc

analyzed alternatives to using Line 5 owned by Enbridge Energy Partners L P to transport light crude oil and natural gas liquids from Superior Wisconsin through the Straits of Mackinac to Sarnia Ontario Canada

The draft report was released in July followed by one public information meeting three public feedback sessions and a 45-day period where the public could offer comments and replies to comments on the report All comments and replies to comments were considered for inclusion into tile final report

After the State completes its review of the alternatives report Enbridge has five business days beginning on Nov 13 to review the report ahead of its public release a week later Under Enbridges formal agreement with the state to provide funding for the Alternatives Analysis report the company cannot ask for or have any changes made to the document

Details about the public feedback opportunities

bull Wednesday Dec 6 in Taylor beginning at 6 pm at the Heinz C Prechter Educational and Performing Arts Center Wayne County Community College District Downriver Campus 21000 Northline Road

bull Tuesday Dec 12 in St Ignace beginning at 6 pm at the Little Bear Arena amp Community Center 275 Marquette St

bull Wednesday Dec 13 in Traverse City beginning at 6 pm West Bay

Beach Holiday Inn Resort Leelanau Banquet Rooms 615 E Front St

With the reports release Nov 20 on the Pipeline Safety Advisory Board website a 30-day window opens for online comments about what the State should do regarding the future of Line 5 The Dec 22 deadline for comments includes two additional days to account for the Thanksgiving state holidays during the comment period Comments can also be mailed to Department of Environmental Quality Attn Line 5 Alternatives Analysis PO Box 30473 Lansing MI 48909shy7973

The Michigan Agency for Energy (MAE) Michigan Attorney General s Office (AG) Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will use the Alternatives Analysis and a pending independent Risk Analysis to ensure the informational basis for any decision about the future of Line 5 is robust and complete

The State of Michigan in August 2016 commissioned independent contractors to complete an alternatives analysis and risk analysis The risk analysis was not completed after an apparent conflict of interest was discovered on the study team Dr Guy Meadows of Michigan Technological University is in discussions with the State to put together a team of academic experts from colleges and universities to perform a new risk analysis

Built in 1953 Line 5 is 645 miles long and transports up to 540000 barrels a day of light crude oil and natural gas liquids A 45-mile section runs beneath the Straits of Mackinac within an easement issued in 1953 by the State of Michigan

Pipeline Safety Advisory Board meeting details

The next quarterly meeting of the states Pipeline Safety Advisory Board (PSAB) is Dec 11 The location is the Causeway Bay Lansing

Hotel and Convention Center Ballrooms F-J 6820 S Cedar St Lansing

The PSAB created by Executive Order 2015shy12 is charged with making recommendations or advising the State on pipeline issues It also advises state agencies on matters related to pipeline routing construction operation and maintenance as well as ensuring public transparency While the PSAB advises the state on matters concerning energy pipelines it does not have decision-making authority and it does not control the contract administration

Keep up on PSAB activities by signing up for its listserv

Rotary Charities of Traverse City provides

grant to support fund development for

Michigans Arctic Grayling Initiative

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources recently was awarded a $10000 grant from Rotary Charities of Traverse City to facilitate a fund develop ment strategy In support of Michigan s Arctic Grayling Initiative

This initiative a statewide partnership effort focused on restoring self-sustaining populations of this native fish was founded by the DNR and the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians in June 2016 The partnership includes more than 40 organizations

The $10000 grant will support grant research and writing by NorthSky Nonprofit Network a management support organization administered through Rotary Charities The project will include a fund development strategy matching public and private funding sources with project phases and the development of the initial grant applications to secure funding for initial phases of the Arctic Grayling reintroduction

This is a tremendous opportunity for our organizations to be a catalyst for what we hope will be the historic return of the grayling to northern Michigan streams said Marsha Smith executive director of Rotary Charities We are impressed by the scale of this partnership This kind of collaboration is exactly what will generate important solutions for our region and all of Michigan

The first stage of Michigans Arctic Grayling Initiative is expected to take five years of research project development acquisition of fertilized eggs from Montana andor Alaska raising fry (small fish) in a controlled environment and research to assess acclimation mortality and other factors

Securing this grant will lay the foundation for developing funds from the public and private sources this project requires to move forward said DNR Fisheries Division Chief Jim Dexter This is an effort that needs to be owned by many organizations if it is to achieve its intended historic results

This is the second of two grants awarded to support the reintroduction of Arctic grayling The first came from the

Consumers Energy Foundation in the amount of $117000 to support identifying prime northern Michigan streams for this work

For more information on Michigans Arctic Grayling Initiative visit migraylingcom

Enbridge told to make full accounting of Une 55 condition to Pipeline Safety Advisory Board in December

Action comes after revelation of dramatically increased number of coating gaps on pipeline that runs through Straits of Mackinac

LANSING Mich - The State of Michigan today called on Enbridge Energy Partners LP to give the Pipeline Safety Advisory Board (PSAB) a full accounting of the status of the Line 5 pipeline in light of new information released today by Enbridge that additional coating gaps were discovered during the companys most recent inspection of the dual pipelines in the Straits of Mackinac

Enbridge must give the presentation at the PSABs meeting Dec 11 in Lansing about all the findings it has made about the pipelines condition that of its protective coating and anchors and the results of its video inspections automated in-line tests and recent hydrostat and biota testing

The new information comes after the State requested inspections of each of the anchor locations following initial reports of coating gaps Those inspections have been completed at 48 of 128 locations and a majority of those 48 areas have gaps Enbridge told the state today

This is very troubling and points out exactly why the state has been vigilant about getting information from Enbridge said Heidi Grether Director of the Department of Environmental Quality and co-chair of the PSAB It is

The EPA has provided $3 1 million to the Army Corps to design and carry out the dredging work scheduled for May 2018 A public comment period on this permit closed Nov 1 110 public hearing for this permit application is planned with a permitting decision deadline set for Dec 14

Under the permit a total of 17250 o cubic yards of stamp sands are expected to be removed from an underwater bedrock trough moving the sand to a 37 -acre placement site that has the capacity to store 380000 cubic yards This 2350-footshylong by 700-foot placement area located about 15 miles from the dredge location would be north of Buffalo Reef behind a temporary berm

Another 20000 cubic yards of sand would be removed from Grand Traverse Harbor while 10000 cubic yards of material would be dredged from an upland area next to the harbor on the beach

This dredging project would buy 5 to 7 years of protection for the reef and the whitefish juvenile recruitment area south of the harbor said Steve Casey Upper Peninsula district supervisor for the Michigan Department of Environmental Qualitys Water Resources Division In the meantime we need to develop a long-term adaptive management plan a solution for the Gay stamp sands problem

The EPA has formed a cooperative multi-entity task force to develop that plan over the next couple of years which will solicit input from many stakeholders including the public

A public meeting of the task force to kick off the effort has been scheduled for 6-8 pm Tuesday Dec 5 at the Lake Linden-Hubbell High School Auditorium located at 601

Calumet Street in Lake Linden

We will be soliciting public input on what issues the plan needs to address and looking for

volunteers to help us understand and resolve those issues Casey said

One critical component of the plan will be to develop a beneficial use for the stamp sands which is currently being explored by the MTECH SmartZone in Houghton A primary goal of the plan would be that long-term maintenance would be assumed by a nonshyfederal entity

A task force steering committee has been named which includes Lori Ann Sherman natural resources director for the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Tony Friona Great Lakes liaison for the US Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center and Steve Casey UP district supervisor of the DEQs Water Resources Division

Were hoping construction can start on some type of control mechanism for the original pile of stamp sands by 2021 with completion two years after that Casey said We would then hope to put long-term maintenance dredging in place by 2026 The annual costs for that dredging would depend on which type of longshyterm remedy is selected

The stamp sands source pile at Gay was originally estimated to contain 22 million cubic yards of material with 23 million cubic yards of material remaining today

The community of Gay is named for Joseph E Gay who conducted early explorations of the ore body that would be mined by the Mohawk Mining Co

Meanwhile a separate dredging project has been proposed by private parties for a stamp sands deposit on the southwest side of the Keweenaw Peninsula The project would extend roughly 13 miles from the Village of Freda to the North Portage Entry

This proposal is currently under permit application review by the DEQ Water Resources Division and is in no way associated with EPA Task Force DNR and Army Corps of Engineers efforts at the Gay stamp sand deposit A public hearing is planned for spring 2018 No date for that session has been determined

State announces 3 public feedback sessions on final version of Une 5 Alternatives Analysis report

LANSING Mich - Three public feedback sessions have been scheduled in December so the public can suggest the next steps the State should take regarding Line 5 based on information in the final version of the independent Alternatives Analysis The report is scheduled to be released publicly on Nov 20 and comments will be accepted online or by mail until Dec 22

The report by independent contractor Dynamic Risk Assessment Systems Inc

analyzed alternatives to using Line 5 owned by Enbridge Energy Partners L P to transport light crude oil and natural gas liquids from Superior Wisconsin through the Straits of Mackinac to Sarnia Ontario Canada

The draft report was released in July followed by one public information meeting three public feedback sessions and a 45-day period where the public could offer comments and replies to comments on the report All comments and replies to comments were considered for inclusion into tile final report

After the State completes its review of the alternatives report Enbridge has five business days beginning on Nov 13 to review the report ahead of its public release a week later Under Enbridges formal agreement with the state to provide funding for the Alternatives Analysis report the company cannot ask for or have any changes made to the document

Details about the public feedback opportunities

bull Wednesday Dec 6 in Taylor beginning at 6 pm at the Heinz C Prechter Educational and Performing Arts Center Wayne County Community College District Downriver Campus 21000 Northline Road

bull Tuesday Dec 12 in St Ignace beginning at 6 pm at the Little Bear Arena amp Community Center 275 Marquette St

bull Wednesday Dec 13 in Traverse City beginning at 6 pm West Bay

Beach Holiday Inn Resort Leelanau Banquet Rooms 615 E Front St

With the reports release Nov 20 on the Pipeline Safety Advisory Board website a 30-day window opens for online comments about what the State should do regarding the future of Line 5 The Dec 22 deadline for comments includes two additional days to account for the Thanksgiving state holidays during the comment period Comments can also be mailed to Department of Environmental Quality Attn Line 5 Alternatives Analysis PO Box 30473 Lansing MI 48909shy7973

The Michigan Agency for Energy (MAE) Michigan Attorney General s Office (AG) Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will use the Alternatives Analysis and a pending independent Risk Analysis to ensure the informational basis for any decision about the future of Line 5 is robust and complete

The State of Michigan in August 2016 commissioned independent contractors to complete an alternatives analysis and risk analysis The risk analysis was not completed after an apparent conflict of interest was discovered on the study team Dr Guy Meadows of Michigan Technological University is in discussions with the State to put together a team of academic experts from colleges and universities to perform a new risk analysis

Built in 1953 Line 5 is 645 miles long and transports up to 540000 barrels a day of light crude oil and natural gas liquids A 45-mile section runs beneath the Straits of Mackinac within an easement issued in 1953 by the State of Michigan

Pipeline Safety Advisory Board meeting details

The next quarterly meeting of the states Pipeline Safety Advisory Board (PSAB) is Dec 11 The location is the Causeway Bay Lansing

Hotel and Convention Center Ballrooms F-J 6820 S Cedar St Lansing

The PSAB created by Executive Order 2015shy12 is charged with making recommendations or advising the State on pipeline issues It also advises state agencies on matters related to pipeline routing construction operation and maintenance as well as ensuring public transparency While the PSAB advises the state on matters concerning energy pipelines it does not have decision-making authority and it does not control the contract administration

Keep up on PSAB activities by signing up for its listserv

Rotary Charities of Traverse City provides

grant to support fund development for

Michigans Arctic Grayling Initiative

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources recently was awarded a $10000 grant from Rotary Charities of Traverse City to facilitate a fund develop ment strategy In support of Michigan s Arctic Grayling Initiative

This initiative a statewide partnership effort focused on restoring self-sustaining populations of this native fish was founded by the DNR and the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians in June 2016 The partnership includes more than 40 organizations

The $10000 grant will support grant research and writing by NorthSky Nonprofit Network a management support organization administered through Rotary Charities The project will include a fund development strategy matching public and private funding sources with project phases and the development of the initial grant applications to secure funding for initial phases of the Arctic Grayling reintroduction

This is a tremendous opportunity for our organizations to be a catalyst for what we hope will be the historic return of the grayling to northern Michigan streams said Marsha Smith executive director of Rotary Charities We are impressed by the scale of this partnership This kind of collaboration is exactly what will generate important solutions for our region and all of Michigan

The first stage of Michigans Arctic Grayling Initiative is expected to take five years of research project development acquisition of fertilized eggs from Montana andor Alaska raising fry (small fish) in a controlled environment and research to assess acclimation mortality and other factors

Securing this grant will lay the foundation for developing funds from the public and private sources this project requires to move forward said DNR Fisheries Division Chief Jim Dexter This is an effort that needs to be owned by many organizations if it is to achieve its intended historic results

This is the second of two grants awarded to support the reintroduction of Arctic grayling The first came from the

Consumers Energy Foundation in the amount of $117000 to support identifying prime northern Michigan streams for this work

For more information on Michigans Arctic Grayling Initiative visit migraylingcom

Enbridge told to make full accounting of Une 55 condition to Pipeline Safety Advisory Board in December

Action comes after revelation of dramatically increased number of coating gaps on pipeline that runs through Straits of Mackinac

LANSING Mich - The State of Michigan today called on Enbridge Energy Partners LP to give the Pipeline Safety Advisory Board (PSAB) a full accounting of the status of the Line 5 pipeline in light of new information released today by Enbridge that additional coating gaps were discovered during the companys most recent inspection of the dual pipelines in the Straits of Mackinac

Enbridge must give the presentation at the PSABs meeting Dec 11 in Lansing about all the findings it has made about the pipelines condition that of its protective coating and anchors and the results of its video inspections automated in-line tests and recent hydrostat and biota testing

The new information comes after the State requested inspections of each of the anchor locations following initial reports of coating gaps Those inspections have been completed at 48 of 128 locations and a majority of those 48 areas have gaps Enbridge told the state today

This is very troubling and points out exactly why the state has been vigilant about getting information from Enbridge said Heidi Grether Director of the Department of Environmental Quality and co-chair of the PSAB It is

The community of Gay is named for Joseph E Gay who conducted early explorations of the ore body that would be mined by the Mohawk Mining Co

Meanwhile a separate dredging project has been proposed by private parties for a stamp sands deposit on the southwest side of the Keweenaw Peninsula The project would extend roughly 13 miles from the Village of Freda to the North Portage Entry

This proposal is currently under permit application review by the DEQ Water Resources Division and is in no way associated with EPA Task Force DNR and Army Corps of Engineers efforts at the Gay stamp sand deposit A public hearing is planned for spring 2018 No date for that session has been determined

State announces 3 public feedback sessions on final version of Une 5 Alternatives Analysis report

LANSING Mich - Three public feedback sessions have been scheduled in December so the public can suggest the next steps the State should take regarding Line 5 based on information in the final version of the independent Alternatives Analysis The report is scheduled to be released publicly on Nov 20 and comments will be accepted online or by mail until Dec 22

The report by independent contractor Dynamic Risk Assessment Systems Inc

analyzed alternatives to using Line 5 owned by Enbridge Energy Partners L P to transport light crude oil and natural gas liquids from Superior Wisconsin through the Straits of Mackinac to Sarnia Ontario Canada

The draft report was released in July followed by one public information meeting three public feedback sessions and a 45-day period where the public could offer comments and replies to comments on the report All comments and replies to comments were considered for inclusion into tile final report

After the State completes its review of the alternatives report Enbridge has five business days beginning on Nov 13 to review the report ahead of its public release a week later Under Enbridges formal agreement with the state to provide funding for the Alternatives Analysis report the company cannot ask for or have any changes made to the document

Details about the public feedback opportunities

bull Wednesday Dec 6 in Taylor beginning at 6 pm at the Heinz C Prechter Educational and Performing Arts Center Wayne County Community College District Downriver Campus 21000 Northline Road

bull Tuesday Dec 12 in St Ignace beginning at 6 pm at the Little Bear Arena amp Community Center 275 Marquette St

bull Wednesday Dec 13 in Traverse City beginning at 6 pm West Bay

Beach Holiday Inn Resort Leelanau Banquet Rooms 615 E Front St

With the reports release Nov 20 on the Pipeline Safety Advisory Board website a 30-day window opens for online comments about what the State should do regarding the future of Line 5 The Dec 22 deadline for comments includes two additional days to account for the Thanksgiving state holidays during the comment period Comments can also be mailed to Department of Environmental Quality Attn Line 5 Alternatives Analysis PO Box 30473 Lansing MI 48909shy7973

The Michigan Agency for Energy (MAE) Michigan Attorney General s Office (AG) Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will use the Alternatives Analysis and a pending independent Risk Analysis to ensure the informational basis for any decision about the future of Line 5 is robust and complete

The State of Michigan in August 2016 commissioned independent contractors to complete an alternatives analysis and risk analysis The risk analysis was not completed after an apparent conflict of interest was discovered on the study team Dr Guy Meadows of Michigan Technological University is in discussions with the State to put together a team of academic experts from colleges and universities to perform a new risk analysis

Built in 1953 Line 5 is 645 miles long and transports up to 540000 barrels a day of light crude oil and natural gas liquids A 45-mile section runs beneath the Straits of Mackinac within an easement issued in 1953 by the State of Michigan

Pipeline Safety Advisory Board meeting details

The next quarterly meeting of the states Pipeline Safety Advisory Board (PSAB) is Dec 11 The location is the Causeway Bay Lansing

Hotel and Convention Center Ballrooms F-J 6820 S Cedar St Lansing

The PSAB created by Executive Order 2015shy12 is charged with making recommendations or advising the State on pipeline issues It also advises state agencies on matters related to pipeline routing construction operation and maintenance as well as ensuring public transparency While the PSAB advises the state on matters concerning energy pipelines it does not have decision-making authority and it does not control the contract administration

Keep up on PSAB activities by signing up for its listserv

Rotary Charities of Traverse City provides

grant to support fund development for

Michigans Arctic Grayling Initiative

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources recently was awarded a $10000 grant from Rotary Charities of Traverse City to facilitate a fund develop ment strategy In support of Michigan s Arctic Grayling Initiative

This initiative a statewide partnership effort focused on restoring self-sustaining populations of this native fish was founded by the DNR and the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians in June 2016 The partnership includes more than 40 organizations

The $10000 grant will support grant research and writing by NorthSky Nonprofit Network a management support organization administered through Rotary Charities The project will include a fund development strategy matching public and private funding sources with project phases and the development of the initial grant applications to secure funding for initial phases of the Arctic Grayling reintroduction

This is a tremendous opportunity for our organizations to be a catalyst for what we hope will be the historic return of the grayling to northern Michigan streams said Marsha Smith executive director of Rotary Charities We are impressed by the scale of this partnership This kind of collaboration is exactly what will generate important solutions for our region and all of Michigan

The first stage of Michigans Arctic Grayling Initiative is expected to take five years of research project development acquisition of fertilized eggs from Montana andor Alaska raising fry (small fish) in a controlled environment and research to assess acclimation mortality and other factors

Securing this grant will lay the foundation for developing funds from the public and private sources this project requires to move forward said DNR Fisheries Division Chief Jim Dexter This is an effort that needs to be owned by many organizations if it is to achieve its intended historic results

This is the second of two grants awarded to support the reintroduction of Arctic grayling The first came from the

Consumers Energy Foundation in the amount of $117000 to support identifying prime northern Michigan streams for this work

For more information on Michigans Arctic Grayling Initiative visit migraylingcom

Enbridge told to make full accounting of Une 55 condition to Pipeline Safety Advisory Board in December

Action comes after revelation of dramatically increased number of coating gaps on pipeline that runs through Straits of Mackinac

LANSING Mich - The State of Michigan today called on Enbridge Energy Partners LP to give the Pipeline Safety Advisory Board (PSAB) a full accounting of the status of the Line 5 pipeline in light of new information released today by Enbridge that additional coating gaps were discovered during the companys most recent inspection of the dual pipelines in the Straits of Mackinac

Enbridge must give the presentation at the PSABs meeting Dec 11 in Lansing about all the findings it has made about the pipelines condition that of its protective coating and anchors and the results of its video inspections automated in-line tests and recent hydrostat and biota testing

The new information comes after the State requested inspections of each of the anchor locations following initial reports of coating gaps Those inspections have been completed at 48 of 128 locations and a majority of those 48 areas have gaps Enbridge told the state today

This is very troubling and points out exactly why the state has been vigilant about getting information from Enbridge said Heidi Grether Director of the Department of Environmental Quality and co-chair of the PSAB It is

Beach Holiday Inn Resort Leelanau Banquet Rooms 615 E Front St

With the reports release Nov 20 on the Pipeline Safety Advisory Board website a 30-day window opens for online comments about what the State should do regarding the future of Line 5 The Dec 22 deadline for comments includes two additional days to account for the Thanksgiving state holidays during the comment period Comments can also be mailed to Department of Environmental Quality Attn Line 5 Alternatives Analysis PO Box 30473 Lansing MI 48909shy7973

The Michigan Agency for Energy (MAE) Michigan Attorney General s Office (AG) Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will use the Alternatives Analysis and a pending independent Risk Analysis to ensure the informational basis for any decision about the future of Line 5 is robust and complete

The State of Michigan in August 2016 commissioned independent contractors to complete an alternatives analysis and risk analysis The risk analysis was not completed after an apparent conflict of interest was discovered on the study team Dr Guy Meadows of Michigan Technological University is in discussions with the State to put together a team of academic experts from colleges and universities to perform a new risk analysis

Built in 1953 Line 5 is 645 miles long and transports up to 540000 barrels a day of light crude oil and natural gas liquids A 45-mile section runs beneath the Straits of Mackinac within an easement issued in 1953 by the State of Michigan

Pipeline Safety Advisory Board meeting details

The next quarterly meeting of the states Pipeline Safety Advisory Board (PSAB) is Dec 11 The location is the Causeway Bay Lansing

Hotel and Convention Center Ballrooms F-J 6820 S Cedar St Lansing

The PSAB created by Executive Order 2015shy12 is charged with making recommendations or advising the State on pipeline issues It also advises state agencies on matters related to pipeline routing construction operation and maintenance as well as ensuring public transparency While the PSAB advises the state on matters concerning energy pipelines it does not have decision-making authority and it does not control the contract administration

Keep up on PSAB activities by signing up for its listserv

Rotary Charities of Traverse City provides

grant to support fund development for

Michigans Arctic Grayling Initiative

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources recently was awarded a $10000 grant from Rotary Charities of Traverse City to facilitate a fund develop ment strategy In support of Michigan s Arctic Grayling Initiative

This initiative a statewide partnership effort focused on restoring self-sustaining populations of this native fish was founded by the DNR and the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians in June 2016 The partnership includes more than 40 organizations

The $10000 grant will support grant research and writing by NorthSky Nonprofit Network a management support organization administered through Rotary Charities The project will include a fund development strategy matching public and private funding sources with project phases and the development of the initial grant applications to secure funding for initial phases of the Arctic Grayling reintroduction

This is a tremendous opportunity for our organizations to be a catalyst for what we hope will be the historic return of the grayling to northern Michigan streams said Marsha Smith executive director of Rotary Charities We are impressed by the scale of this partnership This kind of collaboration is exactly what will generate important solutions for our region and all of Michigan

The first stage of Michigans Arctic Grayling Initiative is expected to take five years of research project development acquisition of fertilized eggs from Montana andor Alaska raising fry (small fish) in a controlled environment and research to assess acclimation mortality and other factors

Securing this grant will lay the foundation for developing funds from the public and private sources this project requires to move forward said DNR Fisheries Division Chief Jim Dexter This is an effort that needs to be owned by many organizations if it is to achieve its intended historic results

This is the second of two grants awarded to support the reintroduction of Arctic grayling The first came from the

Consumers Energy Foundation in the amount of $117000 to support identifying prime northern Michigan streams for this work

For more information on Michigans Arctic Grayling Initiative visit migraylingcom

Enbridge told to make full accounting of Une 55 condition to Pipeline Safety Advisory Board in December

Action comes after revelation of dramatically increased number of coating gaps on pipeline that runs through Straits of Mackinac

LANSING Mich - The State of Michigan today called on Enbridge Energy Partners LP to give the Pipeline Safety Advisory Board (PSAB) a full accounting of the status of the Line 5 pipeline in light of new information released today by Enbridge that additional coating gaps were discovered during the companys most recent inspection of the dual pipelines in the Straits of Mackinac

Enbridge must give the presentation at the PSABs meeting Dec 11 in Lansing about all the findings it has made about the pipelines condition that of its protective coating and anchors and the results of its video inspections automated in-line tests and recent hydrostat and biota testing

The new information comes after the State requested inspections of each of the anchor locations following initial reports of coating gaps Those inspections have been completed at 48 of 128 locations and a majority of those 48 areas have gaps Enbridge told the state today

This is very troubling and points out exactly why the state has been vigilant about getting information from Enbridge said Heidi Grether Director of the Department of Environmental Quality and co-chair of the PSAB It is

The $10000 grant will support grant research and writing by NorthSky Nonprofit Network a management support organization administered through Rotary Charities The project will include a fund development strategy matching public and private funding sources with project phases and the development of the initial grant applications to secure funding for initial phases of the Arctic Grayling reintroduction

This is a tremendous opportunity for our organizations to be a catalyst for what we hope will be the historic return of the grayling to northern Michigan streams said Marsha Smith executive director of Rotary Charities We are impressed by the scale of this partnership This kind of collaboration is exactly what will generate important solutions for our region and all of Michigan

The first stage of Michigans Arctic Grayling Initiative is expected to take five years of research project development acquisition of fertilized eggs from Montana andor Alaska raising fry (small fish) in a controlled environment and research to assess acclimation mortality and other factors

Securing this grant will lay the foundation for developing funds from the public and private sources this project requires to move forward said DNR Fisheries Division Chief Jim Dexter This is an effort that needs to be owned by many organizations if it is to achieve its intended historic results

This is the second of two grants awarded to support the reintroduction of Arctic grayling The first came from the

Consumers Energy Foundation in the amount of $117000 to support identifying prime northern Michigan streams for this work

For more information on Michigans Arctic Grayling Initiative visit migraylingcom

Enbridge told to make full accounting of Une 55 condition to Pipeline Safety Advisory Board in December

Action comes after revelation of dramatically increased number of coating gaps on pipeline that runs through Straits of Mackinac

LANSING Mich - The State of Michigan today called on Enbridge Energy Partners LP to give the Pipeline Safety Advisory Board (PSAB) a full accounting of the status of the Line 5 pipeline in light of new information released today by Enbridge that additional coating gaps were discovered during the companys most recent inspection of the dual pipelines in the Straits of Mackinac

Enbridge must give the presentation at the PSABs meeting Dec 11 in Lansing about all the findings it has made about the pipelines condition that of its protective coating and anchors and the results of its video inspections automated in-line tests and recent hydrostat and biota testing

The new information comes after the State requested inspections of each of the anchor locations following initial reports of coating gaps Those inspections have been completed at 48 of 128 locations and a majority of those 48 areas have gaps Enbridge told the state today

This is very troubling and points out exactly why the state has been vigilant about getting information from Enbridge said Heidi Grether Director of the Department of Environmental Quality and co-chair of the PSAB It is

essential that we get adequate and accurate information from Enbridge to allow the State to continue our pursuit of protecting the Great Lakes

Besides ordering the presentation the State said it will bring on additional technical expertise to evaluate the information Enbridge is to provide about the condition of the pipeline that was built in 1953 A 45-mile section of the line from Superior Wisconsin to Sarnia Ontario runs beneath the Straits of Mackinac within an easement issued in 1953 by the State of Michigan

A year ago Enbridge said there were no coating gaps in the Straits pipeline Now there are dozens When will we know the full accounting of what Enbridge knows about Line 5 said Valerie Brader executive director of the Michigan Agency for Energy and co-chair of the PSAB I sincerely hope there are no more surprises when Enbridge gives their presentation to the Pipeline Safety Advisory Board in December We and the people of Michigan deserve nothing less and the State will be bringing on additional experts to examine Enbridges information and challenge it where necessary

The latest Enbridge information comes just a week before the State is to release on Nov 20 the final version of the Line 5 Alternatives Analysis report Developed by independent contractor Dynamic Risk the report studies what options are available for transporting the 540000 barrels a day of light crude oil and natural gas liquids that run through Line 5

Public feedback sessions in December

Three public feedback sessions have been scheduled after the Alternatives Analysis release

bull Wednesday Dec 6 in Taylor beginning at 6 pm at the Heinz C Prechter Educational and Performing Arts Center Wayne County Community College District Downriver Campus 21000 Northline Road

bull Tuesday Dec 12 in St Ignace beginning at 6 pm at the Little Bear Arena amp Community Center 275 Marquette St

bull Wednesday Dec 13 in Traverse City beginning at 6 pm West Bay Beach Holiday Inn Resort Leelanau Banquet Rooms 615 E Front St

The report will be posted on the PSAB website and the public will have 30 days to make comments online about what the State should do regarding the future of Line 5 The Dec 22 deadline for comments includes two additional days to account for the Thanksgiving state holidays during the comment period Comments can also be mailed to Department of Environmental Quality Attn Line 5 Alternatives Analysis PO Box 30473 Lansing MI 48909-7973

Dr Guy Meadows a professor at Michigan Technological University who is in talks with the state to perform a risk analysis of the pipeline will also be asked to include information contained in todays revelations in his report which is expected to be completed next summer

The PSABs next quarterly meeting is from 9 am to 330 pm Dec 11 at the Causeway Bay Lansing Hotel and Convention Center Ballrooms F-J 6820 S Cedar St Lansing

The State will use the information from the Enbridge presentation the Alternatives and Risk studies and the outside expert review to ensure the informational basis for any decision about the future of Line 5 is robust and complete

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L P Martuch BOD Meetings Joho Van Dalen 989-631-6873 jCifi~hgmailcom - Special Events

December 5 2017 at Scientific Anglers

Interesting web sites LP Martuch - Board of Directors

httpwwwmartuchtuorgPagesJdefaultaspx Leon P Brad Befus (2018) 866-587-6747- Martuch Website befusbscientificanglerscom

htrp Ih20usgsgov Hydrology data for all rivers in the Will Halphen (2018) (989-708-1749)shywhalphengmailcom

Harley Holsinger (2019) (989-667-0581) shy http wwwrotalpoundlyfishingcom Fly Fishing Website harleyolivecom - BOD

Josh Jenkins (2018) 989-495-7151shy W flyanglersonlinec m Fly patterns articles and jenkinsjsclentificanglerscom general infonnation George Killat (2018) (989-835-3793)shytugeorgekcharternet - Membership http infoabrfcnoaagm rfc-wfohtml N ational

Thomas Monto (2019) 989-430-8327- Weather Service river forecasts

t8montoaoLcom W~ tuorg Home page Trout Unlimited

Rosenbrock 989-662-6533 rro~enbrocklivecom Mark Rapanos (2018) 989-20-0198 shymarkrapanosgmailcom - BODCheck out our website

Ross Rosenbrock (2018) 989-513-7691 rrosenbrocklivecom

State Council wwwmichigantuorg John VanDalen (2018) 989-631-6873 jvdfishgmailcom

Executive Director Bryan Burroughs John Winchester (2018) 989-631-0122 j9winchattnet shybryanburroughsrnichiganruorg TreasurerHatch Book

Steve Wilkowski (2019) 989-495-7151Aquatic Biologist - K11Stin Thomas swilkowski2000yahoocom - President I SIC

Chairman - Tom Quail- tquailmichiganruorg

Vice Chairman - Greg Walz

Past Chairman John Walters jwalters tuicbiganruorg

Secretary - Nlike Lagowski

Treasurer - Rob Smith - rsmithmichigantuorg

Committee Chainnen National Council Rep Rob Smith rsmithmichigantuorg

Bill Holler 989-284-6566 fd1 L1ercharrerminet shyProjects Property

L P Martuch BOD Meetings Joho Van Dalen 989-631-6873 jCifi~hgmailcom - Special Events

December 5 2017 at Scientific Anglers

Interesting web sites LP Martuch - Board of Directors

httpwwwmartuchtuorgPagesJdefaultaspx Leon P Brad Befus (2018) 866-587-6747- Martuch Website befusbscientificanglerscom

htrp Ih20usgsgov Hydrology data for all rivers in the Will Halphen (2018) (989-708-1749)shywhalphengmailcom

Harley Holsinger (2019) (989-667-0581) shy http wwwrotalpoundlyfishingcom Fly Fishing Website harleyolivecom - BOD

Josh Jenkins (2018) 989-495-7151shy W flyanglersonlinec m Fly patterns articles and jenkinsjsclentificanglerscom general infonnation George Killat (2018) (989-835-3793)shytugeorgekcharternet - Membership http infoabrfcnoaagm rfc-wfohtml N ational

Thomas Monto (2019) 989-430-8327- Weather Service river forecasts

t8montoaoLcom W~ tuorg Home page Trout Unlimited

wwwsteelheadsitcc ill Steelhead information

wVvtedflyfishcrsorg Federation of Flyfishers Home Page

hrrp VVvmichigantuorg iVlichigan COWlcil of Trout Unlimited Home Page

WV fffglcorg Federation of Fly Fishers

W V 1 sucdu Lake Superior State University Fish cam at the power plant at the Soo

wwwtrailstotroutcom Website for trout fishing

On Line Fishing Log mydailyfishinglog com

Guide to fly fishing waters of the US shywwwkyndoutdoorscom

American Museum of Fly Fishing wwwamffcom

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