How Can State OK a Plan Contrary To Its Policies

How can state OK a plan contrary to its policies?

How can the Department of Environmental Quality approve a plan that allows Gelman Sciences to discharge 1,4-dioxane into Honey Creek, which loses water to underground aquifers, when it is against state policy to permit discharge of 1,4-dioxane into pristine aquifers?

How can the Department of Environmental Quality approve a plan that does not utilize the best technology for cleanup of 1,4-dioxane, when state policy requires that the best technology be used?

How can the Department of Environmental Quality approve a cleanup plan that is opposed by the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners, the Scio Township Board of Trustees, the Ann Arbor City Council, and the Citizen’s Review Committee, when state policy requires local support for a cleanup plan?

How can the Department of Environmental Quality approve a cleanup plan that allows up to 60 ppb of 1,4-dioxane discharged into potential drinking water for Scio Township residents and the city of Ann Arbor, when the city would not allow 3 ppb to be discharged into its sewer system?

David L. Neal Ann Arbor