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EGLE highlights dam safety grant spending and says FERC data-sharing can complicate oversight
Summary
EGLE officials briefed a House appropriations subcommittee on dam safety work, including a one-time $45 million grant program after Mid-Michigan failures and challenges coordinating with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) when dams transition between jurisdictions.
Jared Sanders, EGLE's Water Resources Division director, told the House Appropriations Subcommittee on the Environment, Great Lakes and Energy that dam safety is an aging-infrastructure concern and described recent grant funding and coordination challenges with federal regulators.
Sanders said the average age of dams in Michigan has passed the 50-year design life and that dam safety carries public risk…
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