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Healthy Pine River group seeks grants and feasibility study to address Mill Pond and river contamination
Summary
Healthy Pine River presented preliminary water testing and three grant applications — including a $248,000 EGLE environmental justice grant — aimed at funding a pre-engineering feasibility study of the Mill Pond/impoundment, assessing public-health impacts and options for dam management or removal.
At the meeting the Healthy Pine River representative (identified in the transcript as Sandro) briefed the City Commission on preliminary summer water testing and a planned outreach meeting on Sept. 12, and asked the city to support grant applications to study the Mill Pond/impoundment and address public-health and recreation impacts.
Sandro told the commission, "The river is contaminated, heavily contaminated all the way from the headwaters through the 4 counties that it passes through," and said testing covers sites from the headwaters…
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