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City staff updates council on EGLE 'Eagle' restoration grant; council approves Hamlin Road sewer work plan with PFAS pretreatment
Summary
City staff and Tom Wackerman reported progress on the Eagle restoration grant — assessment approvals, RFPs, and $2.2M in subgrant agreements — and the council approved a Hamlin Road sewer-extension remediation work plan that includes PFAS pretreatment and carbon treatment; EGLE approval is still pending.
Rochester Hills staff on Monday briefed the City Council on progress under the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) Eagle restoration grant and gained council approval of a related work plan for a sewer extension along Hamlin Road that includes PFAS pretreatment.
Tom Wackerman, who leads the city’s grant implementation effort, said the city has negotiated higher preapproved work-plan amounts with Eagle to speed approvals and now conducts joint reviews with EGLE to reduce iterations. He reported that assessment work plans for Madison Park (also referred to as the Hamlin Road landfill) and the Highland Woodfill were approved,…
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