Ludington lives matter pt. 2

[jfc123]

XLDF: Well said at the meeting. Great article written here in the Torch. Again, Ludington residents are very fortunate to have a watchdog like you on their side, obviously the government, both city and state don't care until you have their nuts near a grinder!

The DEQ must be in total and lockdown try to save them mode. I just got a response from them saying all is well in the bayou, a total 180 degree turn from this report! Which is a HUGE reason I printed two copies at great expense to have a hard copy! This man, Robert Wagner  [e-mail] commented as follows:

Thank you for your e-mail of January 21, 2016, to the governor’s office and your interest in environmental conditions at the Creamery Drain Bayou on Pere Marquette Lake.  The governor’s office has requested that I respond to your e-mail. The Remediation and Redevelopment Division conducted the sediment sampling September 2015 in response to the City’s request for assistance in evaluating the possibility of dredging the bayou to improve recreational boating opportunities.  The work was conducted at the request of the city and not in response to the sewer main break that occurred in 2008 due to severe flooding.  The results of the sampling indicate that sediment in some areas of the bayou contain metals and petroleum compounds.  However, based on the Department of Environmental Quality’s past experience in evaluating sediments, the risk here is not significant and the results are comparable to what is often found in an urban area where surface runoff from rain or melting snow can transport contaminants to a lake or stream.  It is possible that some contaminants may have been transported to the bayou as the result of the road washout and sewer main break that occurred during the flood of 2008, but based on the distribution of the contaminants in the sediment, the flood is not the sole cause. 

 

After sediment contamination was confirmed in the bayou, division staff worked with city officials looking for possible sources of state funding to assist with dredging.  Unfortunately, we have been unable to secure any funding due to the limited resources available for navigational dredging in the state.  At this point we are unaware of any plans on the city’s part to dredge the bayou.  We recommend that you follow up with city officials if this is a concern.  If you have questions on the environmental data gathered, please contact Mr. John Vanderhoof from the Remediation and Redevelopment Division Cadillac Office at 231-876-4459 or via e-mail at [e-mail].

My head is still spinning so if I make errors my apologies.

No money? What about the money Granholm and the federal government allotted for this in 2008 that these crooks spent elsewhere!

No Money? What about the 1.5 million spent painting the water tower?

No money? Where did the 1.2-1.8 million come from to  improve the two city owned marinas and insure we are boarded up and many other marinas to come!

How can this be happening in the United States? I could understand if we were a communist government but we are supposed to be free enterprise and SHOULD not have to compete against our government.

This situation is so very sad! We were just business people operating lawfully and then the storm of 2008 happened where that waste water plant took out everything in its path, raw sewage, roads, several of our docks and as a result our business that was a big reason that fishing became an industry in Ludington. Only to be shut down by the same city that all we cared to do was help build and support. Where is our support? Everything is all still there in the bayou and we cannot operate. Not even an "im sorry" although that would not matter.

Imagine waking up tomorrow and finding all of your bank accounts closed and taken by your government. Everything you worked for all gone. You did nothing but go to bed and wake up the next day. This is what is real and basically explains our situation. What can we do?

Strength has always been in numbers but more so in this situation its with the deep pockets of our city and state government. This is a terrible situation for us and here I am venting and contemplating our next move, if any...... 50 plus years and ready to be boarded up.

And they don't have a waste water permit and have not since 2011. Wow, welcome to the newest landfill in Ludington the PM bayou, where you can dump all you want and be backed by the state and DEQ! If only I could get this all dumped on the city owned marinas, wonder how long it would take to be cleaned up?

What if I drove my car without a license or didn't pay my takes would that be ok? This is all just so wrong! 

Maybe I should open a stand nearby to sell medical masks and nose plugs?

[stump]

You mention the painting of the water towers, That said everyone thinks the outside structure, you do know they do paint the inside also. So shyster Shay say's the water from the treatment plant is lead free, where does the water go from there? is it the water towers? What kind of paint is used inside the tower tank?

[XLFD]

I hear they saved some money by using some old (pre 1978) barrels full of paint they found at the city warehouse on Harrison Street, which likely hasn't been painted itself since then.

Just kidding, but if my memory serves me right, the internal painting is done with some kind of resin that even if it deteriorates will not present a meaningful hazard.  As for the outer paint, I actually snagged a label back in 2012 when they painted the Danaher tower, and when I pointed out that the painters were painting when they shouldn't in the memorable:   coldwatergate-painting-by-the-numbers

[jfc123]

[jfc123]

My mom who has lived on the PM Bayou for 35 plus years was recently put on a cpap machine like the one in this story. Just like the daughter said, the big people, and big business will get theirs but not her. This is a damn shame! There is more than just a water tower or city marinas that need to be fixed here. God, why do they treat fellow human beings this way? No money available? 1.2-1.8 million to upgrade the city marinas, (not one but two) when so many others are hurting/dying? Brings a heavy heart and tears to my eyes! But I must thank Fox2 Detroit for sharing the link with me as fast as they did!

http://www.fox2detroit.com/the-americans-with-charlie-leduff/891325...

[jfc123]

I was so close to getting Leduff in Ludington then Flint broke, bigger area I guess. It will slow there and Ludington will be a story in the near future, thinking that's why he asks me to keep him in the loop?

[shinblind]

This DEQ?

The same DEQ that assured Governor Synder that Flint River water is safe to drink.

Now this same DEQ assures jfc123 that the contaminated sediment that washed into PM bayou isn't a hazard.

The same DEQ that that earlier stated that there should be no human contact with the sediment.

http://www.shorelinemedia.net/ludington_daily_news/archives/bayou-d...

 Now this DEQ proclaims"... based on the Department of Environmental Quality’s past experience in evaluating sediments, the risk here is not significant and the results are comparable to what is often found in an urban area where surface runoff from rain or melting snow can transport contaminants to a lake or stream."

First off the DEQ experience evaluating  anything is suspect.

Second, this wasn't caused by urban runoff but by flood damage through a former contaminated city dump.

Thirdly does the earlier DEQ report that stated  No Human Contact with the contamination still stand?  Or is the new standard that "the risk here is not significant"?  If so what has happened in the interim to alleviate the contamination? 

[stump]

Not only that but if any of the material was removed it would have to go to a special landfill