ML19347A600

Forwards State of Mi Atty General to Dow Chemical Co & 770103 Newspaper Article Re Dow Chemical Co Air Pollution Emission Control & health-related Air Quality Stds Violations

ML19347A600
Person / Time
Site:	Midland
Issue date:	01/05/1977
From:	Nute L DOW CHEMICAL CO.
To:	Brenner L NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE LEGAL DIRECTOR (OELD)
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Dear Mr. Brenner:

s.ayog Enclosed ~isacopyoZaletterfromFrankJ.ktelly,AttorneyGeneral of the State of Mic'.11gan, to Mr. Henry, the new General Manager of the Michigan Division. Also enclosed is a January 3, 1977, newspaper article that appears to be based, in part, on statements made by the Attorney General's office in connection with this letter.

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At its meeting of Record on January 20, -1976, the

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Michigan Air Pollution Control Commission expressed. concern. _7 # /

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deadline for control of air pollution emissions from the power plant at your Midland facility.

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.the Commission's professional staff. reported to the Commission that Dow was responsible for vi'lations, inA.he Midland o

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i For the past year, I have been following the' progress.

of this matter.

Unfortunately, no solution has, emerged.

Some Dow representatives continue to maintain that Dow will-comply by 1980 by: building a new power plant; other Dow representatives assert that Dow will solve the problem by purchase *of power from the proposed Consumers Power Nuclear

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Ja_nuary,4,and 5,_regarding this air pollution and public'

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pre'sent an adequate program to these regulat'ory bodies.

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forthcoming'during these hearings,.or in response to this eople of the State letter, IJintend toiact on behalf of the o of Michigan _by filing suit against'Dow pursuant.to the

- Environmental Protection Act and other-appropriate legislation.

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to go to court, if necessary, to carry out this mandate of -

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By SANDRA L.DICEET Dow officials earlier said their deel Dow's continued co===*=ent tai he; DaDy News stad writer f. 7 sion was tied to the outcome of a fadesq' plant.

%,. 2., 5 Dow Chemical Company may face al hearing on the nucles; plant.

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court cetiou if it' persists with air pollu-tion control plaan that depend on Mid.struction should be suspe i

That hearing, to determine if con-considered Iltigation when it was re.

-land's-nuclear plant. a state official. plant, will not resume until Jan.18 in with the Isas deediime.

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..The letter waa not requeseed by tlas--

Chl:f assistant attorney general. Dow is bound to al07+ contract to MAPCC orits staffh said.

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Stanley Stemborn said a control. pro. purchase steam from the nuclear plant ne law, written hy, stated gram tied to the nuclearfacility would and has been threatened by Consumers. the concern that Dow may not be able-t not be considered adequate by the at.

with a 3000 million lawsuit if the con,to comply witit the 1988 deadline fer-torney general. who has ' threatened tract is not carried through..

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D,w with a lawsuit.

The nuclear plant has been 'a sore.

The letter also c!almed violaticos by-s Tha threat came late last week in a rpot in Dow's pollution control plans. It Dow of federal health-ceinted stand-i letter which stated that court action. was first scheduled to operate in 1975 ards..

wuld be in*iaw if Dow does not pre-and now is planned for 1982.

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e sent adequate pann*a control plans to Both state and federal clean-air Ing the ' situation for the past year ane l

two clean-air agencies later this month.. agents chave reacted unfavorably. to sees no solution, the letter also stated >

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-. A Dow spokesperson said this. morn-Ing th2 chemical company has not de. -

cided what it will tell the MAPCC.

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and environmental manager Frank Bro-wer were meeting this morning to dis.

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MAPCC staff. The officials refused to comment on their pending doetsion un.

til after that. meeting.

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