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Beeland Group - Little Traverse Bay Environmental Project Disposal Well #1 - MI-047-1I-0001
Contact Information
For information on this permit application or to be placed on the EPA Beeland Group mailing list:
William Bates (bates.william@epa.gov)
312-886-6110 or 800-621-8431, ext. 66110
Repositories
(where to view written records)
Petoskey District Library
500 E. Mitchell
Petoskey, MI
Beeland Group LLC, Inc.
Little Traverse Bay Environmental Project Disposal Well #1
Emmet County, MI
Permit Number: MI-047-1I-0001
In November 2009, Beeland Group LLC, Inc. of Jackson, Mich., a subsidiary of Consumers Energy (CMS), applied for a permit to construct and operate a Class I injection well at the CMS Lands remediation facility. CMS is the party responsible for cleaning up liquid waste called leachate that is coming from cement kiln dust buried under CMS's Bay Harbor resort development. The injection well is intended as a permanent disposal method for the leachate that currently is trucked off-site.
Industrial & Municipal Waste Disposal Wells (Class I)
This page presents documents related to the Beeland Group permit application.
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Table of Contents
Current Status
February 2012
EPA issued the final permit and its response to comments regarding the draft permit on February 8, 2012. No requests for administrative review by the Environmental Appeals Board were submitted, so the permit became effective March 9, 2012.
Final Permit MI-047-1I-0001 (PDF) (41pp, 414K) February 8, 2012
EPA Response to Comments on draft permit (PDF) (22pp, 132K) February 2012
Timeline
- March 9, 2012 - Permit effective
- February 8, 2012 - EPA issued the final permit
- November 2009 - EPA received the permit application
- November 2009 - December 2010 - EPA conducted a completeness review and technical evaluation of the application
- January 2010 - EPA requested additional information
- August 2010 - EPA received Beeland Group's response
- December 2010 - EPA completed technical review, made a draft decision and announced the draft decision and public comment period
- December 2010 - January 31, 2011 - EPA accepted public input by mail and online
- Jan. 10, 2011 - EPA held a public hearing
- February 2011 - January 2012 - EPA compiled the public comments received and prepared responses to comments received
- EPA issued final decision - February 2012
- Final appeal deadline - March 19, 2012
Documents
- Final Permit MI-047-1I-0001 (PDF) (41pp, 414K) February 8, 2012
- EPA Response to Comments on draft permit (PDF) (22pp, 132K) February 2012
- Transcript of Public Hearing (PDF) (36pp, 119K) Jan. 10, 2011
- Media Advisory: Site for Beeland Injection Well Permit Public Meeting Changed - Jan. 7, 2011 news release
- EPA invites public coment on the draft permit approval (PDF) (1 pg, 27K) December 2010 newspaper ad
- EPA seeks public comment on injection well permit for Beeland Group - Dec. 10, 2010 news release
- EPA gives preliminary OK to underground waste well (PDF) (4 pp, 303K) December 2010 fact sheet
- EPA Draft UIC Permit Class I Nonhazardous #MI-047-1I-0001 (PDF) (41pp, 1.1 MB) December 2010
- Beeland Group Response Letter (PDF) (12 pp, 686K) August 6, 2010
- EPA Notice of Deficiency of permit application (request for additional information) (PDF) (3 pp, 89K) Jan. 20, 2010 - EPA requested additional information
- Permit Application with Attachments A through U (PDF) (183 pp, 8.9MB) Nov. 3, 2009
Documents relating to UIC Permit MI-009-1I-0001 (Alba, MI)
In 2008, Beeland Group received a permit to construct and operate a Class I injection well at the Alba facility in Antrim Coutny, MI to dispose of leachate from the Bay Harbor resort development. The state permit was appealed and the Alba well was put on hold.
Beeland Group LLC, Inc.
Little Traverse Bay Environmental Project Disposal Well #1
Antrim County, MI
Permit Number: MI-009-1I-0001
- EPA Environmental Appeals Board Order Denying Review (PDF) (32 pp, 239K) Oct. 3, 2008
- Final Permit MI-009-1I-0001 (PDF) (42pp,672K) March 12, 2008
- EPA approves permit for Beeland Group - Feb. 7, 2008 news release
- EPA Response to Comments (PDF) (52pp, 172K) Feb. 7, 2008
- MDEQ Response to Comments on permit application (PDF) (13pp, 58K) January 2008
- Environmental Justice Screening Evaluation: Alba UIC Well (PDF) (6 pp, 29K) October 2007
- EPA extends public comment period on Beeland Group's proposed disposal well - June 29, 2007
- EPA, MDEQ to hold public meeting and hearing on proposed disposal well - June 5, 2007 news release
- Company asks EPA for disposal well permit (PDF) (2pp, 62K) May 2007
- Draft Permit MI-009-1I-0001 (PDF) (41pp, 382K) April 12, 2007
Overview of UIC Permitting Process
The flowchart below shows the main steps that EPA follows to process a permit application from start to finish.
- Receive the permit application. November 2009
- Conduct a completeness review and technical evaluation. November 2009 - December 2010
- Make a draft decision, announce the draft decision and public comment period and accept public input by mail and at public hearing. December 2010
- Prepare responses to public comments.
- Issue final decision and distribute responses to public comments. February 2012
- If the final decision is appealed, process the appeal.
