Published: September 2, 2010
Tags: Department of Natural Resources, DNR, greenhouse gas emissions, greenhouse gases, Matt Frank
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan and Wisconsin plan to work together to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and determine the best strategies to adapt to climate change as part of an effort to protect the Great Lakes region.
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment announced the agreement Thursday.
Michigan DNRE Director Rebecca Humphries in July asked [...]
Published: August 23, 2010
Tags: Alliance for the Great Lakes, Brammeier, Capitol Drive, Dale Richards, Deep Tunnel, Department of Justice, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, Estabrook Park, Jill Didier, John Hermes, Kevin Shafer, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, MMSD, National Power Rodding Corp., Shorewood, Terrence Cooley, Trenton Place, Wanta, Wisconsin Underground Contractors Association, WUCA
By Marie Rohde
Property owners wanting a flood of relief from sewage backups during heavy rains will see a dribble instead.
They also could get a bigger tax bill and may be forced to spend thousands of dollars to fix the laterals that connect private properties to municipal sewers.
The commission that oversees the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District [...]
Published: August 20, 2010
Tags: 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, Effluent Limitation Guidelines, EPA, Justice Department, lawsuit, NAHB, National Association of Home Builders, Neenah, runoff, Sweetwood Builders, turbidity, WBA, Wisconsin Builders Association
By Marie Rohde
The Environmental Protection Agency is withdrawing from its storm water management rule a requirement builders say would have added $10 billion a year to construction costs in the U.S.
“This is a significant victory,” said Patrick Stevens, general counsel for the Wisconsin Builders Association. “In essence, the EPA agreed that it did not do [...]
Published: August 17, 2010
Tags: Bloomington, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, farm, Joint Airport Zoning Board, Metropolitan Airports Commission, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, Minnesota River Valley, Supreme Court, United Properties
By Dan Emerson
Dolan Media Newswires
Minneapolis — The former James E. Kelley farm, a 60-acre site just southeast of the Mall of America, may be the most picturesque spot in Bloomington. Vintage rail-fencing surrounds pastures where sheep and llamas still graze, with a spectacular view of the Minnesota River Valley.
And as the largest parcel of undeveloped [...]
Published: August 16, 2010
Tags: Ashanti Hamilton, backup, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, Eaton Corp., flood, Lincoln Creek, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, MMSD, north side, pump station, sewer, storm
Comments: 1
By Marie Rohde
A Milwaukee alderman wants answers from the sewerage district after a $6.1 million pump station failed to prevent backups in a north side neighborhood after the July 22 storm.
James Fratrick, a watershed specialist with the Department of Natural Resource’s Milwaukee office, said the pump station spewed 45 million gallons of water [...]
Published: August 12, 2010
Tags: Cooley, Deep Tunnel, Department of Natural Resources, Department of Public Works, DNR, flood, flooding, Graffin, Henry Maier, Kevin Shafer, Legislative Reference Bureau, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, MMSD, storm, Tom Reep, Veolia, Veolia Water America
By Marie Rohde
The spokesman for the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District on Thursday acknowledged it might not have been a good idea to cement shut overflow points that once let sewage into waterways during major storms.
“Those are relief valves,” Bill Graffin said. “I don’t know who made the decision to close them when the Deep Tunnel [...]
Published: August 6, 2010
Tags: attorney general, County Highway PP, Department of Justice, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, lawsuit, Lunda Construction, Plymouth, wastewater, water pollution
Comments: 2
Lunda Construction Co. of Black River Falls Friday agreed to pay $100,000 in forfeitures because of water pollution violations stemming from a 2008 construction incident.
The Wisconsin Department of Justice brought six charges against Lunda relating to the company’s work on a sanitary sewer lift station near County Highway PP in the city of Plymouth.
Lunda’s discharge [...]
Published: August 4, 2010
Tags: Air Quality Index, Clean Wisconsin, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Menomonee Valley, Sierra Club, Valley Power Plant
By Joe Yovino
Two environmental groups Wednesday sued the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources over an air permit for Milwaukee’s Valley Power Plant in the Menomonee Valley.
The Sierra Club, on behalf of its Madison-based John Muir Chapter, and Clean Wisconsin Inc., Madison, are asking the court to compel the DNR to issue an air permit for [...]
Published: July 28, 2010
Tags: Department of Natural Resources, DNR, floods, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, MMSD, sewage, storm, storm water
Comments: 3
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A report to state environmental officials says more than 2 billion gallons of untreated sewage and storm water were dumped into Lake Michigan and Milwaukee area rivers during the recent storms.
The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District’s report to the Department of Natural Resources says that’s more than four times the capacity of its [...]
Published: July 27, 2010
Tags: 3M Co., air pollution, CO2 emissions, Crawford County, Crawford County Circuit Court, Department of Justice, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, Prairie du Chien
By Tony Anderson
Special to The Daily Reporter
A Prairie du Chien manufacturer must complete $200,000 worth of projects to reduce the carbon dioxide its facility produces as part of a settlement with the state.
In a civil lawsuit filed and settled Monday, the state Department of Justice alleged 3M Co.’s Prairie du Chien facility violated its air [...]
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