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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued an order proposing a $15 million civil penalty in response to the failure of a licensee to respond to FERC dam safety orders in the wake of the failure of the Edenville dam and downstream FERC-licensed Sanford Dam (Project No. 2785) in Michigan in May 2020 (
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June 1, 2020 edition of the WER). The December 9, 2020 Order to Show Cause and Notice of Proposed Penalty followed months of FERC orders and directives to the licensee related to the catastrophic failure of the two dams, which resulted in the evacuation of 10,000 people, an estimated $190 million in economic damages to local residents, and $55 million in response costs, prompting Governor Gretchen Whitmer to request a disaster declaration from the federal government.
To the Editor:
The Gladwin/Beaverton Community Food Distribution (GBCFD) has completed its eighth year of food distributions at Christ the King Lutheran Church in Gladwin. This year has been a very challenging year for the GBCFD with the coronavirus pandemic and also the breach of the dams and major flooding within the community. For the first three months, food distributions were held once a month as usual, serving an average of 210 households from the community who needed additional food assistance. Once the pandemic hit and then the flooding, additional food distributions started taking place at Christ the King to help our friends in need. Through the Food Bank of Eastern Michigan, federal funding was available to us first with weekly distributions and then bi-monthly. During this time, GBCFD has been serving on average, 300 households with each food distribution. Â