 | November 2007 The Department of Environmental
Quality and The Dow Chemical Company will host the next
Tri-Cities Dioxin
Community Meeting at the Horizons Conference Center, 6200 State Street,
Saginaw.
www.michigan.gov/deqdioxin |
| August 9, 2007 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm The Department of Environmental
Quality and The Dow Chemical Company will host the next
Tri-Cities Dioxin
Community Meeting at the Horizons Conference Center, 6200 State Street,
Saginaw.
www.michigan.gov/deqdioxin |
| May 7, 2007 10 AM:
Michigan Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments for the
Dow Class-Action certification, the Court of Appeals
is located at 3044 W. Grand Blvd., 14th Floor, in Detroit. |
| May 3, 2007 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Tri-Cities Dioxin Community Meeting.
The Department of Environmental Quality and The Dow Chemical Company are
hosting the next quarterly Midland/Saginaw/Bay City (Tri-Cities) Dioxin
Community Meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 3, 2007, at the
Horizons Conference Center, 6200 State Street, Saginaw. This meeting is
open to the public. The press release and agenda for the meeting are
available at:
Supporting materials will be available at the following location prior
to the meeting:
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| 2/8/07 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm The Department of Environmental
Quality and The Dow Chemical Company will host the next
Tri-Cities Dioxin
Community Meeting at the Horizons Conference Center, 6200 State Street,
Saginaw |
| 11/8/06 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
MDEQ/Dow Public meeting.
Please be advised that an error was made in
the press release,
agenda, and transcript for the August 9, 2006,
Midland/Saginaw/Bay City (Tri-Cities) Dioxin Community Meeting regarding the
date for the next quarterly meeting.
The Department of Environmental Quality and The Dow Chemical Company will
host the next Tri-Cities Dioxin Community Meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday,
November 8, 2006, at the Horizons Conference Center, 6200 State Street,
Saginaw (rather than on November 9, 2006, as was erroneously announced in
the documents listed above). The DEQ, Dow, and Dow contractor staff will be
available a half hour before and after the meeting for questions and
discussion. A press release and agenda will be available prior to the
November 8 meeting.
Cheryl Howe
Environmental Engineering Specialist
517-373-9881/517-373-4797 Fax
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality |
| 8/15/06 The University of Michigan is staged to release the results of
it's $15,000,0000 Dow funded Dioxin Exposure study.
 | 09:00 A.M. Press Release, Midland Ashland Court Hotel |
| 10:00 A.M. Results available on-line at
www.umdioxin.org |
| 06:00 P.M. Public community meeting, Conference & Event Center at
Curtis Hall, Saginaw Valley State University. |
| The outcome |
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7/27/06 9:00 AM - 1 PM -MDCH Community
Event
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This Thursday from 9am to 1pm in Morley Plaza Downtown
Saginaw Michigan Department of Community Health will be hosting
activities for the public to answer questions about safe fishing, fish
consumption and the fish advisories on our local rivers and Bay. Please
plan on attending. If you have questions please call Kory Groetsch at
MDCH 517-335-9935 or groetschk@michigan.gov |
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| 08/9/06 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm The DEQ has scheduled
open, quarterly meetings
at the Horizons Conference Center for the upcoming year. |
| 7/11/06 11:00 NAS review of EPA Draft Dioxin Reassessment Report |
| 05/10/06 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm The DEQ has scheduled
open, quarterly meetings at the Horizons Conference Center for the upcoming
year, the next of which will be conducted Aug. 19, 2006. |
| 02/15/06 6:30 pm- The Long
Shadow film presentation followed by a discussion with Michelle Hurd-Riddick
of the Lone Tree Council, at Butman-Fish Library, 1716 Hancock, Saginaw.
Admission Free. The Long Shadow details the dioxin controversy
in 2002, from public notification by agency whistleblowers in January to the
failed bailout in December. The story highlights the plight of three
floodplain families concerned about their health, their property values, and
the corporate and government forces that acted against them. The story is
told through contemporary videography, historical photos, and interviews
with floodplain residents, environmental advocates, key government
officials, and state lawmakers. |
| 02/09/06 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm The DEQ has scheduled
open, quarterly meetings at the Horizons Conference Center for the upcoming
year, the next of which will be conducted Feb. 9. |
| 11/27/05 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm TRW/Lone Tree Council
hosted public meeting, Thomas Township Library. |
| 11/9/05 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm Dow/MDEQ
Community Input Meeting,
Open Town Hall
format, Horizons Conference Center, Saginaw MI |
| 11/7/05 1:30 PM Hearing on Dow request for stay of lawsuit,
Saginaw Circuit Court. |
| 10/24/05 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm TRW/Lone Tree Council
hosted public meeting, Thomas Township Library. |
| 10/21/05 11:00 A.M.
Henry vs. Dow Class Action Certification
decision, Saginaw County Circuit Court, Judge Leopold Borrello. |
| 10/11/05 3:00 P.M. Saginaw County Legislative Subcommittee
debate support for 'Facility' bill
review, Saginaw County Governmental Center, 111 S. Michigan |
| 10/06/05 6 P.M. U of M Dioxin Study
status report, Freeland
Elementary School, 710 Powley, Freeland MI. |
| 09/26/05 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm TRW/Lone Tree Council
hosted public meeting, Thomas Township Library. |
| 08/25/05 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
MDEQ/Dow Public meeting. Lets all talk about how we want to
talk about talking in case we need to talk about others talking about things
that some feel we should or should not talk about. We need to talk
about it as someone might actually suggest we do something instead of
talking about it, however the goal is to talk about it long enough so
everyone will stop talking about it which seems to be what Dow has duped the MDEQ into talking about. Horizons Center, 6200 State Street, Saginaw MI. |
| 08/24/05 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm MDEQ/Dow Public meeting. Lets all talk about how we want to
talk about talking in case we need to talk about others talking about things
that some feel we should or should not talk about. We need to talk
about it as someone might actually suggest we do something instead of
talking about it, however the goal is to talk about it long enough so
everyone will stop talking about it which seems to be what Dow has duped the
MDEQ into talking about. Holiday Inn, 1500 West Wackerly St., Midland MI. |
| 08/22/05 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm TRW/Lone Tree Council
hosted public meeting, Thomas Township Library. |
| 08/03/05 7 PM
Dr. Hector Gailbraith
will
present the findings of two ecological risk assessments specific to dioxin
and furan compounds found in the Tittabawassee
River. In addition he will
incorporate data in his lecture from several other studies in the
region and articulate what these studies may suggest regarding ecological risks
present in the Tittabawassee and
Saginaw
River
as well as the
Saginaw
Bay. Bay
City State Park Visitor Center,
inform park
personnel you are attending this event to have the entrance fee
waived |
| 07/14/05 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm The U.S. EPA Superfund Innovative
Technology Evaluation (SITE) Program staff will speak on “Testing of
Monitoring and Measurement Technologies for Dioxin and Dioxin-like Compounds
in Soil and Sediment”, Saginaw Township Fire Hall Classroom, 155 N. Center
Road, Saginaw. A technical discussion will be held on the morning of
7/14/05 from 10 am - 12 noon in Lansing at the Michigan Library and
Historical Center Forum 702 W. Kalamazoo Street, Lansing, MI 48915,
click here for
the morning session flyer. |
| 07/12/05 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Presentation on health effects of dioxin by
Dr. Linda Birnbaum, the U.S. EPA's Director of Experimental Toxicology Division,
is scheduled for July 12, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Grace A. Dow Memorial
Library, Midland Michigan. |
| 06/28/05 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm MDEQ/Dow "CAP" meeting.
Lets all talk about how we want to
talk, Horizons Center, 6200 State Street, Saginaw MI. |
| 06/27/05 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm TRW/Lone Tree Council
hosted public meeting, Thomas Township Library. |
| 06/22/05 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Viable Solutions for Our
Rivers hosted by the Lone Tree Council. An expert on river
restoration and toxic cleanup, Mr. Hahnenberg will discuss the restoration
of the Fox River in Wisconsin and
what it takes to make rivers healthy and viable. Free to the public,
Delta College Lecture Theater, park on east side of the building J wing. |
| 05/24/04 The House Government Operations Committee will
take testimony at 10:30 a.m.
Tuesday on a bill, HB 4617,
that would prohibit the state from declaring any property a "facility"
without the testing to prove it. The hearing will take place in the
Anderson House Office Building, 124 N. Capitol in Lansing.
Footnote 5/25/05, this was
not an open hearing, only bill supporters were allowed to speak.
|
| 05/23/05 There will be no TRW meeting in the
month of May, the Thomas Township Library will be hosting it's annual book
sale and the room is not available. |
| 04/13/05 6:30 pm, "Dioxin and human health" presentation by Dr.
Linda Birnbaum, EPA, Swan Valley High School, 8400 O'Hern Road, Saginaw MI.
Everyone welcome. Click here for flier. |
| 03/28/05 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm TRW/Lone Tree Council
hosted public meeting, Thomas Township Library. |
| 03/10/05 6:00 pm U of M
Dioxin Exposure Pathway
Study informational
meeting at Freeland Elementary School, 710 Powley Drive, Freeland. |
| 3/01/05 7:00 pm MDEQ public meeting concerning
Saginaw River Dredging,
Saginaw Valley State University Performing Arts Recital Hall |
| 03/01/05 Dow has scheduled a series of
five private meetings on
March 1, 2 and 3 at Horizons Conference Center in Saginaw, where about 130
riverside property owners will get an explanation of what comes next.
The rest of the 2000 property owners with contaminated property get to go
fish. |
| 02/28/05 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm TRW/Lone Tree Council
hosted public meeting, Thomas Township Library. |
| 01/24/05 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm TRW/Lone Tree Council
hosted public meeting, Thomas Township Library. |
| 12/09/04 6:00 pm,
UM/Dow CAP
dioxin study, Freeland Elementary School cafeteria, 710 Powley Drive, Freeland, MI
48623 |
| 12/06/04 7:00 pm, Public hearing on Saginaw River dredging, SVSU
Recital Hall |
| 11/22/04 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm TRW/Lone Tree Council
hosted public meeting, Thomas Township Library. |
| Cancelled: The Department of Environmental Quality regrets to inform you that the
Community Advisory Panel meeting scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on November 17 in Freeland has
been canceled. Dr. Linda S. Birnbaum, the scheduled speaker at the
event, is unfortunately in the hospital and will be unable to travel to Michigan in time
for the meeting. Dr. Birnbaum, Director of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's
Experimental Toxicology Division in the National Health and Environmental Effects Research
Laboratory, was to have provided information relating to dioxins and their health effects.
The meeting will be rescheduled at a later date. Please contact DEQ Press Secretary
Patricia Spitzley at 517-241-7397 for more information. |
| 10/25/04 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
TRW/Lone Tree Council hosted public
meeting, Thomas Township Library.10/06/04 9:30 A.M. |
| Michigan Supreme Court docket 125205 for oral arguments
concerning Medical Monitoring. Location: Michigan Hall of Justice, Lansing MI.
Judge Richard A. Griffin |
| 09/27/04 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
TRW/Lone
Tree Council hosted public meeting, Thomas Township Library. |
| 08/29/04 6:30 pm U-M study CAP presentation, Freeland
Elementary School cafeteria |
| 08/23/04 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm TRW/Lone Tree Council
hosted public meeting, Thomas Township Library. |
| Cancelled 07/27/04 The Dr. Linda Birnbaum meeting
has been cancelled, reasons "unknown". Evidently, "someone" does
not want her to visit the area. Dr. Birnbaum is a world renowned expert on dioxin
and it's effects on humans and the environment. The MDEQ says they wil try again for
this fall. |
| 07/26/04 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm TRW/Lone Tree Council
hosted public meeting, Thomas Township Library. |
| 06/29/04 5:30 pm, Tittabawasse Township
special meeting to discuss a proposed
resolution to support the lifting of the "facility" designation from
contaminated properties. The Township Trustees will vote on the resolution in their
meeting which follows at 7:30 pm. Tittabawassee Township Office, 145 S. Second,
Freeland MI. Read section Property conditions, improvements &
additional information:, item 10 of the
Michigan Real Estate Seller Disclosure form
565.957 if you think this resolution will absolve anyone of disclosing contaminated
properties. |
| 06/28/04 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm TRW/Lone Tree Council hosted public
meeting, Thomas Township Library. Note: there wil be no TRW meeting in May as the
Thomas Township Library did not have any rooms available. |
| 06/09/04 Court Hearing
DELAYED
by Michigan Supreme Court until Fall of 04:
Trial
Scheduling and Class Action Certification, Saginaw County Court Building, Judge
Borrello's court. |
| 06/01/04 01:30 P.M. Hearing in front of Judge Borrello to finalize the procedures in the
class certification hearing.05/26/04 7:00 pm,
Community meeting hosted by the City of
Midland at the Midland Center for the Arts building to discuss dioxin in the
Midland. Representatives from the MDEQ and Midland County Health Department will be
present to answer questions. |
| 05/26/04 04:00 pm - 6:00 pm,
CAP meeting, rescheduled from 5/10 to give more time to review Dow SOW.
James Township Hall located at 6060 Swan Creek Rd., Saginaw. Note time change |
| 04/26/04 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm TRW/Lone Tree Council hosted public
meeting, Thomas Township Library. |
| 03/24/04
1:30 on. Court hearing: Dow requests that the Order of Court of
March 3, 2004 requiring the 164 individual plaintiffs to provide written
certification regarding production of documents be enforced immediately
|
| 03/22/04 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm TRW/Lone Tree Council hosted
public meeting, Thomas Township Library. |
| 03/19/04 Plaintiffs to submit a
brief in reply to Dow's
opposition brief from 2/27/04 |
| 03/10/04 4:30 pm - 7:00 pm, CAP meeting, Saginaw Township
Firehall #1, 6171 Shattuck Rd., Saginaw (corner of Shattuck and Lawndale
Rds., one mile east of Hospital Rd. and one mile west of Center Rd.). This
meeting rescheduled by MDEQ on 1/22/04, had been scheduled for 2/4/04. |
| 03/01/04
1:30 pm, Dow
requested hearing concerning a few plaintiff's who have not provided paperwork. |
| 02/27/04
Dow to submit a
brief in opposition to the class action complaint |
| 02/23/04 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
TRW/Lone
Tree Council hosted public meeting, Thomas Township Library. |
| 02/18/04 8:00 AM Family Practice Grand Rounds:
Dioxin:
Toxicity & Health Effects Suzanne White, MD, Children’s Hospital of
Michigan Regional Poison Control Center, Detroit Medical Center-Wayne State
University. Location: Covenant HealthCare, 700 Cooper, Saginaw MI.
Cooper Campus Lecture Theater. Update: presentation cancelled, Dr. White had wrong
day in her calendar, will reschedule for March 2004. |
| 02/02/04 Plantiffs to turn over to Dow all
remaining paper work concerning the value of homes,
dioxin, and the Tittabawasse River. |
| 01/26/04 1:30 pm, Court Hearing requested by Dow concerning
plaintiff depositions.01/20/04 1:30 pm, Court Hearing requested by
Dow concerning plaintiff depositions. Cancelled by Judge Borrello |
| 01/19/04 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm TRW/Lone Tree Council hosted
public meeting, Greenpoint Nature. |
| 01/07/04 4:30 pm - 7:00 pm, CAP meeting,
Green Point
Nature Center12/22/03 1:30 pm Court Hearing concerning
Dow's disclosure request. |
| 12/15/03 TRW meeting canceled for the month of December due to the holidays |
| 12/15/03 1:30 pm, Court Hearing, concerning Plaintiff's
3rd amended complaint filed 12/2/03 |
| 12/11/03 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm, Dept Agriculture meeting with local farmers, Freeland
Elementary |
| 12/03/03 04:30 pm - 7:00 pm
CAP, Tittabawassee Township Memorial
Park building |
| 11/25/03 10 A.M. Court session concerning plaintiffs records |
| 11/17/03 07:00 pm - 8:30 pm TRW/Lone Tree Council hosted
public meeting, Greenpoint Nature. Will be showing video "Dioxin, are we at
risk?" by Dr. Linda Birnbaum, EPA.10/28/03 Court Session: Saginaw County
Circuit Court 9:30 A.M. Judge Leopold Borrello
F/inal decision on objections to disclosure by defendant and plaintiff to each others
requests. |
| 10/20/03 07:00 pm - 8:30 pm TRW/Lone Tree Council hosted
public meeting, Greenpoint Nature |
| 10/13/03 01:30 pm,
Court Hearing:
Attorneys will submit interrogatories to their opponent and will have a chance to object
to requests. Note: time rescheduled, had been 10:00 am. |
| 10/10/03 Public comment on Dow's proposed Scope of Work closes |
| 10/08/03 04:30 pm - 7:00 pm CAP, Midland's Strosacker Center in
Conference Room 110. The address is 220 W. Main Street, Midland (right downtown).
|
| 09/26/03 8:30 am, Court hearing: Dow seeks
clarification of Judge Borrello's ruling to proceed with Class Action hearings.
Saginaw County Court Building,Judge Borrello's court . |
| 09/25/03 7:00 on - 9:30pm, Public comment on Dow
SOW's hosted by MDEQ
Grace A. Dow Memorial Library Auditorium, 1710 West St. Andrews, Midland |
| 09/22/03 7:00 pm - 9:30pm,
Public comment on Dow SOW's hosted
by MDEQ,
Swan Valley High School Auditorium, located at 8400 O'Hern Road in Saginaw. |
| 09/19/03 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm, Lansing MI,
Policy
briefing: Emerging European Chemicals Policies: Implications and Opportunities for
Michigan. Presented by Ecology Center & Dr. Joel Trickner |
| 09/15/03 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
TRW/Lone
Tree Council hosted public meeting, Greenpoint Nature |
| 09/03/03 4:30 pm - 7:00 pm CAP, Tittabawassee Memorial Park
building |
| 08/20/03 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm MDEQ hosted public
meeting with Dr. Henry Falk, head of ATSDR & Dr. Suzanne White (head of Poison
Control Center at Children's Hospital in Detroit). Freeland High School. |
| 07/31/03 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm CAP, Thomas Township library. |
| 07/16/03 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Cancelled:
TRW/Lone
Tree Council hosted public meeting, Greenpoint Nature Center. |
| 06/24/03 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm MDEQ hosted
public meeting on dioxin testing in T.River flood plain/ Saginaw Bay & Dow
hazardous waste facility operating permit, Freeland High School. |
| 06/12/03 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
TRW/Lone
Tree Council hosted public meeting, Greenpoint Nature Center. |
| 05/19/03 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
TRW/Lone
Tree Council hosted public meeting, Greenpoint Nature Center. |
| 05/08/03
Dow
Share Holder meeting, Midland. |
| 04/21/03 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
TRW/Lone
Tree Council hosted public meeting, Greenpoint Nature Center. |
| 03/17/03 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm TRW/Lone Tree Council hosted public
meeting, Greenpoint Nature Center. |
| 02/17/03 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
TRW/Lone
Tree Council hosted public meeting, Greenpoint Nature |
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