Michigan Groups Press DOJ For Equity Safeguards, SEP In Air Settlement

Michigan environmental groups are urging the Department of Justice (DOJ) to strengthen a proposed consent decree addressing emissions violations at a scrap metal yard near Flint, including the addition of a supplemental environmental project (SEP) they say is necessary to “truly redress [13] years of violations in this environmental justice community.” Flint-area groups and individuals, represented by Earthjustice and the Great Lakes Environmental Law Center, made the request in Jan. 31 comments on the proposed settlement in United States, et...