ALLEGAN, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Oct. 11, 2022) – The future of the Calkins Street dam is on the proverbial front burner at Dumont Lake.
On Thursday, the Allegan County Board of Commissioners should consider a resolution requesting the West Michigan Regional Planning Commission and the Michigan Association of Counties to help the county in getting federal funding for an economic impact report on how communities would be affected if Consumers Energy decides to decommission the Allegan Dam and 12 others across Michigan. Such a report would provide tangible evidence for Commissioner Dean Kapenga of Hamilton and others to support maintaining these structures.
The Jackson-based utility has to notify federal authorities of a decision to decommission these dams no later than 10 years before the expiration of licenses to operate them, which in the case of the Calkins Street Dam, that deadline is in 2025.
The Allegan County Board meets at 7 PM on Thursday, October 13 in the Board Room of the County Services Building (3283 122nd Ave.).
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