These two projects on the Manistee River are part of the Settlement Agreement filed on December 7, 1992 that includes a total of 11 projects (3 on the Muskegon, 6 on the Au Sable and 2 on the Manistee River).
After issuance of licenses for the three projects in 2002, water has been put back into a previously dried-up (or bypassed) river channel downstream of the McClure Dam. Since then, a massive failure of Silver Lake Dam damaged or destroyed several other dams, dikes, and bridges.
These three projects ou the Muskegon R;ve, are part of the Settlement Agreement filed on December 7, 1992 that includes a total of 11 projects (3 on the Muskegon, 6 on the Au Sable and 2 on the Manistee River).
FERC is requiring UPPCO to develop a new design proposal for gate construction on the main dam. FERC rejected UPPCO’s original plan and they are working on a new proposal. Our concern is what will be the flow (or lack of flow) into the Middle Branch.