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ALBA Injection Well
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The waters of the Lake Charlevoix Watershed flow in a North, Northwest direction from Alba to the Boyne and Jordan Rivers, to Lake Charlevoix, Round Lake and Lake Michigan.

CONTAMINATED WATER
(cement kiln dust leachate)
 from Bay Harbor must not be transported to Alba and our Lake Charlevoix Watershed.
Ground Water
Drainage Direction

Alba Elevation 1,345 ft.
bullet Opposition Boils Over Industrial Waste Well!
bullet Picnic in the Park Fundraiser Saturday, June 14th. 2008 1-6 P.M. RICHARDI PARK in Bellaire
bullet The Alba Injection Well: How Did We Get Here? - by Anne Zukowski and John Teesdale
bullet Write Governor Granholm urging her to overturn the Alba Well permit. Everything you need is here - 5/5/2007
bullet Elsenheimer urges DEQ to increase bond for Alba injection well (Petoskey News Review 4/24/08)
bullet CMS Energy to pay Resort Township $390,000 for East Park cleanup (Petoskey News Review 4/11/08)
bullet Gov. Granholm denies Elsenheimer's request to act on Alba well (Petoskey News Review 4/4/08)
bullet Read: State Rep. Kevin Elsenheimer’s request to Granholm on revoking the application permit
bullet Alba fights Well - Community forum supports appeal (Antrim County News 3/19/08)
bullet Letter to Appeals Board - March 10, 2008
bullet COMMUNITY FORUM COMMENTS – March 8, 2008, Alba High School
bullet Alba residents unite to fight injection well plan March 8 (Petoskey News Review 3/3/07)
bullet Injection well near Alba still topic of debate, cleanup costs triple (Petoskey News Review 2/29/07)
bullet An Appeal to EPA and MDEQ to reconsider permitting a waste disposal well near Alba - a Community Forum
bullet FOJ and Star Township will appeal permits (The Citizen Journal 2/13/08)
bullet Decision Reached on Underground Injection Well near Alba (State of Michigan Portal - michigan.gov)
bullet FOJ's Call to EPA to Enforce Order of February 22, 2005 
bullet Deep-injection well foes ready to sue They oppose permits for well (Traverse City Record Eagle 10/3/07)
bullet Friends of Jordan: Treat leachate where it is (Petoskey News Review Local news 10/1/07)
bullet FOJ's Overview of Meeting with CMS on Bay harbor Cleanup 9/28/07
bullet FOJ's Agenda for Review and Critique of Cleanup alternatives at Bay Harbor 9/28/07
bullet 'Friends' work to ward off injection well  (Traverse City Record Eagle Local News 8/12/07)
bullet Detailed Summary Statements on the Disposal Well
bullet FOJ's letter requesting denial of CMS Energy's proposal for a Class I "Non-Hazardous" waste disposal well in Star Township, Antrim County near the community of Alba
bullet FOJ requests a 30-day extension ....
bullet Public comment period extended until July 27 (Traverse City Record Eagle Local News 6/29/07)
bullet Alba residents are right to distrust injection well (Traverse City Record Eagle Editorial 7/03/07)
bullet FOJ press release on the extension of the public comment period
bullet Deep Well Drawing Opposition (Traverse City Record Eagle Local News 7/08/07)
Permit Applications:
  DEQ Permit Application (Part 625)
EPA Draft Permit