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Boardman River Settlement Agreement
The de-licensing and decommissioning process began with preparation of a Settlement Agreement. The agreement was negotiated among the Parties (Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, United States Department of Interior Fish and Wildlife Service, Grand Traverse County, the City of Traverse City, TCLPD, the Michigan Hydro Relicensing Coalition, and the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians) to facilitate the surrender and decommissioning of the Boardman River Projects, and the disposition of the Boardman River Dams.
The Settlement Agreement established an Implementation Team to determine the disposition of the involved dams and enabled the Implementation Team to establish advisory groups. Accordingly, the Implementation Team established the Boardman River Dams Committee (BRDC) to engage all interests in determining the future of the dams so that the Implementation Team's recommendation is based upon an exhaustive assessment of public concerns, issues and questions.
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