Feds spent 20 years warning Michigan dam was in danger before it failed

Federal regulators have warned for more than 20 years of inadequate spillways at a Michigan dam that was breached Tuesday, sending floodwaters raging into a city of more than 40,000

Documents available on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission website show federal regulators warned multiple companies that the Edenville Dam was not ready to handle a massive flood. The federal government threatened large fines against one private company that operated the dam until eventually revoking its license in 2018.

at that point, gave Boyce yet another extension to construct spillways that still have not been built.It wasn't until September 2018 that the federal government finally punished Boyce Hydro for repeatedly ignoring their directives. On September 10, 2018, FERC revoked the company's license to operate the dam, stating the company"failed to comply with obligations set out" in the compliance order, aside from acquiring and documenting property rights that FERC had required.

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