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Tuesday, March 19, 2013  The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has approved the last major permit needed to construct a copper and silver mine in the Upper Peninsula

Friday, March 01, 2013  The Michigan DEQ is offering grants to monitor water quality for local governments and nonprofit groups

Wednesday, January 09, 2013  The Marquette County Road Commission spent two years working on a proposal for County Road, 595 but it was denied last week

Saturday, January 05, 2013  The Marquette County Road Commission and Congressman Dan Benishek responded to the Michigan Department of Environmental Qualitie's denial of the permit for CR 595

Friday, January 04, 2013  The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality released a statement on Thursday that provides a big setback for the proposed Marquette County Road 595

Friday, December 07, 2012  The EPA has withdrawn an objection to the Marquette County Road 595 Project stating that the proposed route is the one that will least damage the environment

Tuesday, December 04, 2012  Their first town hall meeting introduced the new Community Environmental Monitoring Program, or CEMP

Wednesday, October 24, 2012  Torch Lake landowners are meeting with the Environmental Protection Agency and the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality

Tuesday, October 16, 2012  The Department of Environmental Quality director visited the CR 595 site in Marquette County on Monday

Wednesday, August 01, 2012  City officials toured the Dead River Dam and reflected on the recovery process from the 2003 flood

Saturday, July 21, 2012  Governor Rick Snyder signed into law a measure allowing beach-front property owners on the Great Lakes to groom their property without a state permit

Friday, June 29, 2012  A panel of Department of Environmental Quality officials heard dozens of testimonials at Gogebic Community College

Thursday, March 08, 2012  Department of Environmental Quality listens to the public

Friday, March 02, 2012  798 million pounds of copper and 3.5 million ounces of silver in an underground deposit near Ironwood

Sunday, February 05, 2012  The county's road commission submitted an application for permits to create Marquette County Road 596, a 21-mile stretch to connect US-41 with CR AAA near Kennecott's Eagle Mine