PORT SHELDON, MI — Consumers Energy is seeking approval to drill two deep injection wells at the J.H. Campbell plant to dispose of coal ash wastewater and other liquids generated during site cleanup.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) are reviewing draft plans for two new Class I non-hazardous injection wells at the coal plant along Lake Michigan in Ottawa County.
The plan to inject wastewater thousands of feet underground has generated public opposition and calls for a hearing…