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Regulatory oversight of the Dow Chemical Company (Dow) hazardous waste operations at the chemical manufacturing complex located at 1790 Building, Washington Street, Midland Michigan, and the Dow Salzburg Road Landfill located at 2314 West Salzburg Road, in Midland, Michigan, is conducted by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE), Materials Management Division (MMD). Dow is required to comply with state and federal hazardous waste regulations for the management of hazardous waste at both facilities. Dow also conducts non-hazardous solid waste operations at the Salzburg Landfill, which is regulated by EGLE, MMD under a solid waste license. Frequent inspections are conducted at both facilities by EGLE's hazardous waste and solid waste programs to ensure compliance with the law. Inspections are also conducted by EGLE's Air Quality Division. Extensive monitoring of Dow's discharge to the sanitary sewer system is conducted by EGLE's Water Resources Division.
Dow operates its own hazardous waste licensed facility. Dow has been licensed for its hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal activities at the Midland Plant since 1988 and at the Salzburg Road Landfill since 1987. Both locations were issued a combined license to operate in 2015. Dow has been operating the chemical manufacturing complex since 1897. Dow's license covers its hazardous waste container storage, tank storage and treatment, surface impoundment storage and treatment, incinerator, landfill, and on-site and off-site clean-up (corrective action) activities. The hazardous waste regulations require that hazardous waste licensing be renewed every ten years . Dow is required to submit a license renewal application to EGLE by no later than March 29, 2025.
Since issuance of the current license, Dow has amended the license 15 times. Details on current license and amendments 11 through 15 are available below. Details on amendments 1 through 10 are available upon request. Information on the license and corrective action can also be viewed by appointment at the following locations once offices reopen.
EGLE Contacts
Daniel Dailey, Project Manager: 517-242-7261
Joseph Rogers (Salzburg Landfill Only): 517-284-6569
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EGLE, Lansing Headquarters 525 West Allegan Street, Lansing, Michigan Contact: Ms. Vickie Terry |
EGLE, Bay City District Office 401 Ketchum Street, Suite B, Bay City, Michigan |
Grace A. Dow Memorial Library 1710 West St. Andrews Street, Midland, Michigan |
Where portions of the license are not available, they were not posted due to file size limitations.
Current Dow License - Issued September 25, 2015
License Attachments
Revised Dow Site-Specific LDR Treatability Variance Approval - September 25, 2015
Recent License Amendments
Operating License Amendment 15
On June 18, 2020, EGLE approved a minor modification to the operating license issued September 25, 2015, based on a request from Dow to replace an existing monitoring well, MW 4666, in the Salzburg Road Landfill detection monitoring program in Part IX of the operating license. The minor modification request and approval letter for Amendment 15 to the facility operating license are provided below.
Operating License Amendment 14
On April 16, 2020, EGLE approved a minor modification to the operating license issued September 25, 2015, in order to:
Due to the size and number of the documents included in the minor modification request, copies of the information regarding the minor modification request are available upon request. Please contact Daniel Dailey at the number listed above for further information. The Amendment 14 minor modification approval letter, copies of updated boilerplate language, and updated Attachments 1, 8, and 20 to the license are provided below. Previous Attachments 15, 16, and 17 to the license have been replaced by Attachment 20 and were removed from the license.
Operating License Amendment 13
On March 27, 2019, EGLE approved a minor modification to the facility operating license based on a request received January 29, 2019, from Dow to replace existing purge wells PW-5, PW-6, and PW-7 in the Facility 7th Street monitoring program with a horizontal well subject to the same monitoring conditions as purge wells PW-5, PW-6, and PW-7 in Part IX of the operating license. The minor modification request and approval letter for Amendment 13 to the operating license are provided below.
Operating License Amendment 12
On April 8, 2019, EGLE approved a minor modification to the operating license based on a November 16, 2018, notification of a new area of concern (AOC), the Mark Putnam AOC, received from The Dow Chemical Company. The notification identified this area as a release to soils of chlorinated volatile organic compounds requiring remediation. The notification and minor modification approval letter are provided below.
Operating License Amendment 11
On June 25, 2018, EGLE approved a minor modification to the operating license based on an April 10, 2018, request from Dow for Waste Storage Area I (WSAI) Southeast Dike Concrete Replacement. The WSAI request and approval letter for Amendment 11 to the facility operating license are provided below.
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