THAT’S OUTRAGE GROWS OVER THAT HAZARDOUS WASTE BROUGHT FROM THAT OHIO TRAIN DERAILMENT SITE
IN THE MYSTERY, AND WE’RE
LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE HISTORY
OF THOSE DUMPING SITES HERE IN
METRO DETROIT. GLAD YOU’RE WITH
US FOR LOCAL 4 NEWS AT SIX. I’M
DEVIN SCILLIAN KIMBERLY GILL
LOCAL 4 INVESTIGATOR KAREN DREW
HAS BEEN LOOKING INTO THE TWO
SITES IN MICHIGAN AND JOINS US
WITH WHAT SHE’S FOUND KAREN KIM
AND DEVIN THAT WASTE FROM THE
PALESTINE, OHIO DERAILMENT WAS
BROUGHT TO TWO DIFFERENT
LOCATIONS, ONE IN VAN BUREN
TOWNSHIP, THE OTHER IN
RAMALLAH’S I DID SOME DIGGING
AND FOUND OUT THAT ROMULUS SITE
HAS A HISTORY OF VIOLATIONS.
ROMULUS REPUBLIC INJECTION WELL
IS LICENSED FOR HAZARDOUS WASTE
DISPOSAL OPERATIONS ARE REQUIRED
TO BE CONDUCTED INDOORS. THE
FACILITY IS REGULATED BY BOTH
EAGLE AND THE UNITED STATES. E P
A. NOW TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WE
UNCOVERED. IT WAS JULY OF LAST
YEAR WHEN AN INSPECTION BY EAGLE
FOUND IN ADEQUATE WASTE,
IDENTIFICATION AND LABELING.
LIQUID CONTAINMENT MODIFICATION
WITHOUT PERMIT FACILITY
INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS WERE NOT
MET AND IMPROPER TANK SYSTEM
REQUIREMENTS. NOW THERE WERE NO
RELEASES TO THE ENVIRONMENT. WE
LEARNED A FOLLOW UP
INVESTIGATION IN OCTOBER OF LAST
YEAR DETERMINED THE VIOLATIONS
WERE ADDRESSED, BUT THAT’S NOT
ALL JUST THIS JANUARY AND
INSPECTION IDENTIFIED HAZARDOUS
WASTE VIOLATIONS RELATED TO
CONTAINER LABELING AND ALARM
SYSTEM FUNCTION. BOTH HAVE SINCE
BEEN RESOLVED. OKAY SO WE DID
REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNIST
REPUBLIC INJECTION WELL FOR
RESPONSE TO WHY THESE VIOLATIONS
OCCURRED. WE HAVEN’T HEARD BACK
NOW THE COMPANY IS FACING FINES
FOR THE RULES THAT IT DID BREAK,
BUT A FINANCIAL PENALTY HAS NOT
BEEN DECIDED YET. SO WE ALSO DID
SOME CHECKING ON THAT OTHER SIDE
WAYNE DISPOSAL OVER AND VAN
BUREN TOWNSHIP. THEY HAVE NOT
HAD ANY VIOLATIONS SINCE AT
LEAST 2017 AGAIN. NO WASTE FROM
THE OHIO SIDE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO
MICHIGAN. SINCE FRIDAY. SO YOU
KEEP SAYING WASTE WHAT TYPE OF
WASTE IS IT THAT ENDS UP AT
THESE TWO FACILITIES. EVERYONE’S
ASKING THAT BECAUSE IT GETS
REALLY INTRICATE AND YOU HAVE TO
DIG THROUGH THE DOCUMENTS ARE
TEAM SPENT SOME TIME TODAY WE
WERE DIGGING THROUGH THE
MANIFEST WASTE SHIPMENTS. SO
ACCORDING TO THE EPA RECORDS
LAST FALL, THE ROMULUS FACILITY
TOOK IN ABOUT 250 TONS OF
HAZARDOUS WASTE. THAT INCLUDES
ARSENIC AND CADMIUM, ALONG WITH
SOMETHING THE EPA CALLS
CORROSIVE WASTE. AND LAST OF ALL
THE OTHER FACILITY, THE ONE OF
AM BUREN TOWNSHIP, ACCEPTED
THOUSANDS OF TONS OF ARSENIC,
BARIUM AND OTHER HAZARDS,
INCLUDING LET NONE OF WHICH
SOUNDS GREAT. RIGHT COME FROM
WELL, IT’S INTERESTING TO TRY TO
TRACK ALL OF THAT. THE EPA
DOESN’T EXACTLY SAY WHERE IT
COMES FROM. BUT ACCORDING TO THE
EPA, THE WASTE THAT WENT INTO
THE TWO FACILITIES IS EITHER
FLAMMABLE OR CARCINOGENIC. SO
THERE’S OBVIOUSLY SOME CONCERNS
STILL A LOT TO UNPACK AND REALLY
SEE EXACTLY HOW THINGS ARE A
WAKE UP CALL FOR A LOT OF AN EYE
OPENING THING TO REALIZE THAT
THIS IS WHERE IT’S BEEN COMING.
A LOT OF TIMES, PEOPLE REALIZE
AND YOU KNOW WE HAD THAT IN OUR
BACK YARD, BUT THEY DIDN’T
REALIZE HOW MUCH WAS COMING IN
FROM DIFFERENT STATES. AND WHILE
WE TAKE THINGS FROM OTHER
STATES, WE ALSO BRING SOME OF
OUR WAYS TO OTHER STATES, TOO.
SO THERE’S A LOT GOING ON SYSTEM
THAT WE DON’T USUALLY KNOW
ABOUT. YEAH. WELL BY THIS TIME
TOMORROW, WOULD YOU BELIEVE
TEMPERATURES ARE SAID TO BE IN
THE FIFTIES? INCREDIBLE YEAH, IT
REALLY IS. AND THAT’S ACTUALLY
HOPEFULLY GOOD NEWS FOR DT CREWS
WORKING TO GET POWER BACK ON FOR
THOUSANDS OF CUSTOMERS AT LAST
CHECK, DTE REPORTS ALMOST 99% OF
CUSTOMERS HAVE POWER RESTORED,
SO THAT LEAVES ABOUT 24,000
WAITING TO GET THEIR LIGHTS BACK
ON. MEANTIME SEVERAL SCHOOLS
HAVE BEEN CLOSED SINCE THE
STORM, INCLUDING ALL OF COURSE,
PUBLIC SCHOOLS. TONIGHT, YOU’RE
GOING TO HEAR FROM THE
SUPERINTENDENT ON THE IMPACT OF
THE OUTAGE FOR CLASSES TOMORROW
AT ABOUT 4500. DTE CREWS ARE IN
THE FIELD, WORKING TO GET THE
POWER BACK ON DTE TWEETED THIS
AFTERNOON. WE ARE NOW AT THE
POINT IN THE RESTORATION PROCESS
WHERE EACH OF THE REPAIRS ARE
ADDRESSING SMALLER AND SMALLER
OUTAGES, INCLUDING THOSE WERE
THE ASSOCIATED THAT ASSOCIATED
WITH THOUSANDS OF SINGLE
CUSTOMER OUTAGES, SO THE WARMER
TEMPERATURES WILL MAKE WORK A
LITTLE EASIER TOMORROW FOR THE
REMAINING CREWS IN THE FIELD
UNLESS SOME MORE TROUBLE COMES
IN THE MORNING, RIGHT, LET’S
BRING IN FORWARD METEOROLOGIST
KIM ADAMS. ONE MORE HURDLE
BEFORE WE GET TO THAT NICE
TEMPERATURE TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
VERY TRUE. WE HAVE JUST A VERY
LIGHT WINTRY MIX, BUT IT’S
EXPECTED TO BE RAIN AND A LITTLE
BIT OF LIGHT SNOW THE GROUNDS
VERY WARM AFTER TODAY, SO MOST
OF WHAT WILL FALL WILL MELT. SO
NOT EXPECTING A FREEZING RAIN
ISSUE AND IT’S NOT JUST THE
TEMPERATURES. IT’S ALSO THE HIGH
WINDS THAT WE’VE HAD OVER THE
LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. THOSE HAVE
NEVER CALMED DOWN AS WELL. SO
THAT SHOULD HELP 45 IN DETROIT
47 CITY AIRPORT. WHAT A NICE
NIGHT IT’S 40 IN PONTIAC, LITTLE
COOLER PORT HURON AT 39 42 IN
MOUNT CLEMENS. HERE’S A LOOK AT
SOME OF THE HIGHEST WIND GAS
JUST WITHIN THE LAST 24 HOURS.
AN ARBOR HAD NEAR 40, MILE PER
HOUR GUSTS 32 METRO AIRPORT AND
A 38 MILE PER HOUR GUST IN
PONTIAC. EVEN WITHOUT FREEZING
RAIN, THOSE GUSTY WINDS CAN
KNOCK DOWN POWER LINES AND TREE
BRANCHES, ESPECIALLY SMALL ONES,
SO THINGS HAVE CALMED DOWN. NOW
IT’S WARMER THAN IT WAS
YESTERDAY BY ABOUT 8 TO 12
DEGREES 11 DEGREES WARMER RIGHT
NOW THAN IT WAS YESTERDAY AT
METRO 12 DEGREES WARMER IN THE
CITY AND EIGHT DEGREES WARMER IN
PONTIAC. HERE’S A LOOK AT OUR MY
PICK FOR THE DAY, A LITTLE ICY
SHOT FROM BRANDON TOWNSHIP.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. MY
PICK. YOU CAN ALWAYS GO TO OUR
4WARN WEATHER APP. IF YOU HAVE A
MY PICK, YOU’D LIKE TO SEND US
YOU COULD JUST GO TO THE BOTTOM.
IT’S VERY EASY TO JUST UPLOAD IT
FROM YOUR PHONE, AND YOU CAN
ALSO GET ACCURATE FORECASTS AND
INTERACTIVE RADAR RIGHT IN THE
PALM OF YOUR HAND. JUST GO TO
YOUR FAVORITE APP STORE AND TYPE
IN WDIV’S KIM EXTENDED OUTAGES
FORCED COURSE PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO
CANCEL CLASSES TODAY. THE GOOD
NEWS UNLESS UNIQUE OR STUDENT.
MAYBE YOU’VE LIKED IT THIS WAY.
BUT STUDENTS WILL BE BACK IN
CLASS TOMORROW. JACQUELINE
FRANCIS TALKED WITH THE
SUPERINTENDENT WHO SAYS SCHOOL
WILL BE OPEN TOMORROW, WITH OR
WITHOUT POWER. TWO DAYS OFF IS
TOO MUCH THE COURSE
SUPERINTENDENT TELLS ME.
FORTUNATELY THE LIGHTS CAME BACK
ON JUST BEFORE WE GOT HERE THIS
AFTERNOON FOR HER INTERVIEW, BUT
THE SUPERINTENDENT SAYS, WHEN IT
COMES TO POWER OUTAGES, SCHOOLS
NEED TO BE A PRIORITY RECORDS.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS, THE LIGHTS WERE
OUT AND CLASSES CALLED OFF. LAST
WEEK’S ICE STORM KNOCKED OUT
POWER AND THREE OF THE
DISTRICTS, FIVE BUILDINGS.
LUCKILY SCHOOL WASN’T IN SESSION
LAST WEEK DUE TO MID WINTER
BREAK, BUT THE WEEKEND CAME AND
WENT AND THE POWER WAS STILL OUT
. IT WAS GETTING KIND OF SCARY
ON SUNDAY. WE WERE SUPPOSED TO
COME BACK TO SCHOOL ON MONDAY
AND POWER WAS STILL ABOUT NOT
WANTING THE COMMUNITY, SO WE HAD
TO CANCEL SCHOOL YESTERDAY, AND
WE ALSO HAVE TWO CATS SCHOOL
TODAY, SUPERINTENDENT JOSHUA
CALLISON SAID. CANCELING FOR A
THIRD DAY WASN’T AN OPTION. AND
HERE’S WHY THE EDUCATIONAL SIDE
IS ABOUT THE SOCIAL EMOTIONAL
SIDE, GIVING SHELTER. ALSO WE
FEED OUR STUDENTS, THREE MEALS A
DAY, AND THIS SOMETIMES FOR SOME
FAMILIES IS THEIR PRIMARY MEAL
FOR THE STUDENTS, SO WE’RE GOING
TO HAVE SCHOOL IN SOME FORM OR
FASHION. TOMORROW WE WERE GOING
OVER CROWD BUILDINGS FOR A DAY
AND MAKE OURSELVES UNCOMFORTABLE
JUST FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR
STUDENTS AND WELL BEING OF OUR
STUDENTS TO EVERYONE’S RELIEF
POWER WAS RESTORED TO THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT THIS AFTERNOON IN THE
FUTURE, THE SUPERINTENDENT
WANTING TO SEE DT PUT SCHOOLS
FIRST SCHOOLS HAVE TO BE HAVE TO
BE THE PRIORITY. UM GOING
FORWARD IF THERE’S A POWER
ARTIST, BECAUSE WE ARE THE LIFE
BLOOD OF THE COMMUNITY IN MANY
DISTRICTS. IT’S NOT JUST THE
SCHOOLS. THEY GOT THEIR POWER
BACK TODAY. MANY HOMES IN THE
NEIGHBORHOODS OTHER LIGHTS COME
BACK ON. AFTER SIX DAYS IN THE
DARK, REPORTING ANY COURSE
JACQUELINE FRANCIS LOCAL 4.
ACKLIN THE CITY OF DETROIT MADE
GOOD ON ITS THREAT TO SUE
PERFECTING CHURCH, THE CHURCH
RUN BY BISHOP MARVIN WINANS
PROMISED A BIG CAMPUS ON THE
CORNER OF SEVEN MILE AND
WOODWARD NEVER FULLY CAME TO
PASS TONIGHT. OUR ROD MELONI
LIVE WITH WHAT’S AT STAKE AND
WHERE THIS IS HEADED A CITY
SUING A CHURCH NOT EXACTLY
ROUTINE ROD. NO AND THESE ARE
PEOPLE THAT ALL KNOW EACH OTHER
AND FRANKLY, LIKE EACH OTHER
NOW, IT WAS 20 YEARS AGO, THEY
STARTED WORKING ON THE BIG
CATHEDRAL HERE AND IT GOT UP AND
RUNNING, BUT IT NEVER EVER
REACHED THE SIZE AND SCOPE THAT
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO. IN FACT,
IT’S BEEN KIND OF RUSTING IN THE
RAIN OUT HERE. AND SO THE CITY
HAS A MESSAGE FOR BISHOP WINANS
EITHER FINISH IT. FIX IT, OR
WE’RE GOING TO TAKE IT. DRONE
FOR GIVES YOU A GREAT LOOK AT
THE CAMPUS. DETROITERS EXPECTED
SHOPS AND APARTMENTS AND IT’S
SPECTACULAR HOUSE OF WORSHIP
HERE. DETROIT CORPORATION
COUNSEL CONRAD MALLETT WANTED TO
SEE IT ALL THE CITY OF DETROIT
HAS PROFOUND RESPECT. FOR
PERFECTING CHURCH AND BISHOP
WINANS. HE AND THE BISHOP OF
KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR YEARS, YET
HE CLAIMS THE BISHOP HIMSELF HAS
PERSONALLY LIABLE ALONG WITH HIS
CHURCH HERE FOR 20 YEARS, WE
HAVE BEEN WAITING ON THAT VERY
WONDERFUL CATHEDRAL LIKE
STRUCTURE ON THE CORNER OF SEVEN
MILE IN WAR WERE TO BE
COMPLETED. IT IS NOT YET
COMPLETE. MEL IT WANTS AN
ENGINEERING STUDY TO KNOW THE
TRUTH. CURRENT CONDITION OF THE
UNFINISHED STRUCTURE. HE’S ALSO
ASKING THE JUDGE TO ORDER A
RECEIVER, OVERSEE THE PROJECT
AND WHETHER IT’S AT ALL VIABLE
AND IF THE CHURCH CAN EVEN GET
THE FINANCING TO END WITH THE
LAWSUIT CALLS A PUBLIC NUISANCE
. IT HAS TAKEN TOO LONG AND ALL
OF THE LETTERS AND ALL OF THE
CONVERSATIONS AND ALL OF THE
PHONE CALLS. HAVE NOT RESULTED
IN THE REQUIRED FORWARD PROGRESS
. IN A STATEMENT TODAY, THE
CHURCH SAID QUOTE PERFECTING
CHURCH HAS BEEN IN CONSTANT
DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITY OF
DETROIT, AND WE BELIEVE THAT WE
WERE UP TO DATE IN ADDRESSING
ALL MATTERS OF CONCERN POSED BY
THE CITY. WE ARE SHOCKED AND
EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED THAT THE
CITY WOULD TAKE THIS COURSE OF
ACTION IN THE DARK OF NIGHT AND
IN OUR OPINION, NOT ACTING IN
GOOD FAITH. AND SO THE CHURCH’S
ATTORNEYS ALSO SAY THAT THEY’RE
LOOKING AT THIS LAWSUIT. THEY
WOULD HAVE RECEIVED IT EITHER.
TODAY IT WAS FILED LAST FRIDAY.
THEY SAY THEY’RE GOING TO
CONTINUE LOOKING AT IT AND THAT
THEY EXPECT TO HAVE A RESPONSE,
PROBABLY MORE TO SAY IN THE NEXT
WEEK OR SO. BACK TO YOU BETTER
DOUBLE ON TUNDRA FOR ACTING IN
GOOD FAITH THAN IN THIS CASE,
ROD IF THE CITY THOUGH, WERE TO
WIN THE CASE, WHAT WOULD WHAT
WOULD THEY LIKELY DO THEN? WELL
THE CITY IS SAYING THAT
ESSENTIALLY IF THEY WERE TO END
UP WITH THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS
NOT THE DESIRED OUTCOME HERE,
THAT THEY WOULD END UP SELLING
IT, BUT CONRAD MALLET MADE IT
ABUNDANTLY CLEAR, HE SAID. THE
CITY IS NOT LOOKING TO MAKE
MONEY OFF OF THIS. THEY JUST
WANT TO BE MADE WHOLE BECAUSE
THEY’VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME OUT
HERE. WHAT THEY DO SAY THAT THEY
ENDED UP SELLING IT THAT THEY
WOULD GIVE ANY OVER RIDGE BACK
TO THE CHURCH ITSELF. BUT WE’LL
HAVE TO SEE WHETHER IT EVER
REALLY COMES TO THAT. THIS COULD
TAKE AWHILE. EXPECT ALRIGHT. ROD
HOCKEY DOCTOR ACCUSED OF
SEXUALLY ASSAULTING PATIENTS
FACE TO NEW COUNTS TODAY, DR V.
LOVREN WAS CHARGED WITH FOUR NEW
COUNTS OF CRIMINAL SEXUAL
CONDUCT IN OAKLAND COUNTY
COURTROOM. IT BRINGS THE TOTAL
NUMBER OF CHARGES AGAINST THE
FARMINGTON HILLS UROLOGIST TO 31
. MOST OF HIS VICTIMS ARE
CONNECTED TO YOUTH HOCKEY
ORGANIZATIONS. LEVIN IS STILL IN
THE OAKLAND COUNTY JAIL. HE’LL
BE BACK IN COURT IN APRIL. NOW
TO THE NEW CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS
OUT FOR THE WEEK. IT IS TUESDAY.
SO THE STATE REPORTING 7483 NEW
CASES OVER THE PAST SEVEN DAYS,
BUT WE ALWAYS REMIND YOU THAT
NUMBER DOES NOT ACCOUNT FOR
POSITIVE HOME TESTS. 139 MORE
COVID DEATHS ALSO BEING REPORTED
OVER THE SAME SEVEN DAY PERIOD,
THE BIDEN HARRIS ADMINISTRATION
IS ANNOUNCING A $21.7 MILLION
GRANT TO HELP RECONNECT PARK AND
THIS COMES AS PART OF THE
RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES PILOT
PROGRAM. THE GRANT WILL SUPPORT
THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE BRIDGE
. THAT’S MORE THAN 40 YEARS OLD.
A WALKING BRIDGE WILL SERVE AS A
VITAL CONNECTOR TO LOCAL
BUSINESSES, SCHOOLS, PLACES OF
WORSHIP AND OTHER DAILY
DESTINATIONS FOR THE ORTHODOX
JEWISH COMMUNITY IN THE PROJECT
AREA. THE PARK THAT WE’RE
TALKING ABOUT IS A PART THAT
EXISTS OVER TOP OF I 6 96. SO
FOR US, IT CONNECTS WALKING,
PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED
NEIGHBORHOODS OF OUR COMMUNITY
TO EACH OTHER, SO IT’S
ABSOLUTELY PARAMOUNT THAT WE
HAVE THESE ACCESS WAYS IN OUR
COMMUNITY. MICHIGAN HAS ALSO