Dan Wyant, director of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, issued a statement on Sept. 23 praising
the U-M hydraulic fracturing report and expressing appreciation that many of the state's suggestions were incorporated into the final version.
The U-M hydraulic fracturing integrated assessment cost roughly $ 600,000 and was a partnership of U-M's Graham Sustainability Institute, Energy Institute, Erb Institute, and Risk Science Center.
The U-M hydraulic fracturing report «helped us see an opportunity to strengthen our protection of water and give the public more information,» Snyder said in March.
The final report of
the U-M Hydraulic Fracturing in Michigan Integrated Assessment consists of six chapters totaling nearly 200 pages.
The U-M hydraulic fracturing integrated assessment cost roughly $ 600,000 and was funded by U-M's Graham Sustainability Institute, Energy Institute, and Risk Science Center.
Not exact matches
Though high - volume
hydraulic fracturing in Michigan is limited today, the
U-M study takes into account the possibility that it could become more widespread due to a desire for job creation, economic growth, energy independence and lower - carbon fuels.
Grenetta Thomassey, program director of the Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council and a member of the
hydraulic fracturing project's advisory committee, said the
U-M team took great care with every phase of the project.