Federal officials stripped a Michigan dam’s license to operate in 2018, turning oversight over to state regulators before the dam failed on Wednesday and caused severe flooding throughout the region.
State officials inspected the dam and its spillways shortly after the dam’s license was revoked, declaring that the dam stood in “fair structural condition.” Regulators quickly moved on to tracking freshwater mussels in the area, which were being threatened by what they deemed was an unlawful drawdown of Wixom Lake, according to The Detroit News.
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