United States v. Michigan

OPINION AND ORDER DENYING ON INTERCEPTOR REPAIR COST DISPUTE

FEIKENS, District Judge.

In August 2004, an interceptor under 15 Mile Road in Sterling Heights collapsed, and the parties in this case dispute the allocation of the repair costs. DWSD used bond proceeds to finance the $53 million of repairs and allocated the $3 million annual amortization entirely to Macomb County. Macomb claims that Detroit alone or the overall DWSD system should bear the repair costs. Wayne and Oakland Counties oppose Macomb’s request to spread any costs system-wide, suggesting that costs should be borne by Macomb…