Most people are surprised to learn that The Homestead Resort sprays its incompletely-treated sewage within feet of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, and that some of the spray blows into the Park–so the surrounding area has had to be posted with warning signs, and some ten acres are unavailable for public use. (A short video of the blowing spray is available HERE .)
The matter came to a head in a “contested case” (basically an appeal) over the terms of the Homestead’s state permit for the sewage system. State DEQ Administrative Law Judge Daniel Pulter declared basically that with one minor tweak, everything looks fine to him.
Unfortunately, the judge utterly failed to grasp or address the main points of concern!