In a statement, Whitmer said she was “disappointed in the Department’s lack of flexibility in this process.”
The DOI previously extended the concurrence deadline by 180 days, requiring Whitmer to rule on the project by June 16. However, because the site was not located on the Little River Band’s traditional reservation as defined in the federal legislation that recognized the tribe as a sovereign nation in 1994, it required the governor’s concurrence to move forward.
