Two dams on the Black River upstream from Black Lake are up for relicensing review this year. Hearings will be held by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FREC) in the coming months. Please see the attached link for the broad details. 

https://seas.umich.edu/research-impact/student-research/masters-projects/exploration-impacts-and-stakeholder-interests

On that page, there is a link to the extensive review conducted in 2017. It serves as the base resource, and can be “found here“.

Here is some additional background information:

https://www.michigan.gov/-/media/Project/Websites/egle/Documents/Programs/WRD/SWAS/401-Cert-Tower-Kleber.pdf?rev=96d4bead63e745369267deeb1258ac84

No information about upcoming hearings are available at this time.