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November 20, 2009
In the News Asian carp may have breached barrier Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (11/20) The decade-old battle to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes might be over. New research shows the fish likely have made it past the $9 million electric fish barrier on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. Oceangoing vessels face tougher DNR rules Green Bay Press Gazette (11/20) The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources will start requiring all ships coming into Green Bay and other state ports to get a state-issued permit showing they are not carrying invasive species in their ballast water. CMS wants Lake Michigan discharge permit for Bay Harbor leachate Petoskey News-Review (11/20) CMS Land has applied for a Michigan state permit that would allow the discharge of contaminants from East Park in Resort Township into Lake Michigan's Little Traverse Bay after being treated and diluted at the site. Grounded ship draws crowds along St. Lawrence CBC News (11/20) Hundreds of curious onlookers have been gathering on the shore of the St. Lawrence River in eastern Ontario to watch tugboats try to free a large ship that ran aground this week. EPA sends ship emission rules to White House The New York Times (11/19) EPA moved closer to finalizing new engine and fuel standards for large ocean-bound ships by sending the draft rules to the White House for review. The proposal was previously the center of debate due to a controversial EPA spending bill rider exempting 13 Great Lakes steamships from the rules. 584 pounds of medications turned in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (11/19) Residents of five Milwaukee County communities dropped off 584 pounds of unused or expired medications at their local police departments in recent months, as part of an effort to avoid the discharge of chemicals from discarded medications into Lake Michigan. EPA says no dioxin in tests of Bay, Saginaw, Midland water supplies The Bay City Times (11/18) Results from a second round of samples collected from the Midland, Saginaw and Bay City, Mich., water supplies show "no dioxin or furan contamination," U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials say. How do you measure clean water success? Here's what the Michigan DEQ says The Bay City Times (11/18) The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality's Water Bureau has five major goals for protecting Michigan's water resources. They're called the Measures of Success, and they are outlined in a report issued this week.
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