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Great Lakes Daily News: 10 December 2003
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Superior Hiking Trail extension gets boost
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The Duluth Planning Commission has given its blessing to a 40-mile,
cross-city Superior Hiking Trail. Source: Duluth News Tribune (12/10)


Toronto port authority can save ferry
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The company trying to get a fast ferry between Toronto and Rochester up and
running by next spring is hoping the Toronto Port Authority will agree today
to pay for a passenger terminal. Source: The Toronto Star (12/10)


Digging phase of Deep Tunnel project wraps up today
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After 27 years of blasting and digging and $2.4 billion, construction crews
today will cut through the last chunk of limestone on the last leg of the
massive Deep Tunnel project aimed at keeping stormwater and the sewage it
mixes with out of area basements and waterways, including Lake Michigan and
the Chicago River. Source: Chicago Sun-Times (12/10)


Lake Huron's Bruce beaches are safe
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The health unit that monitors Lake Huron recreational water quality along
the Bruce County shoreline is disputing a recent national news article that
reported Lake Huron beaches are permanently polluted. Source: The Lucknow
Sentinel (12/10)


Ohio House to consider Lake Erie shoreline property rights
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A bill headed for the Ohio House today would reduce state control of
shoreline properties along Lake Erie. Source: Ohio News Network (12/9)


EDITORIAL: Indiana's Dept of Environmental Management should notify
residents of contamination
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Nearly half of Indiana's 7,700 deteriorating underground fuel storage tanks
have not been cleaned up, leading to gasoline leaks that leach through the
soil and end up in groundwater. Source: South Bend Tribune (12/9)


Green Bay's Water Commission brings back second Lake Michigan pipeline
option
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Green Bay's Water Commission agreed Monday to ask the state Public Service
Commission to put the city's petition seeking permission to build a second
Lake Michigan water pipeline back on the table. Source: Green Bay
Press-Gazette (12/9)


Experts: Northwest Indiana steel companies in better position after tariff
repeal
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After several years of consolidation, major steel producers in northwest
Indiana are now leaner, perhaps helping shield them from bankruptcies
following President Bush's decision last week to repeal the tariffs on steel
imports. Source: South Bend Tribune (12/9)


Lake Michigan is the ultimate rush for land-bound surfers
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Passionate lake surfers willing to brave Lake Michigan in the depths of fall
and in the middle of winter are rewarded now, the season when the waves are
right. Source: The Indianapolis Star (12/8)


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