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GLIN NEWS: 16 September 2004

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Great Lakes Daily News: 16 September 2004

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Great Lakes plan in works
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In an effort to better control what happens to Great Lakes water, the heads
of the eight states and two Canadian provinces of the Great Lakes region are
developing guidelines on how the water is controlled. Source: Rochester
Democrat and Chronicle (9/16)

Michigan appeals $1 million ruling on shoreline property
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The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has appealed a court ruling
ordering it to compensate a couple who were prohibited from building on dune
property they own along the Lake Michigan shore. Source: The Holland
Sentinel (9/16)

COMMENTARY: Annex promises a rapid drain of basin
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Despite all its green rhetoric, Annex 2001 is a leaky ship. What began as a
project to keep water in the basin has become a precise formula for allowing
water out. Source: Detroit Free Press (9/16)

2 more wells on Put-in-Bay ordered shut
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Tests have found possible contamination in two more public wells on South
Bass Island, site of a recent outbreak of gastrointestinal illness that
sickened more than 1,400 people. Source: The Toledo Blade (9/16)

COMMENTARY: Commissions need a unifier
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The U.S. and Canada should each appoint their own "Great Lakes czar," a
single person on both sides of the border to manage their respective Great
Lakes issues and integrate what are now many varied efforts into one strong
political force. Source: Detroit Free Press (9/16)

Sewage overflows cause up to 5,500 illnesses each year, EPA report says
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For the first time, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is estimating
just how many swimmers and other recreational water users are sickened by
discharges from municipal wastewater systems. Source: The Bay City Times
(9/15)

Study: Michigan power plants rank high for air pollution
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Michigan's electricity plants produce more toxic air pollutants than those
in all but 10 other states, a new study shows. Source: Booth Newspapers
(9/15)

Invasive species biggest threat to lakes, report finds
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The flow of invasive species into the Great Lakes tops the list of
environmental problems that could plague the lakes for years if not decades,
according to a new report from the International Joint Commission. Source:
Booth Newspapers (9/14)

White House pushes for wilderness designation
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The Bush Administration is recommending wilderness protection for a group of
21 islands in the Apostle Island National Lakeshore in Lake Superior.
Source: Great Lakes Radio Consortium (9/13)

Boating season on lakes slow but safe
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Poor weather and high fuel prices seem to have led to a slow boating season,
which also may have resulted in fewer accidents and citations for unsafe
boating on Lake Michigan and Racine County lakes. Source: Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel (9/11)

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