GLIN NEWS: 18 June 2009

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Great Lakes Daily News: 18 June 2009

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EPA delivers strong words on Dow dioxin cleanup, but work may stretch to 2018
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials delivered strong words Wednesday on their plans for a comprehensive cleanup of dioxins released previously by the Dow Chemical Co. in and along the Tittabawassee and Saginaw rivers and Saginaw Bay. Source: The Bay City Times (6/18)


Looking for something fishy in our waterways
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Fifteen boats are covering a 200-mile section of the Illinois Waterway, including the Des Plaines River, Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal, and Illinois River for what is called the 14th annual Goby Roundup/Carp Corral. Source: Joliet Herald News (6/18)


EDITORIAL: 'Czar' a gain for the Great Lakes
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The appointment of Cameron Davis as Great Lakes "czar" is a hopeful sign a turnaround is beginning for one of the nation's most important ecosystems. Source: South Bend Tribune (6/17)


Nearly $40 million in funding for secondary sewage treatment plant
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With provincial and federal government funding, Timmins can finally join the majority of Ontario municipalities that have a secondary sewage treatment plant. The improvement will help reduce the amount of wastewater pollution in the Great Lakes. Source: Timmins Daily Press (6/17)


Cobourg explores purchase of harbour-dredging equipment
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Just as in many Lake Ontario harbours, accumulation and build-up of silt and sediment is an ongoing problem in Cobourg. The city is examining a long-term solution to ensure the harbour is maintained at an acceptable depth for marina use. Source: Northumberland News (6/17)


St. Clair fish dying from bacteria
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The mystery as to why thousands of fish are dying in Lake St. Clair has been solved. Preliminary tests on the fish found dead along 7 Mile to 11 Mile roads in St. Clair Shores indicates the fish died from a common bacteria. Source: WDIV Detroit (6/17)


Northland wastewater projects receive funds
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Duluth will receive $6.8 million in federal stimulus funds to build a wastewater overflow storage tank, and the Western Lake Superior Sanitary District will receive $2.4 million to rehabilitate a wastewater pump station. Source: Duluth News Tribune (6/17)


Changes to state park fee system stalled
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Many campers are willing to pay the tab to access state recreational facilities threatened by Michigan's dismal financial outlook. They support a proposal to drop park entrance fees and instead ask drivers to pay higher vehicle registration costs to fund the park system. Source: Traverse City Record-Eagle (6/17)


COMMENTARY: Great Lakes goals are specific, clear
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The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative is a well-thought-out plan with clear objectives. The Restoration Initiative will benefit not only fish, wildlife and the Great Lakes ecosystem but also the sporting traditions that depend on them, our economy, and quality of life in the Great Lakes State. Source: Detroit Free Press (6/17)


NYPA: Wind farm project moving quickly
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The president of the New York State Power Authority said plans for the Great Lakes Offshore Wind project are moving forward fast. Source: Niagara Gazette (6/16)


EDITORIAL: A vital partnership
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The Great Lakes are a shared resource - and responsibility - of both the United States and Canada. That is why the two nations first signed the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement in 1972, renewed it in 1978 and amended it in 1987. Source: Battle Creek Enquirer (6/16)


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