Granholm urges adoption of ballast laws
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By FREE PRESS STAFF | Source: Detroit Free Press
Governor Jennifer Granholm sent a letter Wednesday to the governors of other Great Lakes states and two Canadian provinces, urging them to follow Michigan’s lead and enact legislation regulating ballast water discharges from ocean-going ships into the lakes.
The letter to the governors and the premiers of Ontario and Quebec comes on the heels of a recent decision by U.S. District Court Judge John Feikens in Detroit that upheld Michigan’s ballast law against a challenge by several shipping-related interests. Judge Feikens’ ruling came on the same day that the same ballast was introduced in Ohio.
