Michigan Compromise Reached On Compact & Water Management Bills
June 26, 08 by TheFleetIf you're new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!
Source: Great Lakes Environment
Senator Patty Birkholz (R-Saugatuck Twp) and Representative Rebekah Warren (D-Ann Arbor) announced that they had reached consensus on Michigan’s landmark water protection legislative package to adopt the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact and implement a new standard for evaluating large quantity water withdrawals.
While most interest groups are pleased with the compromise, the major unsettled issue remains the lack of a “public trust” doctrine provision that was the central concern of former Governors William Milliken (R) and James Blanchard (D) and many environmental interests.
