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Ocean Anti-Dumping Law Upheld
25/11/2008 12:00
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - A federal appeals court has upheld a Michigan law designed to prevent oceangoing freight ships from bringing invasive species to the Great Lakes.
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday rejected a challenge to the law filed by shipping organizations.
The 2005 law requires saltwater ships calling at Michigan ports to get a permit from the state Department of Environmental Quality.
The permit certifies that the ship will not discharge ballast water in port or has technology to kill any live organisms in the water before it's dumped.
More than 180 invasive species are in the Great Lakes. Many of them are believed to have arrived in ship ballast.
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday rejected a challenge to the law filed by shipping organizations.
The 2005 law requires saltwater ships calling at Michigan ports to get a permit from the state Department of Environmental Quality.
The permit certifies that the ship will not discharge ballast water in port or has technology to kill any live organisms in the water before it's dumped.
More than 180 invasive species are in the Great Lakes. Many of them are believed to have arrived in ship ballast.
November 22, 2008
Source: www.wxyz.com
Source: www.wxyz.com
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