The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality has put in place a key piece for a plan to have Michigan -- ideally joined by other Great Lakes states and provinces -- regulate the ballast water of ocean-going ships. DEQ Director Steve Chester officially declared last week that sufficient means exist for those ships to treat any water that they have sloshing around in their ballast tanks before they pump it anywhere within the state's jurisdiction.
http://www.freep.com/voices/editorials/eballast21e_20050421.htm
Posted by Dave at April 21, 2005 07:59 AM