With another summer of beach closings looming, two Illinois congressmen unveiled the bipartisan Great Lakes Water Protection Act establishing a federal deadline to end sewage dumping in the Great Lakes.
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/newssun/city/5_1_WA27_KIRKSLAKE_S10627.htm
Protection comes in 20 years...
Kirk and Lipinski's legislation gives cities until 2026 to build the full infrastructure needed to prevent sewage dumping into the Great Lakes. Those who violate EPA sewage dumping regulations after the federal deadline will be fined $100,000 for every day they are in violation.
Posted by Dave at June 28, 2006 09:49 AM