[dailynews] July 3, 2012

Great Lakes Daily News: July 3, 2012
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NPS ferry is first dedicated Great Lakes vessel fitted with BWT system
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A 1958-built National Parks Service ferry has become the first dedicated Great Lakes vessel to be supplied with a ballast water treatment system (BWT), according to Hyde Marine, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Calgon Carbon Corporation (NYSE: CCC). Source: Marine Log (7/3)


COMMENTARY: Testing the waters: Pollution Is an equal opportunity drag in the Great Lakes
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Pollution can be refreshingly nondiscriminatory. Often, it is a shared burden that messes with everyone. With the 4th of July coming, issues of water pollution come into focus and make this point clear well, as families head to the beach. Sadly, many of them could get sick as a result. Source: Huff Post Chicago (7/3)


Summer season will be a washout for flood-ravaged Jay Cooke State Park
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Jay Cooke State Park probably will be closed for the remainder of the summer in the wake of flood-related washouts along Minnesota Highway 210, park manager Gary Hoeft said. Source: Duluth News Tribune (7/3)


U.S. seeks record fine -- $3.7M -- for 2010 oil spill on Kalamazoo River
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Federal regulators proposed a record $3.7-million penalty against Canada's Enbridge Energy on Monday for a July 2010 pipeline rupture that sent hundreds of thousands of gallons of crude oil into a tributary of the Kalamazoo River. Source: Detroit Free Press (7/3)


Great Lakes Seaway Trail picks new president and CEO
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The Great Lakes Seaway Trail selected Michael Bristol as its new president and CEO. Mr. Bristol previously was director of marketing and outreach for the Antique Boat Museum, Clayton. He also is a member of the Clayton Local Development Corp. redevelopment committee that is overseeing a dock and hotel development. Source: Watertown Daily Times (7/3)


New MI law removes beach grooming permits
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Gov. Rick Snyder has signed into law a measure allowing beach-front property owners on the Great Lakes to uproot or mow plants, cut paths and smooth sand with hand tools or machines without a state permit. Source: Traverse City Record Eagle (7/3)


St. Clair to tackle sewer project
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Starting this fall, crews will be digging up St. Clair streets to repair and replace sanitary sewer lines Source: Times Herald (7/1)


Great Lakes group calls on cities to better regulate hydraulic fracturing
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A binational Great Lakes coalition passed a resolution calling on cities to better regulate hydraulic fracturing. Source: Niagara Gazette (6/28)


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