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Setback for ash-dumping Lake Mich. ferry

By ASSOCIATED PRESS Wednesday, December 5, 2012 - 4:05 p.m.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Congress has handed a defeat to owners of a passenger ferry that dumps coal ash into Lake Michigan as it travels between Wisconsin and Michigan.

The U.S. House Wednesday passed a Coast Guard reauthorization bill that stripped language requiring the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to give the go-ahead to the nearly 60-year-old SS Badger to keep operating.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (http://bit.ly/11V5njY) reports an identical bill earlier passed the U.S. Senate. It now goes to President Barack Obama for his signature.

The ferry transports cars and passengers between Ludington, Mich., and Manitowoc, Wis., and is the last coal-burning steamship on the Great Lakes.

Environmentalists objected to the tons of coal ash that the Badger released into the lake on daily voyages during the shipping season.

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cynicaleye
Dec 5, 2012 at 7:39 p.m.
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And just what does Milwaukee and Milwaukee County dump into the lake? Not to mention all the other cities and businesses using Lake Michigan as their sewer.

tikiman1
Dec 5, 2012 at 6:46 p.m.
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GOOD RIDDANCE!

yada
Dec 5, 2012 at 6:19 p.m.
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Read the detailed story with pix at Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - The coal fired SIXTY year old SS Badger DUMPS "More than 500 TONS of COAL ASH into the Lake each season..." - Time to shut it down.

http://m.jsonline.com/more/news/18143333...

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