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Tuesday, December 09, 2008
Environment - "Indiana to head Great Lakes protection"
A report today by Christine Kraly of the NWI Times begins:
CHICAGO | On the first day of a federal regulation protecting Great Lakes waters, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels' office took the helm Monday of the group that initiated the rule.In a gathering peppered with self-praise, the myriad of stewards of Great Lakes protection -- hosted by the Council of Great Lakes Governors -- discussed their success in passing the Great Lakes Compact and began work on overseeing the rule.
In part, the compact -- a rule decades in the making approved by the governors of all Great Lakes states and by the premiers of Ontario and Quebec and signed by President Bush -- protects Great Lakes water from being diverted outside of its basin.
Daniels was named chair of the council's regional body and vice chair of the Great Lakes Compact Council, the panel charged with administering the compact.
David Pippen, Daniels' proxy on the regional body, will assume the chair role as Daniels' continued representative.
"We're really excited," said Pippen, Daniels' environment and natural resources policy director.
Pippen said he hopes both panels will continue the Hoosier state's success in engaging "the cooperation of very disparate interests" -- from industry to environmentalists -- in protecting the lakes.
As regional chair, Pippen also will be appointing the head of a subgroup that may advise the compact council on how to determine whether an entity is allowed an exception to the diversion ban.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on December 9, 2008 09:04 AM
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