[CPEO-MEF] Great Lakes live-fire training

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Alarm over using lake as firing range
Coast Guard plans live-ammunition training

Ecologists, shipping firms 'very frightened'

CHRISTOPHER MAUGHAN
Toronto Start (ONT)
September 2, 2006

Canadian environmentalists and shipping companies are expressing concern 
now that the U.S. Coast Guard has unveiled a plan to hold 
live-ammunition training sessions on the Great Lakes.

"On the surface, it seems pretty irresponsible to be firing rounds 
there," said Ed Rahn, manager of vessel traffic for Seaway Marine 
Transport in St. Catharines. "As far as I know, we haven't even heard 
anything about this."

The Coast Guard will create 34 permanent training zones in open water 
near the Great Lakes shorelines. No training sessions are officially 
scheduled yet, but potential live fire zones include American waters 
near Thunder Bay and Sault Ste. Marie.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&call_pageid=971358637177&c=Article&cid=1157147419596

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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