[CPEO-MEF] Lake Michigan FBI gun range (IL) Lawsuit

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Lawsuit claims FBI gun range pollutes Lake Michigan

By Susan Kuczka
Chicago Tribune January 16, 2008

A lawsuit is targeting the FBI's shooting range in North Chicago, 
seeking to halt the discharge of lead bullets into Lake Michigan over 
pollution concerns, the executive director of a non-profit environmental 
group said Wednesday.

"The lawsuit accuses them of damage to natural resources and [causing] a 
government-created public nuisance," said Steven Pollack, attorney and 
executive director of Blue Eco Legal Council in Northbrook, which filed 
the suit.

The U.S. Justice Department, Coast Guard, Navy, Marines and Department 
of Defense were named as defendants in the lawsuit, filed Monday in U.S. 
District Court in Chicago.

Pollack said the lawsuit seeks a court order barring the FBI from firing 
the ammunition into Lake Michigan because of possible environmental 
contamination, especially to North Chicago's water supply. The city's 
public water intake pipe is within the 2,900 acres of Lake Michigan 
assigned to the firing range. The lawsuit, Pollack said, also asks the 
court to order a cleanup of the spent shells at a possible cost of more 
than $35 million.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-bullet_17_bothjan17,1,7923187.story?ctrack=1&cset=true

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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