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[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Environmental group takes Lake Michigan clean-up case to Supreme Court

by Brian Schneider
Medill Reports - Chicago
February 11, 2010

For the past 90 years, the Coast Guard, FBI and military services have 
used Lake Michigan's floor as a final resting place for thousands of 
discharged bullets in violation of federal law, according to a petition 
before the U.S. Supreme Court.

The bullets come from an FBI firearms training facility in North Chicago 
that also is used by the Coast Guard, Navy and Marines. The facility is 
the subject of the lawsuit by Blue Eco Legal Counsel.

During 18 live-fire Coast Guard training exercises in 2006 alone, 62,584 
bullets were shot into all the Great Lakes, said Blue Eco's Executive 
Director Steven Pollack, a total of more than 800 pounds. Pollack said 
this violates the federal Clean Water Act.

In 2008 Cook County Circuit Court dismissed Blue Eco's suit seeking 
closure of the training facility and $55.2 million to clean up the 
damage done to the Great Lakes. The  U.S. Court of Appeals upheld that 
ruling in 2009. Pollack petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 12 
seeking review of the dismissal.  He expects the Supreme Court to rule 
on his petition Tuesday.

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For the entire article, see
http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=156404&terms=brian+schneider

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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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