Hearing In Asian Carp Suit Against Feds
A hearing is scheduled in a multistate lawsuit that demands tougher federal and municipal action to prevent Asian carp from overrunning the Great Lakes and decimating their fishing industry.
It comes in a suit that Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Minnesota and Pennsylvania filed in U.S. District Court in northern Illinois.
The first hearing is Monday, and two days during the week of Aug. 30 are reserved for possible testimony.
The U.S. Supreme Court has rebuffed the complaining states twice.
The suit says the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago of are creating a public nuisance by operating locks, gates and other infrastructure through which the carp could enter the lakes.
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