Report Recommends Great Lakes Separation to Address Asian Carp

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posted on: Monday, February 6, 2012

Environmental, Energy & Resources / Real Estate

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A new report, available on the Great Lakes Commission website, concludes that physical separation of the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River watersheds is the best long-term solution to prevent Asian carp and other invasive species from migrating between the waterbodies. The report provides three separation alternatives, with costs ranging from $3.2 billion to $9.5 billion.

Another study undertaken by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is not expected to be completed until 2015. The Corps has come under pressure to move its study along more expeditiously, and the release of this study will likely add fuel to that fire.

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Timothy J. Lundgren

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Tim Lundgren is a partner in the Environmental Practice Group and chair of the firm's Water Law Specialty Area. Tim works on matters related to water quality and water supply and use, including discharge permitting and compliance, stormwater compliance, and water withdrawal. He has assisted clients with waterfront and port facilities on permitting and compliance matters both on inland waterways and on the Great Lakes, and with spill...

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