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Michigan Senate approves bill managing water withdrawals from state |
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Written by David Eggert, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Thursday, 15 May 2008 |
LANSING, Mich. - The Michigan Senate has approved a bill managing large-scale withdrawals from the state's lakes and inland waterways.
But Republicans and Democrats remain at odds over issues such as the size of allowable fish reductions in trout streams.
The bill, approved 24-14, allows reductions of up to three per cent.
Democrats propose no more than a one per cent decrease.
The legislation is contained in a package of bills that would give Michigan's approval to a regional compact to prevent Great Lakes water from being sent to dry regions.
Legislators favour the compact but disagree over state-specific water rules.
The Senate bill now heads to the House.
It's looking increasingly likely a compromise will have to be hammered out in a conference committee.
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