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Články z Yahoo!Environmental Groups Threaten to Sue EPA Over Proposed Ballast Water Rule (ContributorNetwork)

22. 2 2012 (20:05)

ContributorNetwork - Several environmental groups are challenging the Environmental Protection Agency's restrictions on ship ballast water discharge, saying the laws are too lax and are leading to the spread of invasive species in the Great Lakes and other U.S. waters, according to Reuters. The EPA is required to rewrite its ballast tank rule this year, with it set to go into effect in 2013. But if the new rule is too lax, the environmental groups are threatening possible legal action.