Two southern Indiana men remained missing in the Ohio River a day after their fishing boats capsized.
Indiana Conservation officer Mike Kellner said four boats and about 10 people were searching Tuesday near the Cannelton Locks and Dam, using sonar equipment to sweep the river bottom.
The Coast Guard closed a 2-mile section of the river Monday after receiving a report that the boats had overturned below the dam as those in one boat went to the help the other craft. more
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Great Lakes compact stalls
Erie Times-News
The U.S. House of Representatives began its traditional August recess without a vote on the eight-state Great Lakes water compact, which would limit access to the water in Lake Erie.
The U.S. Senate passed the measure Friday.
House members will have just three weeks to approve the compact before Congress adjourns at the end of September. And the vote is no sure thing.
"We are at risk of getting this bounced into next year," said U.S. Rep. Phil English, of Erie, R-3rd Dist. "And we have worked too hard to let that happen."
The measure -- the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact -- would ban the transport of Great Lakes water beyond the basin. That might affect companies that bottle water or that draw water for industrial purposes. It would also end any talk of piping water to the American West.
"There will be some interest eventually in moving water to other watersheds," English said. "I think we have the votes to beat that. But we should get this hammered into law while we have this support."
The compact took shape in 1998, when a Canadian province gave a pipeline company permission to draw 158 million gallons from Lake Superior. The water would go to Asia.
Public scrutiny scuttled the deal. The governors of eight states -- Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin -- signed on to the compact, which calls for standard levels of conservation. But the measure still requires federal approval. more
The U.S. House of Representatives began its traditional August recess without a vote on the eight-state Great Lakes water compact, which would limit access to the water in Lake Erie.
The U.S. Senate passed the measure Friday.
House members will have just three weeks to approve the compact before Congress adjourns at the end of September. And the vote is no sure thing.
"We are at risk of getting this bounced into next year," said U.S. Rep. Phil English, of Erie, R-3rd Dist. "And we have worked too hard to let that happen."
The measure -- the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact -- would ban the transport of Great Lakes water beyond the basin. That might affect companies that bottle water or that draw water for industrial purposes. It would also end any talk of piping water to the American West.
"There will be some interest eventually in moving water to other watersheds," English said. "I think we have the votes to beat that. But we should get this hammered into law while we have this support."
The compact took shape in 1998, when a Canadian province gave a pipeline company permission to draw 158 million gallons from Lake Superior. The water would go to Asia.
Public scrutiny scuttled the deal. The governors of eight states -- Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin -- signed on to the compact, which calls for standard levels of conservation. But the measure still requires federal approval. more
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