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Post by ferryfast admin on Nov 15, 2011 10:42:28 GMT -5
Badger ferry owners seek landmark status for coal-burning ship
Badger's backers say its historical significance should allow it to continue to dump tons of toxic coal ash into Lake Michigan
The Badger leaves Ludington, Mich., for Manitowoc, Wis. The coal-powered ferry dumps 4 tons of toxic ash into Lake Michigan every time it sails.
November 07, 2011
By Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune reporter articles.chicagotribune.com/2011-11-07/news/ct-met-lake-michigan-car-ferry-20111107_1_landmark-status-badger-coal-burning
Facing a deadline to stop dumping toxic coal ash into Lake Michigan, owners of the last coal-powered steamship on the Great Lakes are pushing for it to join Mount Vernon, Lincoln's Tomb and Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthplace as a protected national historic landmark.
Even if the Badger fails to make the list of the nation's historic and cultural treasures, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency may be unable to force the aging coal burner to eliminate the nearly 4 tons of waste it dumps in the lake every time it sails. An amendment added to a budget bill by Republican congressmen from Michigan and Wisconsin would prevent the EPA from imposing more stringent pollution limits on any ship that is "on, or nominated for inclusion on" the list of landmarks.
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