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June 2, 2009
Attorney
General Cuomo Announces Environmental Victory
for Great Lakes And Other New York Waterways
Regarding Invasive Species (May
29, 2009) New State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.
New York State Supreme Court Justice Hon. Robert
A. Sackett agreed with the state of New York
and dismissed a challenge to permit requirements
issued by the New York State Department of
Environmental Conservation designed to control
discharges of invasive species to the Great
Lakes and other waterways by ocean-going vessels.
Specifically, the court rejected the arguments
of a coalition of large shipping interests
claiming that the state had illegally placed
further restrictions on a U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency nationwide discharge
permit for these vessels.
