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Durbin Announces His Opposition to S.S. Badger Effort to Secure New EPA Permit

Calls company’s plan to clean up operations “far-fetched” and unrealistic

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WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–March 22, 2012.  In a letter to the owner of the S.S. Badger, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today announced that he will actively oppose the company’s efforts to secure a permit that would allow the S.S. Badger to continue dumping over 500 tons of coal ash into Lake Michigan each year.  Durbin’s announcement comes after his meeting with the President and CEO of…

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