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03-02-2006, 11:10pm
Michigan moved closer Wednesday to banning imports of Canadian garbage, but the bill still has to be passed by the U.S. Congress.
"With this package signed into law we will be sending a strong message to Washington and to Canada that we are not taking any more Canadian trash," the bill's sponsor, Rep. Dan Acciavatti, said.
Michigan's state Senate passed the bill, and then the state's House of Representatives followed suit.
The U.S. Department of Environmental Quality says about 29 per cent of the trash dumped in Michigan landfills in the last fiscal year came from Canada and other states.
The bill still has to be signed by the state govenor who supports the bill. As well, U.S. federal legislation authorizing the trash ban is still pending in Congress.
In 1992, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states cannot stop trash from crossing their borders without approval from Congress.
http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2006/03/01/garbage-michigan-060301.html
"With this package signed into law we will be sending a strong message to Washington and to Canada that we are not taking any more Canadian trash," the bill's sponsor, Rep. Dan Acciavatti, said.
Michigan's state Senate passed the bill, and then the state's House of Representatives followed suit.
The U.S. Department of Environmental Quality says about 29 per cent of the trash dumped in Michigan landfills in the last fiscal year came from Canada and other states.
The bill still has to be signed by the state govenor who supports the bill. As well, U.S. federal legislation authorizing the trash ban is still pending in Congress.
In 1992, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states cannot stop trash from crossing their borders without approval from Congress.
http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2006/03/01/garbage-michigan-060301.html