- Date
- 2008-12
- Kind
- Legal proceeding
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- conservationmaritimegovernmentcommunication
- Within
- place/lake-michigan
Summary
The December 2008 issue reports that a federal appeals court upheld Michigan’s 2005 ballast-water law, which required ships entering the Great Lakes to hold a state permit certifying technology to kill live organisms before discharge.
Evidence limits
This is a newspaper summary of the ruling and does not provide the case name, opinion text, or a full legal history.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, December 2008, "Ballast Water Law Upheld."Reports that a federal appeals court upheld the 2005 Michigan law requiring Great Lakes ships to obtain a DEQ permit certifying technology to kill organisms in ballast water before discharge. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2008-12_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the legal and environmental report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2008-12_Beaver-Beacon
Added 5 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Federal appeals court upholds Michigan Great Lakes ballast-water law, 2008”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-great-lakes-ballast-water-law-upheld-2008/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, December 2008, "Ballast Water Law Upheld." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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