By DAN EGAN
Posted: Nov. 1, 2008
The Great Lakes governors want answers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Coast Guard as to why they have not switched on the new $9 million electric fish barrier designed to keep the dreaded Asian carp from invading the lakes.
The barrier was finished more than two years ago, but federal officials in charge of the project won't activate it because of worries about the danger the electrified water could pose to barge operators traveling along the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. (More)
Source: JS Online (Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel)
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