Lake Michigan Water Diversion Hearings H R 3210 S 1772 2550

Considers legislation to authorize trial programs to increase diversion of water from Lake Michigan to the Illinois Waterway for improved sanitation and navigation purposes.

Considers H.R. 1 and S. 308, to authorize HEW and Army Corps of Engineers to study the effects of increased water diversion from Lake Michigan into the Illinois Waterway and the effects upon the Great Lakes. Includes "Memorandum for U.S. as Amicus Curiae in the Supreme Court, States of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Ohio, and Pennsylvania v State of Illinois and the Sanitary District of Chicago, On Amended Application of the States of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York for a Reopening and Amendment of the Decree of Apr. 21, 1930, and the Granting of Further Relief," Oct. Term, 1958 (p. 63-123).