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Tue May 8, 2012 Feds say they'll act quicker to release study on
keeping carp out of Great Lakes The federal government says it
will speed up a decision on how to protect the Great Lakes from
invasive species in the Mississippi River basin. The Obama
administration announced the new timetable Tuesday. In the past
the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers said it would take until 2015 to
recommend a way to keep invasives like Asian carp from migrating
into the Great Lakes. Under a new plan, the study would be
complete by the end of 2013. It would present a number of
options and how much each costs. Then lawmakers and the public
could weigh in on the best option. Congress will have the
authority to make a final choice. Michigan and other Great Lakes
states have sued the federal government, calling for a permanent
split between the two watersheds. Michigan's Attorney General
said he’d be willing to drop the case if the Army Corps of
engineers' study got done q