From: "Rich Gauszka" 


http://story.michigansun.com/p.x/ct/9/id/b09843c0b13c7358/cid/9e75b1ce4082dd57/

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.

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