[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 14]
[House]
[Page 20036]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               BRITISH PETROLEUM POLLUTING LAKE MICHIGAN

  (Mr. KIRK asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KIRK. Mr. Speaker, the Great Lakes are the source of our drinking 
water for 30 million Americans, and the Congress has enacted new laws 
to protect the Great Lakes ecosystem, including the Great Lakes Legacy 
Act and the Regional Collaboration.
  This is why we were surprised, no, stunned, when British Petroleum 
applied for the rights to increase its pollution of Lake Michigan. A 
35-percent increase in ammonia dumping, a 54-percent increase in the 
dumping of suspended solids.
  BP is one of the most profitable companies on Earth. Their plans 
include a $3 billion upgrade to the facility, but they presented 
excuses from their own paid consultant that they had to increase their 
pollution of the lake.
  Now, tomorrow the Congress will take up a resolution condemning BP 
and the actions of the State of Indiana that approved this pollution.
  BP is a company spending millions to brand itself as a friend of the 
environment, but we know what BP stands for, ``Bad Polluter.''

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