Indiana slowly ponders Great Lakes pact

South Bend Tribune:

"Administration officials will not seek legislative approval until 2008 for a Great Lakes compact signed last year by Gov. Mitch Daniels and under active consideration by other Great Lakes lawmakers.

Kyle Hupfer, director of the Department of Natural Resources, said the delay will give Indiana lawmakers and stakeholders time to massage the compact and to craft companion legislation that guides the compact's implementation.

The compact essentially bans water diversions from the Great Lakes basin to other parts of the world, including the non-basin portions of Great Lakes states and Canadian provinces."