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Statement from Ohio Attorney General DeWine on Ruling in U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Dredging Case

5/12/2015

(COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today issued the following statement in response to today's decision by Judge Donald C. Nugent in favor of the state's motion for preliminary injunction against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers regarding dredging of the Cleveland Harbor.

“This is great news for Cleveland, for Ohio, and for Lake Erie. Properly dredging the entire Cleveland Harbor is absolutely vital to the economic well-being of the state and to the environment. We are pleased that the Judge has ordered the Corps to do what the law requires.”

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