Word: devitt
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...wastes containing asbestos-like fibers into the waters of Lake Superior. Now, Reserve may have reached the end of the line. After having discharged 67,000 tons of wastes into the lake at Silver Bay every day since 1968, the company has been ordered by U.S. District Judge Edward Devitt to stop the dumping by midnight next July...
...Devitt's order will be appealed. But it could mark the end of a fight that began in the 1960s, when it became apparent that the taconite tailings were affecting the nearby waters. They were not, as the company had contended they would, falling harmlessly to the bottom, but dissolving and releasing into the water nutrients that accelerated the growth of algae. Later studies disclosed that the tailings were also rich in asbestos-type fibers, which turned up in the drinking water of nearby communities, most notably Duluth (pop. 93,000); asbestos has been shown to cause cancer...
...Pollution Control Agency argued that this site, which involved the construction of a dam, also posed risks to Silver Bay. It rejected the site and recommended a location 13 miles further from the plant. The company said the second site would be too costly. Faced with the impasse, Devitt started the clock on Reserve...
...Edward Devitt, chief judge of the Minnesota federal district court, points out that Burger's activity "provides enormous support to us on the bench. He's constantly working to get us the tools we need to get the job done." Burger explains that he has thrown himself into his wide range of projects because "if I don't do them, they won't get done. It's not that I have special qualifications or skills, but that I'm in a position to do something. For 15 years the activism around here was judicial...