Released on = November 21, 2006, 3:23 am

Press Release Author = Bernard Elliot Grysen

Industry = Environment

Press Release Summary = Opponents of the Coast Guard Plan to establish "Live Fire"
zones in the Great Lakes are inviting the public to a "brainstorming session"

Press Release Body = West Michigan opponents of the Coast Guard Plan to establish
"Live Fire" zones in the Great Lakes are inviting the public to a "brainstorming
session" to discuss means to ensure environmental protection of our water without
compromising security on the Great Lakes. The Coast Guard recently completed its
public comment sessions on this question. Twenty four live fire exercises were
apparently conducted on the Great Lakes this past summer before citizens became
aware of the practice.

The meeting will be held on Thursday, December 7, 2006, at the Spring Lake,
Michigan Holiday Inn at 6:30 p.m. Special guest speaker will be Duluth
Environmental Attorney Marc Fink. On behalf of "Citizens For Environmental
Enforcement" in Duluth, Attorney Fink has sent a Notice of Intent to the Coast
Guard to file a Clean Water Citizens Act lawsuit over the discharge of tons of lead
and other contaminants into the Great Lakes from these live fire exercises.
Attorney Fink will discuss this and other options available to the public.

The meeting is free and open to the public. Additional details and future meetings
will be available on the website, http://www.keeptheleadout.org or by calling (800)
727-1470.



Web Site = http://www.keeptheleadout.org

Contact Details = For more information, contact Michigan Physician/Attorney Elliot
Grysen at (616) 847-2121.