1. Allardice and Thorp, A Changing Great Lakes Economy: Economic and Environmental Linkages, State of the Lakes Ecosystem Conference (August 1995).
  2. Id.
  3. Munger, Michigan City's First Hundred Years, 31-32 (1969).
  4. Id., at 49-50, quoting a former resident, O. K. Deming.
  5. Nicewarner, MICHIGAN CITY, INDIANA: THE LIFE OF A TOWN, 127-129 (1980).
  6. W.P.A., THE CALUMET REGION HISTORICAL GUIDE, 229-230 (1939).
  7. Id. at 151-161.
  8. Id. at 218-230.
  9. Allardice and Thorpe, A Changing Great Lakes Economy cited previously.
  10. Indiana Department of Natural Resources, WATER RESOURCES AVAILABILITY IN THE LAKE MICHIGAN REGION, INDIANA, 13 (1994).
  11. McDermott (Editorial), Don't take industry for granted, HAMMOND TIMES (Aug. 11, 1996) and available at the following address on the Internet: http://www.calunet.com/archives/times/960811/McDermott.column.d.03.htm
  12. Coast Alliance, STATE OF THE COASTS (June 1995).
  13. Coast Alliance, STATE OF THE COASTS: A STATE-BY-STATE ANALYSIS OF THE VITAL LINK BETWEEN HEALTHY COASTS AND A HEALTHY ECONOMY, 150 (June 1995).
  14. Allardice and Thorp, A Changing Great Lakes Economy: Economic and Environmental Linkages, State of the Lakes Ecosystem Conference (August 1995).
  15. Indiana Department of Natural Resources, NORTHWEST INDIANA PUBLIC WORK GROUP REPORTS: 865 ANNOTATIONS BY THE INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, 122 (1996).
  16. Brownfields on the Great Lakes Information Network at http://www.great-lakes.net/places/brownfld.html
  17. Northwest Indiana Regional Planning Commission, Northwest Indiana 2010 Regional Transportation Plan Summary & Map (December 1995).
  18. Dredging of Harbors and Channels and the Disposal of Dredgings, 1995 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE LAKE CARRIERS' ASSOCIATION (1995) which may be accessed through the Internet at: http://www.en.com/lcaships/dredge.html
  19. 26 U.S.C. 4461 through 4462.
  20. More information concerning the Harbor Maintenance Tax may be obtained through the Great Lakes Commission homepage at http://www.glc.org/
  21. 907 F. Supp. 408 (1995).
  22. 114 F.3d 1564, 1566 (1997).
  23. United States v. United States Shoe Corp., No. 97-372.
  24. Justice Ginsburg delivered the opinion of the U.S. Supreme Court in United States v. United States Shoe Corp. on March 31, 1998.
  25. T. Sansbury, Lawmaker calls for task force on harbor task, JOURNAL OF COMMERCE (May 19, 1998).
  26. 40 CFR 300.430(e)(2)(A)(2).
  27. Karlin, How Long is Clean? The Temporal Dimension to Protecting Human Health Under Superfund, NATURAL RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENT, 6-7, 47 (Summer 1994).
  28. Indiana Department of Natural Resources, NORTHWEST INDIANA PUBLIC WORK GROUP REPORTS: 865 ANNOTATIONS BY THE INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, 410 and 754 (1996).
  29. See, for example, Spivak, Northern leaders head south with a message, HAMMOND TIMES, describing concerns by religious and civic leaders in Gary, East Chicago, and Hammond that a proposed comprehensive plan for unincorporated Lake County would "drain population and resources form the northern end of the county to the south and thereby contribute to urban decay."
  30. Beardsley, Green Economics: The U.S. Makes a Foray into Sustainable Accounting, SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, 102 (July 1994). See, also, Indiana Department of Natural Resources, NORTHWEST INDIANA PUBLIC WORK GROUPS: 865 ANNOTATIONS BY THE INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, 364 (1996).
  31. Moran, A Primer on Environmental Justice Issues, REMEDIATION & REUSE, 1 (June 1995).
  32. Harley, Key Environmental Issues in U.S. EPA Region V, THE DEVELOPMENT OF FEDERAL POLICY ON ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE (June 14, 1995).
  33. Endris, Environmental Justice: A Regional Perspective, ISBA ENVIRONMENTAL LAW SECTION NEWSLETTER, 2 (Winter 1996). See, also, Indiana Department of Natural Resources, NORTHWEST INDIANA PUBLIC WORK GROUPS: 865 ANNOTATIONS BY THE INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, 680 (1996).
  34. Council of Great Lakes Governors Homepage at http://www.great-lakes.net/partners/cglg/
  35. Memorandum from George Kuper, Council of Great Lakes Industries (September 26, 1996).
  36. The Great Lakes Commission was created by the Great Lakes Compact as referenced in Indiana Department of Natural Resources, NORTHWEST INDIANA PUBLIC WORK GROUP REPORTS: 865 ANNOTATIONS BY THE INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, 527 (1996). The Great Lakes Commission Homepage may be found at: http://www.glc.org/
  37. International Joint Commission Homepage at http://www.great-lakes.net:22/partners/IJC/ijchome.html
  38. Northeast Midwest Institute Homepage at http://www.nemw.org/
  39. More information concerning the Declaration of Indiana may be obtained through the Great Lakes Commission at the following page: http://www.glc.org/docs/decind/decind.html
  40. This information is accessible through the Internet at the Department of Commerce homepage: http://www.doc.gov/eda/
  41. Environmental Protection Agency, Draft Preamble to the Brownfields National Partnership Action Agenda (March 13, 1997).
  42. Information is provided from the Brownfields National Partnership Action Agenda fact sheet found at http://www.epa.gov/swerosps/bf/htm-doc/97aa_fs.htm.
  43. Information about the showcase communities was obtained from the EPA fact sheet on the communities at http://www.epa.gov/swerosps/bf/html-doc/showfact.htm.
  44. The Interagency Working Group on the Dredging Process, THE DREDGING PROCESS IN THE UNITED STATES: AN ACTION PLAN FOR IMPROVEMENT (December 1994).
  45. Statement of Jeffrey R. Benoit, Director of the Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, before the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (July 9, 1997).
  46. Realizing Remediation: Past and Current Sites at http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/sediment/realizing/realpast.htm#1LTVSteel/
  47. IC 4-3-14-4.
  48. Remarks by Lieutenant Governor Frank O'Bannon at the Seminar marking the 10th Anniversary of IEDC, Indianapolis (Sept. 6, 1995).
  49. IC 4-22-2-28.
  50. 1998 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM PROFILES (April 1998).
  51. IC 4-4-3-2.
  52. IC 4-4-3-8(a).
  53. IC 4-4-3-8(b) and (c).
  54. See the Indiana Financial Assistance Homepage of the Indiana Department of Commerce at the following site on the Internet: http://www.ai.org/bdev/html/ifa.html
  55. Personal communication with Marty Peters, Division of Tourism and Film Development, Department of Commerce (January 1996).
  56. IC 4-3-12. See, particularly, IC 4-3-12-2.
  57. Information located through the ISBDC Homepage at the following address: http://www.isbdc.org/
  58. IC 4-4-11-3.
  59. IC 4-4-11-2.
  60. IC 4-4-11-9.
  61. IC 4-4-11-4.
  62. IC 4-4-11-4 and IC 4-4-11-11.
  63. Loan Guaranty Programs are outlined at http://www.ai.org/bdev.html.lgp.html
  64. Tax-Exempt Bonds are referenced at http://www.ai.org/bdev.html.teb.html
  65. Capital Access Program (CAP) outlined at http://www.ai.org.bdev.html.cap.html
  66. TOOL BOX GUIDE: THE REFERENCE GUIDE TO DEVELOPMENT FUNDS is available from Ball State and may be sought in hard copy or on computer disk at 1-800-541-9313.
  67. See http://www.bsu.edu/IEDA/cedis.html/
  68. IC 4-3-11.
  69. Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Bridge Funding is reviewed briefly at http://www.ai.org/bdev/html/sbirbf.html
  70. Product Development/Commercialization Funding is reviewed briefly at http://www.ai.org/bdev'html/pdcf.html
  71. IC 8-10-14 and IC 8-10-1-3.
  72. IC 8-10-1-5(a)(6).
  73. This information was taken from the Homepage for the Port of Indiana located at the following address: http://www.win.net/~cmc/bih.html
  74. 42 U.S.C. 6901.
  75. See particularly 329 IAC 2-2-1.
  76. VOLUNTARY REMEDIATION PROGRAM RESOURCE GUIDE, Indiana Department of Environmental Management (October 1995).
  77. IC 13-25-5-16 and 17.
  78. IC 13-25-5-18.
  79. Indiana Department of Natural Resources, NORTHWEST INDIANA PUBLIC WORK GROUPS: 865 ANNOTATIONS BY THE INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, 21 (1996).
  80. Indiana Department of Natural Resources, NORTHWEST INDIANA PUBLIC WORK GROUPS: 865 ANNOTATIONS BY THE INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, 620 (1996).
  81. Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Northwest Indiana Public Work Group Reports: 865 Annotations by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, 132 (1996). This annotation cites PAHLS, Inc., THE ENVIRONMENT OF NORTHWEST INDIANA, CONTRASTS AND DILEMMAS, A SPECIAL REPORT (1993).
  82. Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission, NORTHWESTERN INDIANA 2010 REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN: SUMMARY AND MAP (December 1995).
  83. Brownfield Project Underway, REGIONAL VIEW, Northwest Indiana Regional Planning Commission (May 1995).
  84. Personal communication with Barbara Waxman, Northwest Indiana Regional Planning Commission (December 1995). Grants Announced for Northwest Indiana Brownfields Cleanup, REMEDIATION & REUSE, 1 (February 1996).
  85. Weiss, American Steel site chosen as E.C. brownfields pilot, HAMMOND TIMES (Aug. 1, 1996). Located on the Internet at: http://www.calunet.com/archives/times/960801/HAec.brownfields.a.01.htm
  86. Id.
  87. Northwest Indiana Brownfield Redevelopment Project, SHORELINES, 3 (Fall 1997).
  88. Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission, Quality of Life Council Fact Sheets.
  89. Memorandum from the Co-Chairmen of the NIRPC Environmental Management Policy Committee to members of the NIRPC Environmental Management Policy Committee (May 28, 1998).
  90. Personal communication with Mark McLaughlin, Vice President of the Northwest Indiana Forum, Inc. (September 1996).
  91. Personal communication with Marty Peters, Division of Tourism and Film Development, Department of Commerce (January 1996).
  92. Personal communication with Bill Oeding, Porter County Convention, Recreation, and Visitors Commission (October 1995).
  93. The site is located at: http://www.thetimesonline.com/org/lccvb/
  94. Personal communication with Spero Batistatos, Executive Director, Lake County Convention and Visitors Bureau (Nov. 1995).
  95. Id.
  96. Personal communication with Marty Peters, Division of Tourism and Film Development, Department of Commerce (January 1996).
  97. IC 36-7-14-3.
  98. IC 36-7-14-12.2.
  99. Haber, Highland redevelopment panel carves '97 budget plan, HAMMOND TIMES (Aug. 29, 1996) at http://www.calunet.com/archives/times/960820/Rghidev.b.06.htm
  100. IC 36-7-4-201. Indiana Department of Natural Resources, NORTHWEST INDIANA PUBLIC WORK GROUP REPORTS: 865 ANNOTATIONS BY THE INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, 574 (1996).
  101. IC 36-7-4-601.
  102. IC 36-7-4-501.
  103. Maureen Hegarty, "IUN lands environmental grant," THE TIMES (October 18, 1997).
  104. Laura Diamond, "IUN creates environmental resource center," THE TIMES (October 10, 1998).
  105. Tolin, Region boosters, HAMMOND TIMES (Aug. 14, 1996): http://www.calunet.com/archives/times/960814/DaviesWJOB.c.01.htm
  106. McDermott (Editorial Board), Work to make NWI one of nation's top 100 communities, HAMMOND TIMES (Sep. 8, 1996).
  107. A fourth speaker presented Munawar, Ross, and Dermott, Exploring aquatic ecosystem health: a multi-trophic and an ecosystemic approach, 1 JOURNAL OF AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM HEALTH 237-252 (1992).
  108. Henderson, Eubanks, Malec, Jaffee, McDonald, Morales, Sustainable Coastal Development for Southern Lake Michigan (Sep. 9, 1996).
  109. Botts, Bi-State Coordination and Competition on the Southern Shore of Lake Michigan (Sep. 9, 1996).
  110. Daniel, The Lake Michigan Shore in Illinois and Indiana: Its Historic and Current Role in Sustainable Development (1996).
  111. Bartsch, Collaton, and Pepper, COMING CLEAN FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, Northeast-Midwest Institute (1995).
  112. Located at the following site: http://www.nemw.org/cmclean.htm#exec
  113. See http://www.nemw.org/pubs.htm
  114. The ISBD Corp Homepage is located at the following address: http://www.ai.org/isbd/index.html
  115. K. Lucas, New Indiana Legislation Targets Brownfield Revitalization, SHORELINES, 3 (Fall 1997).
  116. Adriane Esparza, Partnerships in the Grand Calumet Area, SHORELINES FOR COASTAL COORDINATION (Winter 1997).
  117. Showboat was recently acquired by Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. Harrah's already operates a casino boat in Joliet, Illinois. Harrah's purchase of Showboat complete, THE TIMES, B-1, June 2, 1998.
  118. Galbrath, Plan taking shape for casino as company requests license extension, SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE, D1 and D2 (Aug. 18, 1996).
  119. IC 4-33-12-1.
  120. IC 4-33-13-1.
  121. IC 4-33-13-5(1).
  122. IC 4-33-13-6(a)(3).
  123. IC 4-33-13-5(2).
  124. Gaming board rolls into Chicago, THE TIMES, B-2 (May 18, 1998). Riverboat gambling was also one subject of consideration during a June 1998 legal seminar sponsored by the American Bar Association. "The Gaming Industry: Current Legal, Regulatory, and Social Issues" was held in Washington, D.C.
  125. Lake County Convention and Visitors Bureau to Begin Work on Information Center, SHORELINES (Summer 1998).
  126. Information about the Common Sense Initiative was obtained from the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/commonsense/bckgrd.htm.
  127. Information about the Iron and Steel Sector pilot projects was obtained from the Internet at http://www/epa.gov/commonsense/i&s/index.htm.
  128. A BLUEPRINT FOR BROWNFIELD REDEVELOPMENT, Council of Great Lakes Governors, Inc., 35 East Wacker Drive, Suite 1850, Chicago, Illinois 60601 (1998).