The on Monday declined to consider a request by five states for an injunction that would force measures designed to stop the northward advance of Asian carp into the Great Lakes.
The injunction sought by the states would have required the and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago to install permanent nets in Little Calumet and Grand Calumet rivers to help stop the migration of the invasive species.
The states Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Ohio and Pennsylvania also wanted court action to speed up a corps study on possible permanent solutions to the Asian carp issue.
In opposing such an injunction, the Officials with the city of Chicago, a party to the lawsuit aligned with the defendants, said they were also pleased with the court's decision. Businesses in Illinois have opposed lock closures to stop the Asian carp, saying such measures would devastate the regional shipping industry.
Federal and state officials have launched a host of carp control efforts over the last several years, including sampling waterways for carp DNA and erecting electric barriers intended to keep the fish out of Lake Michigan.
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