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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2002

Attorneys for Secretary of Interior Gale Norton were in federal court last week trying to convince a judge why she should not be held in contempt.

U.S. District Judge Emmett Sullivan ordered Norton to publish a final list of manatee protection zones by November 1. But the list didn't appear in the Federal Register until November 7.

According to Scripps Howard News Service, government attorneys said the department misunderstood the order and thought the list didn't have to appear by the earlier date.

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Misunderstanding cited in missed manatee zone deadline (Scripps Howard News Service 11/19)

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