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In a on July 2, 2013 photo, Chuck Amalong, left, and Brent Mattix help prepare Lake Tahoe’s Fourth of July fireworks display at Tahoe Keys Marina in Lake Tahoe, Calif. A federal lawsuit accusing the Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority of polluting the alpine lake with debris from Fourth of July and Labor Day fireworks says the authority and its contractor should be subject to up to $75 million in fines for thousands of violations of the Clean Water Act over the past five years. (AP Photo/The Tahoe Daily Tribune, Dylan Silver)
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In this Friday, Jan. 10, 2014 photo, a traffic sign directs gas well trucks driving through Cross Creek County park in Avella, Pa. Gas well royalty money from wells under the park are helping pay for maintenance and improvements in western Pennsylvania's Washington County parks. Local officials say the deals have worked well, and that they have few other options to generate new funds. But some residents don't like drilling taking place under public land.(AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
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In this Friday, Jan. 10, 2014 photo, a tanker truck from gas wells drives through Cross Creek County park in Avella, Pa. Gas well royalty money from wells under the park are helping pay for maintenance and improvements in western Pennsylvania's Washington County parks. Local officials say the deals have worked well, and that they have few other options to generate new funds. But some residents don't like drilling taking place under public land. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
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Wichita State guard Tekele Cotton (32) dunks the ball during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Missouri State on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014, in Springfield, Mo. (AP Photo/David Welker)
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FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 11, 2009, file photo, the Cadillac Converj concept is introduced at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. A rakish Cadillac with the Chevy Volt’s plug-in hybrid powertrain wowed crowds in 2009, a recession year when there was little else to cheer about in the auto industry. The Converj, renamed the ELR, remerged in production form at the 2013 show, and is set to go on sale early this year. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
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FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 14, 2008, file photo, Fisker Automotive introduces Karma at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The hybrid sports car, with its long hood and flowing lines, wowed crowds when it debuted as a concept car in 2008. The $95,000 Karma went on sale three years later. But the Karma was plagued with safety recalls, and Fisker eventually halted production and filed for bankruptcy protection. (AP Photo/Gary Malerba, File)
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FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2007, file photo, General Motors Corp.'s plug-in, rechargeable electric-powered Chevrolet Volt is displayed at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. GM’s revolutionary electric car with a backup gas engine debuted as a sexy concept in 2007, GM made significant design changes to improve the car’s efficiency, but the Volt went on sale in 2010. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
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West Virginia Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin discusses the chemical spill that led to state of emergency and water ban in the state capital and surrounding areas on Friday, Jan. 10, 2014, in Charleston, W.Va. (AP Photo/Brendan Farrington)
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Freedom Industries, a chemical storage facility, in Charleston, W.Va., is shown on Friday, Jan. 10, 2014. A chemical leak at the plant on Thursday has prompted a state of emergency for parts of nine West Virginia counties after contaminating water that was taken in from the nearby Elk River. (AP Photo/Charleston Daily Mail, Bob Wojcieszak)
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Local businesses are forced to stop serving food and drink by the Kanawha County,W.Va. Health Department Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014 following the chemical spill on Thursday, in Charleston, WV. About 300,000 people in nine counties entered their third day Saturday without being able to drink, bathe in, or wash dishes or clothes with their tap water after a foaming agent escaped the Freedom Industries plant in Charleston and seeped into the Elk River. (AP Photo Michael Switzer)
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Signs explain Kanawha County (W.Va.) Health Department's mandatory closure of businesses serving food and drink in Charleston, W.Va. on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014. Coal processing chemicals from Freedom Industries spilled into the Elk River on Thursday. A handful of people have been hospitalized since the spill. (AP Photo/Michael Switzer)
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People fill containers with fresh water at a West Virginia National Guard distribution center in Charleston, W.Va. on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014. Coal processing chemicals from Freedom Industries spilled into the Elk River on Thursday, affecting the local tap water. A handful of people have been hospitalized since the spill. (AP Photo/Michael Switzer)
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Signs explain Kanawha County (W.Va.) Health Department's mandatory closure of businesses serving food and drink in Charleston, W.Va. on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014. Coal processing chemicals from Freedom Industries spilled into the Elk River on Thursday. A handful of people have been hospitalized since the spill. (AP Photo/Michael Switzer)
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The Kanawha County Public Library (W.Va.) was forced to close as were other local businesses were forced to stop serving food and drink by the county health department in Charleston, W.Va. on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014. Coal processing chemicals from Freedom Industries spilled into the Elk River on Thursday. A handful of people have been hospitalized since the spill. (AP Photo/Michael Switzer)
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In this Jan. 5, 2003, photo released by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows a black rhino male and calf in Mkuze, South Africa. Hunt the black rhino to save the black rhino. That's the Dallas Safari Club's approach to a fundraiser for efforts to protect the endangered species. The group hopes to raise more than $200,000 Saturday by auctioning off the right to shoot and kill a black rhinoceros in the African nation of Namibia. (AP Photo/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Karl Stromayer, File)
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Protestors gather holding signs near the Dallas Convention Center where the Dallas Safari Club is holding it's weekend show and auction Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014, in Dallas. Hunt the black rhino to save the black rhino. That's the Dallas Safari Club's approach to a fundraiser for efforts to protect the endangered species. The group hopes to raise more than $200,000 Saturday by auctioning off the right to shoot and kill a black rhinoceros in the African nation of Namibia. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
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Jim Ries, left, of Atlanta, Ga., stands with nearly 40 other protestors outside the Dallas Convention Center where the Dallas Safari Club is holding its' weekend show and auction, as Reis explains his point and argues his cause with a passerby, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014, in Dallas. Hunt the black rhino to save the black rhino. That's the Dallas Safari Club's approach to a fundraiser for efforts to protect the endangered species. The group hopes to raise more than $200,000 Saturday by auctioning off the right to shoot and kill a black rhinoceros in the African nation of Namibia. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
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CORRECTS WAKE FOREST PLAYER TO ANDRE WASHINGTON FROM TYLER CAVANAUGH - Wake Forest's Andre Washington, bottom, tries to control the ball as Pittsburgh's Lamar Patterson reaches for it in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
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FILE - In a May 27, 2003 file photo, a White tailed deer flicks its tail as it stands alert while grazing in a field in Zelienople, Pa. The sprawling Eastern Band of Cherokee Indian reservation in the western part of North Carolina is trying to bring back the White-tailed deera cultural symbol. The tribe is partnering with state wildlife agencies in a long-term project it hopes will replenish the deer population on the 56,000-acre reservation. White-tailed deer figure prominently in Cherokee lore and cultural traditions. But there’s only a sparse population of the animal on the reservation. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)
