66 FR 108 pgs. 30187-30188 - Draft Great Lakes Strategy of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement
Type: NOTICEVolume: 66Number: 108Pages: 30187 - 30188
Docket number: [FRL-6991-4]
FR document: [FR Doc. 01-14081 Filed 6-04-01; 8:45 am]
Agency: Environmental Protection Agency
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6991-4]
Draft Great Lakes Strategy of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement
AGENCY:
Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION:
Notice of availability, public meetings and the opportunity to comment.
SUMMARY:
Pursuant to the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement of 1972, as amended in 1987, federal, state and tribal partners have drafted a new Great Lakes Strategy (The Strategy). The Strategy is a concise, high-level statement of basin wide priorities and activities, reflecting the current state of the Great Lakes basin ecosystem and key environmental goals for the future, so that a unified approach to implementation can be carried out by a diverse set of federal, state, and tribal agencies.
The Strategy presents Great Lakes basin issues under four broad categories: (1) Chemical Integrity: Reducing and Eliminating the Threat of Toxic Pollution and Excess Nutrients, (2) Physical Integrity: Improving Land Use, Water Quantity Management, and Habitat Protection, (3) Biological Integrity: Protecting Human Health and the Ecosystem's Species, and (4) Working Together: Effectively Coordinating Programs and Resources to Ensure The Great Lakes are Protected and Restored.
DATES:
A draft of the Strategy will be made available to the public by June 1, 2001.
Comment Period: Comments on the Strategy must be submitted no later than July 31, 2001.
Public Meetings: Public Meetings on the Strategy will be held on the dates and at the locations listed below:
Monday, June 25, 2001
Location: Duluth, MN,MPCA Duluth Office, 525 Lake Avenue South,Suite 400,Duluth, MN 55802
Time: 3 p.m.-8 p.m.
Wednesday, June 27, 2001
Location: Detroit, MI,
Southeast Michigan Council of Governments, 535 Griswold Street, Suite 300,Detroit, MI 48226
Time: 3 p.m.-8 p.m.
Thursday, June 28, 2001Niagara University,Niagara Falls, NY 14109,Dunleavy Hall, Rm 127.
Time: 3 p.m.-8 p.m.
Monday, July 2, 2001
Location: Chicago, IL,USEPA, Region 5,77 W. Jackson Blvd (Lake Michigan Conference Room),Chicago, IL 60604
Time: 12 p.m.-5.p.m.
ADDRESSES:
The Strategy can be found on the internet at the following address: http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/ . Commenters may transmit their comments electronically by following the directions provided on the web site, or may send written comments to Ted Smith at the following address: U.S. EPA, Great Lakes National Program Office,77 W. Jackson Boulevard, G-17J, Chicago, Illinois, 60604. Comments may also be sent to Mr. Smith via facsimile at (312) 353-2018, or by e-mail smith.edwin@epa.gov .
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ted Smith, EPA-GLNPO, G-17J, 77 W. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604 (312-353-6571/smith.edwin@epa.gov)
Dated: May 23, 2001.
Gary Gulezian,
Great Lakes National Program Director.
[FR Doc. 01-14081 Filed 6-04-01; 8:45 am]
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