FYI- Chicago area waterways Use Attainability Analysis has just begun
and the
public meetings are scheduled for May 5, 6, & 8th in the chicagoland
area.
Public announcement attached below....
Also: IEPA has an article on their website at:
http://www.epa.state.il.us/news-releases/2003/2003-006-chicago-river.html
Janet Pellegrini
USEPA Region 5, Water Division, NPDES Branch
77 West Jackson Blvd. #WN-16J
Chicago, IL 60604-3590
phone: (312) 886-4298
fax: (312) 886-2737
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| Public Meeting Notice |
| Please Forward to a Friend! |
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| The Future of the Chicago Area Waterway System |
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| The Chicago area is home to a large and diverse series of waterways. The |
| Chicago Area Waterway System (CAWS) is used for commercial and |
| recreational purposes by people across Cook and neighboring counties, the |
| state of Illinois and the Midwest. |
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| In order to determine how the Chicago area waterways can best be used |
| commercially and recreationally, the Illinois Environmental Protection |
| Agency (IEPA), along with other federal, state and local agencies, has |
| recently embarked on a multi-year evaluation called a Use Attainability |
| Analysis (UAA). The evaluation will determine the most suitable uses |
| (i.e., commercial usage, swimming, fishing, water skiing, boating, etc.) |
| for part or all of the CAWS for the future. |
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| To date, there has not been such an evaluation conducted on the Chicago |
| area waterways since the early 1970s. Since then, and, with the advent of |
| new laws and technological advancements, the quality of the Chicago area |
| waterways has changed significantly. The evaluation is important in order |
| to understand how the Chicago area waterways have changed over the years |
| and to determine the most suitable uses for the waterways in the future. |
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| While the evaluation is being conducted, informational public meetings |
| will be held throughout the Chicago area to explain the impact and the |
| process of the evaluation. |
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| What You Can Do: |
| Be informed. Attend a public meeting to learn more about the CAWS |
| and the evaluation being conducted on it. |
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| Forward to a Friend. Please forward this e-mail message to anyone |
| you think would be interested. |
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| Other Information: |
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| For more information regarding the environmental evaluation or the CAWS, |
| please visit www.ChicagoAreaWaterways.org or the IEPA at |
| www.epa.state.il.us or call 1-847-294-4000. |
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| Who Should Attend: |
| Individuals doing |
| business or recreating |
| in the Chicago Area |
| Waterway System |
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| Meeting Times & |
| Locations: |
| (click each for |
| details) |
| May 5, 7PM, Evanston |
| May 6, 7PM, Palos |
| Heights |
| May 8, 7PM, Chicago |
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| Contact Person: |
| Rob Sulski |
| Bureau of Water |
| Illinois Environmental |
| Protection Agency |
| 9511 West Harrison |
| Street |
| Des Plaines, Illinois |
| 60018 |
| 847-294-4000 |
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| North Suburbs |
| Where: |
| Evanston City Council |
| Chambers of the Civic |
| Center |
| 2100 Ridge Avenue, 2nd |
| Flr. |
| Evanston, IL 60201 |
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| When: |
| May 5, 2003 · 7:00 P.M.|
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| Directions: |
| Driving: From Chicago, |
| Take I-90/94 W to the |
| Edens Expressway N. |
| Take the E Dempster |
| exit to Ridge and go |
| north. |
| Take the "L": The |
| Purple Line runs |
| through Evanston. >From |
| Chicago, you can take |
| the Red Line to the |
| Howard Stop and |
| transfer to the Purple |
| Line. From Skokie, you |
| can take the Skokie |
| Swift to the Howard |
| Stop to the Purple |
| Line. |
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| South Suburbs |
| Where: |
| Lake Katherine Nature |
| Preserve |
| 7402 Lake Katherine |
| Drive |
| Palos Heights, IL 60463|
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| When: |
| May 6, 2003 · 7:00 P.M.|
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| Directions: |
| Driving: North on 75th |
| Avenue from Rt. 83 - |
| 75th Avenue joins Rt. |
| 83 three blocks west of|
| Harlem Avenue, Palos |
| Heights, Illinois. |
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| Chicago |
| Where: |
| Stefani's at Harborside|
| International Golf |
| Course 11001 South Doty|
| Avenue East (Frontage |
| Road) Chicago, IL 60628|
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| When: |
| May 8, 2003 · 7:00 P.M.|
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| Directions: |
| Driving: From downtown |
| Chicago - Take Dan Ryan|
| Expressway (I-94) E to |
| Bishop Ford Expressway |
| south, exit at 111th |
| and go east. Entrance |
| is on frontage road. |
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