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NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 7, 2005 Commission members are expected to approve the
Watershed Balanced Growth Plan Pilot Projects and the 2005 Lake Erie Protection
Fund Large Grant awards, as well as the latest round of Small Grants. LEC
Chairman Samuel W. Speck will present the 2005 Ohio Lake Erie Awards. LEC
Executive Director Edwin Hammett will present the Watershed Balanced Growth
Plan Pilot Projects and the winners of the 2005 “Life On Lake Erie”
Photo Contest. Hammett will also update commission members on
the 2005 Coastweeks celebration and other items of interest. Joe Rutherford, a spokesman for the Ohio
Department of Transportation’s District Two, will report on the progress
of the Veterans’ Glass City Skyway and the I-280 Maumee River Crossing
Project. All meetings of the Ohio Lake Erie Commission
are open to the public and include a public comment period. Organizations and
citizens are urged to attend this meeting and provide input on issues of
concern. The Ohio Lake Erie Commission is comprised of
the directors of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency and Ohio Department
of Natural Resources The commission oversees the Ohio Lake Erie
Protection Fund (LEPF), which is the source of grant money. This fund is
supported by Ohioans each time they purchase a Lake Erie license plate
displaying either the Marblehead Lighthouse or the Toledo Harbor Lighthouse
designed by During the last 12 years, the commission has
raised nearly $8
million through the sale of -30- For Further Information Contact: (419) 245-2514 |