Lake Erie Areas of Concern Summit
July 11-12, 2006
Tom Ridge Environmental Center
Erie, Pennsylvania
Agenda and registration form available
online at
http://glc.org/aocsummits/lakeerie/
Overview
The Lake Erie Areas of Concern Summit will convene
participants from the 12 Lake Erie Areas of Concern (AOC) to network and enhance
communication; review recent developments affecting the AOC program; identify
opportunities to expedite progress on key AOC tasks; improve linkages between
the AOCs and the Lake Erie Lakewide Management Plan (LaMP); and consider
followup activities that will strengthen collective efforts to restore and
protect Lake Erie.
Program
The program includes an overview of AOC and lakewide
management efforts on Lake Erie; a review of opportunities for Lake Erie’s AOCs
to benefit from programs available at the federal, state/provincial and local
levels; and examples of how local Remedial Action Plan (RAP) groups have
developed the capacity needed to advance restoration efforts in their AOCs.
Representatives from Lake Erie’s 12 AOCs will discuss their work, the challenges
they face, and how they would like to collaborate with other partners.
Keynote Speakers
The meeting will feature two keynote speakers: Murray
Charlton, chief of Lake Management Research with Environment Canada’s National
Water Research Institute; and David Ullrich, Director of the Great Lakes and St.
Lawrence Cities Initiative and former deputy regional administrator for the
Great Lakes region of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Who Should Attend
The meeting is intended for members of U.S. and Canadian
Remedial Action Plan (RAP) groups from the 12 Lake Erie AOCs, participants in
the Lake Erie LaMP, agency staff, and other partners involved in the Lake Erie
AOCs and LaMP.
Date & Location
The Lake Erie Areas of Concern Summit will be held on
Tuesday-Wednesday, July 11-12,
2006, at the new Tom Ridge Environmental Center in
Erie, PA. The meeting will begin at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday and adjourn by
3:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
Travel Funding
Limited funding is available to help cover travel and
lodging costs for representatives from local RAP groups. Interested RAP
participants should contact the chair of their RAP group.
Agenda and Registration Form
The meeting agenda, registration form and
associated information have been mailed to members of RAP committees for Lake
Erie’s AOCs and are available online at http://glc.org/aocsummits/lakeerie/.
Sponsors
The Lake Erie Areas of Concern Summit is sponsored by the
Presque Isle Bay Public Advisory Council, U.S. EPA’s Great Lakes National
Program Office, the Lake Erie Lakewide Management Plan, Pennsylvania Department
of Environmental Protection, the Tom Ridge Environmental Center, and the Great
Lakes Commission.
Contact
Matt Doss, Great Lakes Commission, 734-971-9135,
mdoss@glc.org.