Dear Great Lakes Stakeholders, Thanks to all of you who shared your thoughts with us at the Public Meetings or who have already sent us your comments through the online form or by mail. If you haven't given us your comments yet, please remember that you have until August 19, 2009 to provide us feedback on the Great Lakes Multi-Year Restoration Action Plan Outline. There are 2 ways to submit your comments: 1. Online at http://www.epa.gov/greatlakes/glri/outreach.html or 2. By Mail: USEPA Great Lakes National Program Office (G-17J), Attention: Anthony Kizlauskas, 77 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604 The slides from the presentations given by the U.S. EPA at the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Stakeholder Meetings are available online at: http://www.epa.gov/greatlakes/glri/GLRI_Slides.pdf. The slides provide background information about the Great Lakes, the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, Proposed Programs for implementation in Fiscal Year 2010, and the Great Lakes Multi-Year Action Plan Outline (Fiscal Years 2010 thru 2014). The Great Lakes Multi-Year Restoration Action Plan Outline itself can be read online at: http://www.epa.gov/greatlakes/glri/glmyrapo.pdf The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Website with links to all of these documents is at: http://www.epa.gov/greatlakes/glri/index.html