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Weekly Update

31 August 2009

 

.         Briefing:  NOAA Habitat Restoration Grants in the Great
Lakes

*	Waterfront Brownfields Bill Introduced
*	Senators Reed and Snowe Circulate Weatherization Letter

.         State of Lake Michigan and Great Lakes Beach Association
Joint Conference

.         llinois River System Management Conference

.         Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference

 

 

Briefing:  NOAA Habitat Restoration Grants in the Great Lakes 

 

On Friday, September 4, at 9:30 AM, in room 2218 of the Rayburn House
Office Building, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA) staff will brief congressional staff on the habitat restoration
grant that was awarded to the Great Lakes using American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act funding.  Of the $167 million in habitat restoration
grants awarded, the Great Lakes received approximately 10 percent of
the total amount.  NOAA staff will explain the process used to
consider grants, what the grants will be used for, and where the
grants were awarded.

 

Contact Joy
<mailto:joy_mulinex at levin.senate.gov?subject=NOAA%20Habitat%20Restorat
ion%20Grant%20Briefing>  Mulinex (202/224-1211) at the Great Lakes
Task Force.

 

 

Waterfront Brownfields Bill Introduced

 

Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY) introduced H.R.
<http://www.nemw.org/images/Waterfront%20Brownfields%20HR3518.pdf>
3518 to establish a waterfront brownfields program.   The proposal
would establish EPA brownfield funding dedicated to the assessment and
cleanup of waterfront sites, including integration with water quality
improvements, green infrastructure, remediation and management of
sediments, and flood damage prevention.  The bill authorizes funding
for waterfront brownfields at $55 million annually, or 25 percent of
all brownfields site assessment and cleanup funding, whichever is
less.  The bill also authorizes the creation of a federal task force
on waterfront brownfields revitalization.

 

Contact Evans
<mailto:epaull at nemw.org?subject=Waterfront%20Brownfields%20Program%20H
.R.%203518>  Paull (202/329-4282) at the Northeast-Midwest Institute.

 

 

Senators Reed and Snowe Circulate Weatherization Letter

 

Northeast Midwest Senate Coalition co-chairs Jack Reed (D-RI) and
Olympia Snowe (R-ME) are circulating a letter to the Conference
Committee for the Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill in
support of the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP).

 

The letter specifically urges that the final version of the bill
include no less than $220 million for WAP - the amount included in the
President's Fiscal Year 2010 Budget - and that any
weatherization-related pilot projects be funded above that level, and
not carved out of the base funding.  The deadline for senators to sign
the letter is close of business on Tuesday, September 8.

 

Contact Chris
<mailto:chris_hickling at reed.senate.gov?subject=Weatherization%20Letter
>  Hickling (202/224-0606) Legislative Director, Northeast Midwest
Senate Coalition.

 

 

State of Lake Michigan and Great Lakes Beach Association Joint
Conference

 

On September 29-October 1, the Sixth Biennial State of Lake Michigan
and the Ninth Annual Great Lakes Beach Association 2009 Annual Joint
Conference will be held at the Hyatt Regency, 333 West Kilbourn
Avenue, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

 

The conference convenes scientists, resource managers, local
officials, and interest groups, to assess current conditions and
progress toward improving Great Lakes beaches and Lake Michigan.  The
information presented is used to revise the Lake Michigan
<http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/michigan.html>  Lakewide Management Plan
(LaMP), improve lake and beach management, and protect public health.
The conference is also an excellent opportunity to improve regional
coordination and share successes, challenges and new ideas.

 

For more information, or to register for the conference, visit the
conference web site <http://www.aqua.wisc.edu/solm> .

 

Contact Victoria Harris
<mailto:harrisv at uwgb.edu?subject=Joint%20Conference>  (920/465-2795)
at the University of Wisconsin's Sea Grant Institute.

 

 

Illinois River System Management Conference

 

The 12th Biennial Governor's Conference on the Management of the
Illinois River System will be held at the Hotel Pere Marquette, 501
Main Street, Peoria, Illinois, from October 20-22.

 

Over the past 24 years, the Governor's Conferences on the Management
of the Illinois River System have served as an important forum to
bring together local, state, and federal leaders to create awareness
of the issues of soil erosion and sedimentation, identify important
river research initiatives, develop working coalitions, apply
conservation practices to the watershed, prepare new river and
watershed legislation, and provide for state and federal funding to
address the issues of the Illinois River System.

 

The deadline for early registration discount is September 30.  For
more conference information, or to register, click
<http://www.conferences.uiuc.edu/conferences/conference.asp?ID=413>
here.

 

Contact Mark
<mailto:mgordon at nemw.org?subject=Illinois%20River%20System%20Managemen
t%20Conference>  Gorman (202/464-4015) at the Northeast-Midwest
Institute.

 

 

Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference

 

The 2009 Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference will be held at the
Hilton Hotel, 700 East Adams Street, Springfield, Illinois, on
December 6-9.  

 

The purpose of the conference is to share new research, management
experiences, and valuable insight on fish and wildlife issues.
Conference organizers say that it is the "premier fish and wildlife
conference in the central U.S., with more than 1,000 attendees at past
conferences."  For additional conference information, or to register,
click here <http://www.dnr.state.il.us/Midwest/index.htm> .

 

Contact Mark
<mailto:mgordon at nemw.org?subject=Midwest%20Fish%20and%20Wildlife%20Con
ference>  Gorman (202/464-4015) at the Northeast-Midwest Institute.

 

 

 
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