GLIN==> Northeast-Midwest Weekly Update -- 6 July 2009

Weekly Update
6 July 2009
 
*	Inaugural Edition of the Institute's Revitalizing Older Cities
Newsletter
*	Brownfields Policy Research Newsletter Released
*	Report on Clean and Drinking Water Loan Fund Allotments
*	Upper Mississippi River Basin Update Released
*	Ballast Water Management Letter
 
 
Inaugural Edition of the Institute's Revitalizing Older Cities
Newsletter
 
The inaugural edition of the Northeast-Midwest Institute's newsletter, 
Rethink, Reclaim, Rebuild Our Older Cities
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vmG8%3D> , is now online.  The featured article, by Northeast-Midwest
Institute Executive Director Tom Wolfe, covers the new transportation
bill, introduced by Chairman Jim Oberstar (D-MN) of the House
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.  The bill addresses the
federal role in our transportation future in terms of "investment,"
rather than "spending."  It heralds the creation of jobs, and the
renewal of the federal government's commitment to revamp a system long
in decline.
 
Also included in this edition are articles reviewing the successful
Great Lakes Metros and the New Opportunity summit, and a summary of the
Senate Clean Water Act Reauthorization.
 
Contact Greg Lewis <mailto:glewis at nemw.org?subject=July%20Newsletter>
(202/464-4005) at the Northeast-Midwest Institute.
 
 
Brownfields Policy Research Newsletter Released
 
The July edition of the Brownfields Policy Research Newsletter
<http://www.nemw.org/bfnews0907.pdf>  is now available on the
Northeast-Midwest Institute's website.  Included in this edition are
updates on brownfields appropriations, energy and brownfields
sustainability, Recovery Act implementation, state brownfields actions,
federal agency initiatives, and conference news.
 
Contact Evans Paull <mailto:epaull at nemw.org?subject=July%20Newsletter>
(202/329-4282) at the Northeast-Midwest Institute.
 
 
Report on Clean and Drinking Water Revolving Loan Fund Allotments
 
The Northeast-Midwest Institute recently prepared an analysis and
state-by-state comparison of Clean and Drinking Water State Revolving
Loan Fund (SRF) allotments, in light of several legislative and
regulatory SRF initiatives.  The full report
<http://www.nemw.org/ComparisonCleanWater.pdf>  is now available on the
Northeast-Midwest Institute's website.
 
Contact Mark Gorman
<mailto:mgordon at nemw.org?subject=Clean%20and%20Drinking%20Water%20SRF%20
Report>  (202/464-4015) at the Northeast-Midwest Institute.
 
 
Upper Mississippi River Basin Update Released
 
The July edition of the Upper Mississippi River Basin Update
<http://www.nemw.org/2009-07%20Upper%20Mississippi%20River%20Basin%20New
sletter.pdf>  is now available on the Northeast-Midwest Institute's
website.  Legislative updates include the recent House Transportation
and Infrastructure Highway and Transit Subcommittee approval of the
six-year, $500 billion Surface Transportation Authorization Act.  The
bill has implications not only for transportation, but also for water
and air quality, land conservation, and climate change.  Other updates
examine climate change legislation, Senate water resources and bird
conservation legislation, and fish habitat conservation legislation.
 
The July update contains appropriations updates for Interior, EPA, and
Forest Service; USDA; and Corps of Engineers.  Other news includes
updates on global climate change impacts predicted for the region, and
Round Goby research.
 
Contact Mark Gorman
<mailto:mgordon at nemw.org?subject=July%20Upper%20Mississippi%20River%20Ba
sin%20Update>  (202/464-4015) at the Northeast-Midwest Institute.
 
 
Ballast Water Management Letter
 
Senators Carl Levin (D-MI) and Susan Collins (R-ME) are circulating a
letter to the EPA, Coast Guard, Council on Environmental Quality, and
Office of Science and Technology Policy for their signatures on a letter
to the Administration.  All of these organizations have a role in
aquatic invasive species and ballast water treatment technology.  The
letter requests that the Administration coordinate a unified ballast
water management program, and include certain requirements for proposed
ballast water management regulations.  The deadline for signing the
letter is July 15.
 
Contact Joy Mulinex
<mailto:joy_mulinex at levin.senate.gov?subject=Ballast%20Water%20Managemen
t%20Letter>  (202/224-1211) at the Great Lakes Task Force.
 
 
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