GLIN==> Public Meetings Schedule for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative

Dear Great Lakes Stakeholder,

You are invited to participate in a meeting on the President's Great
Lakes Restoration Initiative to learn about the Initiative as well as
provide us feedback on the Initiative's plans and programs.

A series of Public Meetings will be held in July and August throughout
the Great Lakes Basin on the President's Great Lakes Restoration
Initiative. The schedule is as follows:

   Schedule of Public Meetings on the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
   (sorted by location)

   ILLINOIS
         July 22, 2009, 6-8pm CDT
         U.S. Environmental Protection Agency – Region 5 Office
         Room 331
         77 West Jackson Boulevard
         Chicago, IL  60604
         Website: http://www.epa.gov/region5/visitor/index.htm
   NOTE: This meeting will also be Webcast

   INDIANA
         July 23, 2009, 5-7pm CDT
         IN Department of Environmental Management – NW Regional Office
         8380 Louisiana Street
         Merrillville, IN  46410

   MICHIGAN
         August 3, 2009, 5-7pm EDT
         Kellogg Center
         Auditorium
         55 South Harrison Avenue
         East Lansing, MI  48824-1022
         Website: http://www.kelloggcenter.com/

   MINNESOTA
         August 4, 2009, 4-6pm CDT
         EPA Mid-Continent Ecology Laboratory
         Gitchee Gumee Conference Center
         6201 Congdon Boulevard
         Duluth, MN 55804
      Website:
   http://www.epa.gov/med/About_Div/directions_from_airport.htm

   NEW YORK
         July 29, 2009, 5-7pm EDT
         Radisson Riverside
         Fitzhugh Room
         120 Main St E
         Rochester, NY  14604
         Website: http://www.radisson.com/rochesterny_riverside

   OHIO
         July 27, 2009, 6-8pm EDT
         CanalWay Center
         State Boat Landing Room
         4524 E 49th St
         Cuyahoga Heights, OH  44125-1008
         Website:
         http://www.clemetparks.com/education/facilities/index.asp

   PENNSYLVANIA
         July 28, 2009, 6-8pm EDT
         Tom Ridge Environmental Center
         Presque Isle State Park
         Room 112
         301 Peninsula Drive
         Erie, PA  16505
         Website:
         http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/trecpi/shared-pages/getting-in-touch.html

   WISCONSIN
         July 21, 2009, 5-7pm CDT
         Doubletree Hotel Milwaukee City Center
         Wisconsin Room
         611 W. Wisconsin Avenue
         Milwaukee, WI  53203
         Website:
         http://doubletree1.hilton.com/en_US/dt/hotel/MKECCDT-Doubletree-Hotel-Milwaukee-City-Center-Wisconsin/index.do


         For further information, please contact:

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      Anthony Kizlauskas
      U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
      Great Lakes National Program Office
      77 West Jackson, Mail Code G-17J
      Chicago, IL 60604


      Phone: (312) 353 - 8773
      Fax: (312) 582 - 5143
      Email: kizlauskas.anthony at epa.gov
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