GLIN==> Great Lakes Restoration Initiative News July 20, 2009

Dear Great Lakes Stakeholders,

An Agenda for the Stakeholder Meetings (
http://www.epa.gov/greatlakes/glri/publicmeetings.html) on the Great
Lakes Restoration Initiative is now available at:
http://epa.gov/greatlakes/glri/publicmeetingagenda.pdf


As a reminder, the Great Lakes Multi-Year Restoration Action Plan
Outline is posted online at:
http://www.epa.gov/greatlakes/glri/glmyrapo.pdf


We are seeking stakeholder feedback on the Great Lakes Multi-Year
Restoration Action Plan Outline. There are 3 ways to submit your
comments to us by August 19, 2009:


1. In person at one of the Stakeholder Meetings (
http://www.epa.gov/greatlakes/glri/publicmeetings.html)


2. Online at http://www.epa.gov/greatlakes/glri/outreach.html


3. By Mail: USEPA Great Lakes National Program Office (G-17J),
Attention: Anthony Kizlauskas, 77 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL  60604


Finally, an Interagency Funding Guide has been developed in order to
provide one-stop-shopping for applicants interested in applying for over
$250 million in grants and project agreements which would be expected to
be available through the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (if the full
$475 million for the Initiative is appropriated). These grants and
project agreements are intended to jump-start achievement of the
Initiative’s long term goals: safely eating the fish and swimming at our
beaches, assuring safe drinking water, and providing a healthy ecosystem
for fish and wildlife. The Interagency Funding Guide is available at:
http://www.epa.gov/greatlakes/glri/fundingguide2009_r1.pdf


Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Website with links to all of these
documents is at: http://www.epa.gov/greatlakes/glri/index.html