GLIN==> Open Comment Period continues on IJC's Priorities Work Group Reports

Open Comment Period continues
Commissioners of the International Joint Commission (IJC) continue to
invite comments on Priorities Work Group Reports during an open public
comment period through November 30th. The Commission is developing its
15th Biennial Report on Great Lakes Water Quality based on these reports
and comments received from the public at its Biennial Meeting in Windsor
last month and during this open comment period. Review the reports in
English or French and provide your comments online conveniently at 
http://meeting.ijc.org.

 

About the Priorities Work Group Reports
"Can I drink the water?" "Can I eat the fish?"  "Can I swim at the
beach?" "Can I walk the shoreline without rotting algae?"  "Can I stop
the invasion of aquatic aliens?"  "Can I 'rethink' the Great Lakes?"
"Can I make the Great Lakes a better place?"
 
These questions are addressed in a series of reports released in
September by the IJC on its 2007-09 Priorities under the Great Lakes
Water Quality Agreement between Canada and the United States.  These
reports, developed by work groups of the IJC advisory boards, address
critical issues of the nearshore, eutrophication, beaches and
recreational water quality, chemicals of emerging concern, binational
aquatic invasive species (AIS) rapid response, and the benefits and
risks of Great Lakes fish consumption.

 

About the Canada-U.S. Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement
The original Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement was signed by Prime
Minister Pierre Trudeau and President Richard Nixon in 1972.
Subsequently a new Agreement was signed in 1978 and amended in 1987.
However, the Agreement has not been updated or changed in more than 22
years. During this time, our scientific knowledge and understanding and
technology have grown immensely. New threats to the well being of the
Great Lakes ecosystem are becoming better defined.  In response, on
Saturday, June 13, 2009, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and
Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon committed to updating
the Agreement.  Click here http://www.canamglass.org/glwqa/ for resource
documents and information regarding the Great Lakes Water Quality
Agreement.

 

Great Lakes Regional Office

International Joint Commission

 

http://www.ijc.org

http://bwt.ijc.org

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