ESM 595 Chris Gibson

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• ESM 595
  Chris Gibson

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• "A lake is the landscape's most beautiful and
  expressive feature. It is the earth's eye
  looking into which the beholder measures the
  depth of his own nature."
• Henry David Thoreau,"Walden"

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• Background
• Agencies
• Programs/Projects
• Updates

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Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (GLWQA)

• Created in 1972, revised in 1978
• Purpose is to restore and maintain the chemical,
  physical, and biological integrity of the waters
  of the Great Lakes basin ecosystem."
• International Joint Commission (IJC)

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• The International Joint Commission prevents and
  resolves disputes between the United States of
  America and Canada under the 1909 boundary Waters
  Treaty and pursues the common good of both
  countries as an independent and objective advisor
  to the two governments.

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• Remedial Action Plans (RAPS)
• 43 total
• 26 in US
• 12 in Canada
• 5 shared
• Ecosystem approach

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• Great Lakes Binational Toxics Strategy
• Toxics Reduction Team
• Virtual Elimination Pilot Project
• Pollution Prevention Grant Assistance Program

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• Strategy for the virtual elimination
• of persistent toxic substances in
• the Great Lakes
• Acknowledges and builds on the existing Canadian
  and U.S. regulatory programs which address the
  targeted substances
• Encourages ongoing programs or emerging
  initiatives to better address toxic releases
• Provides a context of basin-wide goals for
  localized actions

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• The Four Step Analytical Process
• 1. Gather information
• 2. Analyze current regulations, initiatives, and
  programs which manage or control substances
• 3. Identify cost-effective options to achieve
  further reductions
• 4. Implement actions to work toward the goal of
  virtual elimination

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• Mercury
• PCBs
• Dioxin/Furans
• Benzoapyrene HCB
• Pesticides
• Alkyl Lead
• Octachlorostyrene

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Critical Pollutants

• Level I Substances
• Aldrin/dieldrin Benzo(a)pyrene B(a)P
  Chlordane DDT (DDDDDE) Hexachlorobenzene
  (HCB) Alkyl-lead Mercury and mercury compounds
  Mirex Octachlorostyrene PCBs PCDD (Dioxins)
  and PCDF (Furans) Toxaphene

• Level II Substances
• Cadmium and cadmium compounds 1,4-dichlorobenzen
  e 3,3'-dichlorobenzidine Dinitropyrene Endrin
  Heptachlor
• Hexachlorobutadiene Hexachlorocyclohexane
  4,4'-methylenebis Pentachlorobenzene
  Pentachlorophenol Tetrachlorobenzene
• Tributyl tin
• PAHs

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• Great Lakes Binational Toxics Strategy
• Toxics Reduction Team
• Virtual Elimination Pilot Project
• Pollution Prevention Grant Assistance Program

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P2 Grant Assistance Program

• 1992 1995 GLNPO awarded over 1,600,000 in
  grants
• Funded general P2 technical assistance to
  supporting activities
• Built a network of environmental professionals

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LIST OF PROJECTS FUNDED BY THE GREAT LAKES
NATIONAL PROGRAM OFFICE IN 1997

• Council of Great Lakes IndustryMobilizing/Coordin
  ating Industry Support of the Virtual Elimination
  Strategy
• 70,000
• Great Lakes United                                
                Virtual Elimination Strategy
  Implementation Project
• 70,000
• Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
  Reducing Mercury Releases Through Pollution
  Prevention in Healthcare Facilities
• 82,800
• Indiana Department of AgricultureClean Sweeps
• 30,000
• Menominee Indian Tribe of WisconsinHousehold
  Hazardous Waste Cleansweep
• 12,000

• Michigan Department of AgricultureClean Sweeps
• 60,000
• Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
  Mercury Pollution Prevention Project
• 100,000
• National Wildlife Federation               
  Non-governmental Organization Involvement in
  Implementating Virtual Elimination
• 70,000
• Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
  Protection  A Partnership for Prevention
  (Mercury)
• 75,000
• Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
  Pollution Prevention Specialist
• 18,400

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• Restoration of degraded sites
• Prevention and control of pollution
• Conservation and protection of human and
  ecosystem health
• Great Lakes Cleanup Fund

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• Great Lakes Commission
• Online partnership
• State, provincial, federal and regional partner
  agencies and organizations

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Great Lakes Regional Pollution Prevention
Roundtable (GLRPPR)

• Started in 1990
• U.S. EPA Region 5 States
• Today over 160 organizations and 345
  individuals from the Great Lakes States and
  Ontario

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• Ban use of mixing zones
• 70,000 toxic pounds annually
• Prohibits new discharges
• 10 year phase out
• 300/600 major industrial and municipal facilities
  affected

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• Historical P2
• Focused on TSS and BOD loadings
• Implemented 2º treatment facilities
• Present P2
• Concerned with chlorinated organics
• Replaced elemental Cl with ClO2
• Future P2
• No discharge of effluent
• Introduce the closed-cycle mill

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Web Links

• Great Lakes Information Network
• www.great-lakes.net
• EPA Great Lakes National Program Office
• www.epa.gov/glnpo
• Environment Canada Great Lakes Information
  Management Resource
• www.on.ec.gc.ca/glimr