[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 5, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30187-30188]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-14081]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6991-4]


Draft Great Lakes Strategy of the Great Lakes Water Quality 
Agreement

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Notice of availability, public meetings and the opportunity to 
comment.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement of 1972, 
as amended in 1987, federal, state and tribal partners have drafted a 
new Great Lakes Strategy (The Strategy). The Strategy is a concise, 
high-level statement of basin wide priorities and activities, 
reflecting the current state of the Great Lakes basin ecosystem and key 
environmental goals for the future, so that a unified approach to 
implementation can be carried out by a diverse set of federal, state, 
and tribal agencies.
    The Strategy presents Great Lakes basin issues under four broad 
categories: (1) Chemical Integrity: Reducing and Eliminating the Threat 
of Toxic Pollution and Excess Nutrients, (2) Physical Integrity: 
Improving Land Use, Water Quantity Management, and Habitat Protection, 
(3) Biological Integrity: Protecting Human Health and the Ecosystem's 
Species, and (4) Working Together: Effectively Coordinating Programs 
and Resources to Ensure The Great Lakes are Protected and Restored.

DATES: A draft of the Strategy will be made available to the public by 
June 1, 2001.
    Comment Period: Comments on the Strategy must be submitted no later 
than July 31, 2001.
    Public Meetings: Public Meetings on the Strategy will be held on 
the dates and at the locations listed below:

Monday, June 25, 2001

Location: Duluth, MN, MPCA Duluth Office, 525 Lake Avenue South, Suite 
400, Duluth, MN 55802
Time: 3 p.m.-8 p.m.

Wednesday, June 27, 2001

Location: Detroit, MI,
    Southeast Michigan Council of Governments, 535 Griswold Street, 
Suite 300, Detroit, MI 48226
Time: 3 p.m.-8 p.m.

Thursday, June 28, 2001 Niagara University, Niagara Falls, NY 14109, 
Dunleavy Hall, Rm 127.

Time: 3 p.m.-8 p.m.

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Monday, July 2, 2001

Location: Chicago, IL, USEPA, Region 5, 77 W. Jackson Blvd (Lake 
Michigan Conference Room), Chicago, IL 60604
Time: 12 p.m.-5.p.m.

ADDRESSES: The Strategy can be found on the internet at the following 
address: http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/. Commenters may transmit their 
comments electronically by following the directions provided on the web 
site, or may send written comments to Ted Smith at the following 
address: U.S. EPA, Great Lakes National Program Office, 77 W. Jackson 
Boulevard, G-17J, Chicago, Illinois, 60604. Comments may also be sent 
to Mr. Smith via facsimile at (312) 353-2018, or by e-mail 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c0b3ada9b4a8eea5a4b7a9ae80a5b0a1eea7afb6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a3d0cecad7cb8dc6c7d4cacde3c6d3c28dc4ccd5">[email protected]</span></a>.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ted Smith, EPA-GLNPO, G-17J, 77 W. 
Jackson Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604 (<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#83b0b2b1aeb0b6b0aeb5b6b4b2acbfe2a3ebf1e6e5be" mailto:smith.edwin@epa.gov"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bdced0d4c9d593d8d9cad4d3fdd8cddc93dad2cb">[email protected]</span></a>">312-353-6571/<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9deef0f4e9f5b3f8f9eaf4f3ddf8edfcb3faf2eb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c9baa4a0bda1e7acadbea0a789acb9a8e7aea6bf">[email protected]</span></a></a>)

    Dated: May 23, 2001.
Gary Gulezian,
Great Lakes National Program Director.
[FR Doc. 01-14081 Filed 6-04-01; 8:45 am]
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