There will be a planned outage of this website beginning 8:00 am CST on Monday, March 3 and lasting through Wednesday, March 5 as we migrate our network to EPA’s National Computer Center. During the move, this website will be unavailable. Please check the site on Thursday March 6, 2025 after 8 am CST as we hope to have all services restored by then. Il y aura une interruption programmée de ce site web à partir de 8h00 CST le lundi 3 mars et jusqu'au mercredi 5 mars, car nous transférons notre réseau vers le Centre National de l'Informatique de l'EPA. Pendant cette période, le site web sera indisponible. Veuillez vérifier le site le jeudi 6 mars 2025 après 8h00 CST, car nous espérons avoir rétabli tous les services d'ici là.

Great Lakes Public Forum 2022

Registration for the 2022 Great Lakes Public Forum is closed. The Forum took place at the Crowne Plaza Fallsview Hotel in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada on September 27-29, 2022. The next Great Lakes Public Forum will take place in 2025 in the United States. Overview The United States and Canada invite members of the public, […]

Posted: May 26, 2022

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Have questions about Binational Great Lakes Activities? Please contact us! Email Us

Posted: March 18, 2022

Great Lakes Binational Strategy for Short-Chain Chlorinated Paraffins (SCCPs) Risk Management

The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (GLWQA) commits Canada and the United States to prepare binational strategies for Chemicals of Mutual Concern (CMCs), which may include research, monitoring, surveillance, and pollution prevention and control provisions. The Great Lakes Binational Strategy for Short-Chain Chlorinated Paraffins (SCCPs) Risk Management is comprised of 10 management options to address […]

Posted: December 1, 2021

Great Lakes Binational Strategy for Mercury Risk Management

The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (GLWQA) commits Canada and the United States to prepare binational strategies for Chemicals of Mutual Concern (CMCs), which may include research, monitoring, surveillance, and pollution prevention and control provisions. The Great Lakes Binational Strategy for Mercury Risk Management includes a compilation of management options, some of which are being […]

Posted: June 28, 2021

Binational Screening Criteria for Nominated Chemicals of Mutual Concern

The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (GLWQA) commits Canada and the United States to prepare and issue Binational Strategies to reduce the release and impact of Chemicals of Mutual Concern (CMCs). The Binational Screening Criteria for nominated CMCs are now available. These screening criteria were developed to provide a consistent framework for reviewing nominated CMCs […]

Posted: March 3, 2021

Great Lakes Binational Strategy for Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers

The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement commits Canada and the United States to prepare and issue Binational Strategies to reduce the release and impact of Chemicals of Mutual Concern. The Great Lakes Binational Strategy for Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) Risk Management will be used as guidance by the Governments of Canada and the United States […]

Posted: May 22, 2019

Chemicals of Mutual Concern Binational Strategy for Polychlorinated Biphenyls

The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement commits Canada and the United States to prepare and issue Binational Strategies to reduce the release and impact of Chemicals of Mutual Concern. The Binational Strategy for Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) Risk Management will be used by the Governments of Canada and the United States with their partners to identify, […]

Posted: March 29, 2018