Great Lakes Executive Committee Meeting: June 2017
Great Lakes Executive Committee Meeting: June 2017
Below are materials documenting the GLEC meeting held on June 26-27, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois USA.
Below are materials documenting the GLEC meeting held on June 26-27, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois USA.

In accordance with the 2012 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, a draft 2017 Lakewide Action and Management Plan (LAMP) has been prepared for Lake Huron and the St. Marys River, and is currently available for review and comment.

The 2012 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement commits Canada and the United States, in cooperation and consultation with State and Provincial Governments, Tribal Governments, First Nations, Métis, Municipal Governments, watershed management agencies, other local public agencies, and the Public, to prepare and issue binational strategies to reduce the release and impact of chemi

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 (CMC). The draft strategies for Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) and Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) are now available for public review on binational.net.

The 2012 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement commits Canada and the United States, in cooperation and consultation with State and Provincial Governments, Tribal Governments, First Nations, Métis, Municipal Governments, watershed management agencies, other local public agencies, and the Public, to prepare and issue binational strategies to reduce the release and impact of chem

To combat the growing threat of toxic and nuisance algal development in Lake Erie, the United States and Canada committed, through the 2012 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, to establish binational phosphorus load reduction targets for Lake Erie by February, 2016, and to develop, by 2018, domestic action plans that will outline strategies for meeting the new targets. In 2016, Canada and the U.S. adopted phosphorus reduction targets for Lake Erie.