11th Biennial Report on Great Lakes Water Quality


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Further Matters of Importance

Introduction

Section 1: Annex 1 (Specific Objectives)

Section 2: Annex 2 (Areas of Concern)

Section 3: Annex 3 (Phosphorus)

Section 4: Annex 7 (Dredging)

Section 5: Annex 8 (Discharge from Onshore and Offshore Facilities)

Section 6: Annex 10 (Hazardous Polluting Substances)

Section 7: Annex 12 (Persistent Toxic Substances)

Section 8: Annex 15 (Airborne Toxic Substances)

Section 9: Annex 16 (Groundwater)

Section 10: Annex 17 (Research)

Section 11: Lake Superior Binational Program

Section 12: Nuclear Issues

Section 13: Unmonitored Chemicals

Section 14: Water Use in the Great Lakes Basin and Annex 2001

 

Notes

Notes for Section 2

  1. Beacons of Light, IJC, 1998

Notes for Section 3

  1. SOLEC, 2001, p 38-39
  2. GLSAB, Priorities 1997-99, p 33
  3. Baker et al., 1998
  4. GLSAB, Priorities 1999-2001, p 59

Note for Section 8

  1. The Critical 11: Dieldrin, benzo(a)pyrene, DDT and metabolites, hexachlorobenzene, alkylated lead, mercury and compounds, mirex, PCBs, dioxin (2,3,7,8), furan, and toxaphene. Chlordane, cadmium, arsenic, and octachlorostyrene were subsequent additions to the Critical 11.

Notes for Section 9

  1. IJC, 2000
  2. Grannemann and Weaver, 1999; Grannemann et al., 2000; CGLRM, 2001
  3. IJC, 1993
  4. GAO, 2001
  5. GLSAB, 2000; Becker, 2001
  6. Piggott, 2001
  7. Hall, 2001
  8. OMNR, 2001; Sharpe, 2001
  9. U.S. EPA/NYSDEC, 2000

Notes for Section 11

  1. A binational partnership of 24 stakeholders who advise the governments of the U.S., Canada, and Great Lakes states and province of the basin. Members are a cross section including business, environment, industry and academia.
  2. U.S. EPA and Environment Canada, 1999
  3. IJC, 2000
  4. U.S. EPA and Environment Canada, 2000

Notes for Section 12

  1. IJC, 1997
  2. www.nrc.gov. See section on operating reactor licensing and renewal
  3. Code of Federal Regulations
  4. Nuclear Energy Institute, 2002

Notes for Section 13

  1. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, 2001
  2. Environment Canada, 2002
  3. www.usgs.gov
  4. Heberer, T. et al., 2001; Skakkebaek, N.E., 2001; Stephany, R.W., 2001
  5. Science News, 2000, 2001, 2002; Skakkebaek, N.W., 2001; Stephany, R.W., 2001
  6. Zhou, T. et al., 2001
  7. TK from IJC
  8. Heberer, T. et al., 2001
  9. Manchester-Neesvig, J.B. et al., 2001

Note for Section 14

  1. IJC, 2000