INTERNATIONAL JOINT COMMISSION
GREAT LAKES WATER QUALITY AGREEMENT
PUBLIC FORUM

Niagara Falls, Ontario
November 1-2, 1997

[We apologize for any spelling errors in this verbatim transcript.]


     
OPENING WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS,
  Saturday, November 1, 1997
  Chair Baldini
 
REPORT FROM THE GREAT LAKES ROUNDTABLE OCTOBER 31, 1997
  Commissioner Pierre Béland
  Commissioner Frank Murphy
 
GOVERNMENTS' PRESENTATIONS
  John Mills, Environment Canada
  Bob Perciasepe, U.S. EPA
  John Mills, Environment Canada
  David Ullrich, U.S. EPA
  Bob Perciasepe, U.S. EPA
  Jeanne Fox, U.S. EPA, Region II
  Jim Ransom, Haudensosaunee Environmental Task Force
  John Mills, Environment Canada
  Ivy Wile, Ministry of Environment and Energy
  John Mills, Environment Canada
  Ivy Wile, Ministry of Environment and Energy
  John Mills, Environment Canada
  Ivy Wile, Ministry of Environment and Energy
  John Mills, Environment Canada
  Questions from audience
 
PUBLIC MEETING - PART 1
  Chairman Baldini
ENVIRONMENTAL NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION PRESENTATIONS
  John Jackson, Great Lakes United
  Dianne Heminway, Great Lakes United
  Julian Holenstein, Great Lakes United
  Elaine Marsh, Great Lakes United
  John Jackson, Great Lakes United
  Lee Botts
  Paul Muldoon, Canadian Environmental Law Association
 
ERIE STUDENT SUMMIT PRESENTATIONS
  Jeff Newcamp, Student Delegation, Erie Pennsylvania
  Andy Banducci, Representative #2
  Katie Bloeser, Representative #3
  Mai Phan, Representative #4
  Dan Connolly, Representative #5
  Erin Ferguson, Representative #6
  Andy Banducci
  Jeff Newcamp
  Katie Bloeser
 
1997 GREAT LAKES STUDENTS SUMMIT PRESENTATION
  Tina Preston, 1997 Great Lakes Students Summit, Buffalo, NY
 
PUBLIC MEETING - PART 2
  John Vena, University of Buffalo
  Ann Mahan
  John Mahan
  Tanya Cabala, Lake Michigan Federation
  Edith Chase
  Wayne Schmidt, National Wildlife Federation, Director, Ann Arbor
  Jack Weinberg, Greenpeace
  Kathleen Evans, Muskegon Conservation District
  Connie Bimber
  Russel Bimber
  Bill Borden, Lake Michigan Federation
  Laura Mowat and Candace Sharpe
  Tom Baldini, U.S. CoChair, IJC
 
GREAT LAKES ADVISORY BOARD PRESENTATIONS
Sunday, November 2, 1997
L.H. Legault, Chairman, Canadian Section, IJC
  GREAT LAKES WATER QUALITY BOARD
   
  • Vic Shantora, Canadian CoChair, Water Quality Board and Director General, Toxic Pollutant Prevention Directorate, Environment Canada
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  • Kelly Burch, member, WQB and Chief, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
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  • Tracy Mehan III, member, WQB and Director, Office of the Great Lakes, Michigan Dept. of Environmental Quality
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  • David Ullrich, U.S. CoChair, Water Quality Board
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  • Questions and Answers
  •   COUNCIL OF GREAT LAKES RESEARCH MANAGERS
       
  • Harvey Shear, Canadian CoChair, CGLRM
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  • Jeffrey Reutter, U.S. CoChair, CGLRM
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  • Questions and Responses
  •   INTERNATIONAL AIR QUALITY ADVISORY BOARD
       
  • Donald McKay, Canadian CoChair, IAQAB, and Atmospheric Environment Service of Environment Canada
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  • Questions
  •   GREAT LAKES SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD
       
  • Tony Wagner, Canadian Cochair, Science Advisory Board
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  • Theo Colborn, member, Workgroup on Ecosystem Health and World Wildlife Fund, Washington, DC
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  • Michel Fournier, Cochair, Workgroup on Ecosystem Health, and National Institute for Scientific Research, Montreal
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  • Questions
  • Alice Chamberlin,U.S. Commissioner, IJC
     
    FIRST NATIONS/NATIVE AMERICANS PRESENTATIONS
      Rick Peters, EAGLE Project, Assembly of First Nations
      Pam Sky, member, Six Nations Confederacy, Cayuga Nation
      Jackie Warledo, Great Lakes Region Indigenous Environmental Network
      Maxine Cole, First Nations
      Tom Goto, Naional Coordinator, Indigenous Environmental Network
      Eric Johnson, Assembly of First Nations
      Walt Bresette, Lake Superior Chippewa
     
    HIGHLIGHTS OF IJC RECOMMENDATIONS TO GOVERNMENTS
      L.H. Legault, Chairman, Canadian Section
      Alice Chamberlin, U.S. Commissioner, IJC
      Susan Bayh, U.S. Commissioner, IJC
     
    PUBLIC MEETING - PART 3
      Jim Chandler, U.S. Secretary, IJC
      Dan Emerton, United Autoworkers
      Ken Bondy, Canadian Autoworkers, Windsor
      Ziggy Kleinau, citizen and member of Great Lakes United
      Susanne Schulte, student
      Nicole Marsh, student
      Judy Pratt-Shelley, Tribal member and representative of Lake Superior Ojibway
      Elaine Marsh, citizen, Ohio
      Martin Visnosky, citizen, Erie, Pennsylvania
      Pat Lupo, Benedictine Sisters, Erie, Pennsylvania
      Susan Bayh, U.S. Commissioner, IJC
     
    LABOUR PRESENTATIONS
      Jim Mahon, Environmental Chairperson, Local 1520, CAW Union
      Ken Glassco, Communication, Energy and Paper Workers of Canada
      Jane Perkins, AFL-CIO
     
    SUNY AT BUFFALO STUDENT PRESENTATIONS
      Barry Boyer, SUNY, Buffalo
      Amy Kendall-Scoins, student, SUNY, Buffalo
      Kevin Reedy, student, SUNY, Buffalo
     
    LAKE ONTARIO RAPs PRESENTATION
      Elain Kennedy, Lake Ontario Remedial Action Plan
     
    LOCAL GOVERNMENT PRESENTATIONS
      Barbara Cavenaugh, Council member, Buffalo, New York
      Ken Schmidt, General Manager, Essex Regional Conservation Authority
     
    NIAGARA RIVER RESTORATION COUNCIL PRESENTATION
      Jim Greer, Chair, Niagara River Restoration Council
      Bonnie Soley, Cochair, Niagara River Advisory Committee (U.S.)
     
    PUBLIC MEETING - PART 4
      Daniel Green, Montreal, Quebec
      Bob Olsgard, Lake Superior Alliance
      Raymond Vaughan, Coalition on West Valley Nuclear Waste
      Jim Cowden, Member, Cuyahoga River RAP, Chairman, Health Committee, Rep., Lake Erie LaMP
      James Pitts, representative, Common Council, City of Buffalo
      Terry Yonker, Executive Director, Lake Erie Alliance
      Carol Mongerson, Rep., Coalition on West Valley Nuclear Waste
      Laura Rose Day, NWF, GLNRC and citizen member, Lake Superior Binational Forum
      James Rauch, West Valley Coalition
      Christina Bates, Akron, Ohio
      Jerry Bates
      Kathryn Savoie, Arab Community Center for Economic & Social Services, Dearborn, Michigan
      Doug Anderson, Haudenusaunee Scaruda Tuscarora Nation
      Karey Shinn, Chair, Safe Sewage Committee
      Jim Jontz, Citizens Trade Campaign, and Western Ancient Forest Campaign (U.S.)
      James Rauch, West Valley Coalition
     
    CLOSING COMMENTS
      L.H. Legault, Chairman, Canadian Section, IJC