THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Great Lakes United petition the government of Ontario to reverse its decision not to designate this project and to formally designate this project under the Environmental  Assessment Act or to establish a commission under Public Inquiries Act to suspend approvals process and to report within 60 days.

FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED, that Great Lakes United work with the Friends of the Magpie River to ensure these environmental concerns are addressed and no increased diversion are permitted into the Great Lakes Basin.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED TEAT, Great Lakes United undertake a comprehensive collation of data and information on the proposed structural and land use options and review the risks of each so that we may better evaluate our future ections. Where there is a lack of information
we will seek to petition the appropriate agenciee to undertake further studies.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, Great Lakes United requests that the Governments of the United States and Canada send a reference to the International Joint Commission requesting them to monitor consumptive use of Great Lakes water and study possible control measures (along with
their impacts) for managing consumptive uses of Great Lakes water; and

THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, such a study include no commitment to future diversion of Great Lakes waters out of the area Lakes Basin.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that Great Lakes United opposes B.R. 1519 or any such legislation to fund the atudy of a Lake Erie-Ohio River Canal Project; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that it is inappropriate to fund studies on far-reaching projecta inconsistent with the Great Lakes Charter when other federal qualitative and quantitative research prograre for the Greet Lakes Basin are being crippled in the Halls of Congrees.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Great Lakes United re-affirms its opposition to any new diversions out of or into the Great Lakes Basin; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Great Lakes United calls on provincial and state governmenta to demonstrate a commitment to implementing the Great Lakes' Charter through

• funding and staff assignments
• data collection on levels, flows, and consumptive uses of Great Lakes water,
• incorporation of the Charter's principles into all provincial and state laws and government consideration of diversions into or out of the Great Lakes Basin, and
• adoption of any new state and provincial laws needed to implement the Charter; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Great Lakes United calls on its members to bring their elected public officials to account for any proposal they support which could increase chances for inter-basin diversion of Great Lakes waters, and requeat their public officials to define their commitment to implementing the Great Lakes Charter.

Therefore be

it resolved that the Province of Ontario keep its original promise to use this revenue, as they had originally stated they would, for enhancement of remediation and fish stocking.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT, the members of Great Lakes United are hereby advised to be prepared to communicate to Members of Congress, their concerns relative to winter navigation just prior to the vote; and to remind those Congressmen that signed the letter of opposition of their commitment; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, Great Lakes United wishes to extend its appreciation for the outstanding contributions of several public officials who have played key roles in organizing the opposition to this legislation, including Canadian Minister of the Environment Ckarlee Caccia, Canadian-U.S. Ambassador Allan Gotlieb, Michigan Governor James Blanchard, Michigan Congressmen David Bonior, Robert Davis, Dennis Hertel, Harold Sawyer, New York Congressmen Henry Nowak and David O.B. Martin, and Minnesota Congressman James Oberstar.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT, the Great Lakes United navigation task force should be broadened and continue its work for the purpose of:

(1) investigating the critical issues which have been advanced in the position paper and any others which may arise; and

(2) work along with Great Lakes United members in the development and refining of an action strategy for implementation of Great Lakes United resolutions on commercial navigation; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Great Lakes United Navigation's Task Force-promote the following recommendations:

The establishment of uniform and coordinated regulatory standards and rules governing commercial navigation on the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River System which takes the unique environmental, 'social, climatic, economic conditions of the Basin into account. Elements to be coneidered in these uniform regulatory initiatives are:

1. limitation of hazardous goods transported on the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River System to ice free and good weather conditions;

2. and in some instances, completely banning the transportation of some kinds of hazardous material, such as radiotoxic material;

3. the enactment of provisions which would impart absolute liability for carriers and shippers of hazardous materials;

4 . the application of stringent safety requirements (which would equal thoee most stringent standards now existing in the basin);

5. the mandatory development of proven containment and clean-up provisions and mechanisms

6. the creation of coordinated mechanisms to ensure the proper monitoring and enforcement of the uniform regulations between Canada and the U.S

7. further research ott the ecological and human health effects of various substances and materials and the working toward a more specific and uniform definition of "hazardous" and "dangerous" material.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Great Lakes United urges the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board and the members of the Wisconsin legislature to remedy the deficiencies described above by amending the draft regulations proposed by the WDNR to include the improvements recommended by Great Lakes United and the other groups participating in the Wisconsin Campaign for Clean Water and then to adopt them in final form; AND

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a copy of this resolution be sent to the Governor of Wisconsin, the Secretary of the WDNR, members of the appropriate committees of the Wisconsin legislature, and all seven members of the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that Great Lakes United petition Congress to Increase the funding for federal Great Lakes research programs because of their losses due to Inflation since 1980; these programs Include, but are not limited to:

1. NOAA's Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, Michigan;
2. EPA's Research Stations at Grosse lle, Michigan and Duluth, Minnesota;
3. Great Lakes research programs funded through the United States Commerce Department's Sea Grant Program at universities in the Great Lakes Region;
4. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Fisheries Center - Great Lakes, Arbor, Michigan;
5. NOAA's Great Lakes Research Coordinating Office as specified in the 1987 Clean Water Act; AND

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Great Lakes United support the full annual eleven million dollars funding level authorized in Congress to implement the Great Lakes Amendment to the Clean Water Act.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that Great Lakes United opposes the abolishment of the citizen boards and commission.