NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that Great Lakes United reaffirms its opposition to any out-of-basin diversion, AND

THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Great Lakes United specifically oppcses the Lowell, IN diversion.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that Great Lakes United supports the concept of the states establishing a fund to provide additional, stable, long term financing of Great Lakes research, monitoring and clean-up activities; AND

FURTHER, BE IT RESOLVED, that Great Lakes United urges the Great Lakes Governors and a steering committee of the Great Lakes Protection Fund to provide for environmental group and public representation on the steering committee, the Board of Trustees and on all other entities created to oversee or administer the Fund; AND

FURTHER, BE IT RESOLVED, that this endowment fund not be invested in corporations or municipalities or bond issues of those entities who have a record of violations of environmental laws; AND

FURTHER, BE IT RESOLVED, that contributions to the Fund and disbursements from it should supplement and not replace direct state or federal funding of Great Lakes research, monitoring, or clean-up activites, and that such fudning be consistent with the "polluter pays" principle as adopted by Canada and the Unisted States as members of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development; AND

FURTHER, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Great Lakes Governors should agree to perform and make public an annual audit of each state's spending on Great Lakes research, monitoring, and clean-up activities, including the expenditure of federal grant funds, so as to demonstrate that contributions to or from the Fund are not replacing direct state or federal funding of Great Lakes research, monitoring, or clean-up activities; AND

FURTHER, BE IT RESOLVED, that the governing body of the Fund with the advice of policymakers throughout the basin should establish clear priorities as to the types of projects eligible for funding and that, within those priority categories, funding decisions should be made exclusively on their scientific merit; AND

FURTHER, BE IT RESOLVED, that Great Lakes United supports the participation of Ontario and Quebec in the Fund or the establishment of a companion fund in Ontario and Quebec; AND

FURTHER, BE IT RESOLVED, that all research, literature review leading to that research, and monitoring data be made readily available to the public.

THBREPORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Great Lakee United supports promulgation and implementation of the Greet Lakee Toxic Substances Control Agreement;

BE IT FURTHBR RESOLVED, that U.S. and Canadian citizen involvement in the implementation and review of the Great Lakes Toxic Substance Control Agreement is essential to the control of toxic pollutants entering the Great Lakes System;

BB IT FURTHBR RESOLVED, that U.S. and Canadian citizen involvement is the design of any Basin-wide agreement including, at a minimum, consultation and responce as provided for in the agreement, is essential to the control of toxic pollutants; and

FINALLY, BE IT RESOLVED, that the success of the Great Lakes Toxic Substance Control Agreement in controlling the entry of toxic pollutants into the Great Lakes system is dependent upon continuing public involvement.

BE IT RESOLVED THAT, at the October 14, 1989 International Joint Commission Binational meeting during their deliberations regarding the Lake Level Reference, Great Lakes United request to make a presentation at that session and that the organization and member organizations be involved in other possible avenues of participation;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that through that participation, Great Lakes United advocate an ecosystem approach to lake level management issues and emphasize its historic resolutions on lake levels, specifically policies opposing any new or increased diversions out of or into the Great Lakes Basin, and GLU I987 Policy Resolution made in Niagara Falls, Ontario recognizing natural lake level fluctuations and ecologically sound approaches to their impacts.

THEREFORE. BE IT RESOLVED, that GREAT LAKES UNITED place a high and immediate priority on obtaining new funding to support the work of the Labor/Enviranment Task Force, with the objective of supporting paid staff time and providing other necessary resources; AND

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that GREAT LAKES UNITED will introduce and promote the principle of worker compensation and economic protection as well as other options in all its pollution
prevention policies and initiatives; AND

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the GREAT LAKES UNITED'S Taskforce on Labour and the Environment will take responsibi1ity for reviewing and evaluating current worker protection and compensation programs as they exist in the Great Lakes Basin with the future task of providing further policy recommendations to the Board as required.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT, where the current effluent level of a discharge is below the permitted level for a particular parameter, any permit reissued shall require the current discharge level to be the new permitted level; AND

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, the wildlife criteria shall be designed to protect the most ecologically sensitive species; AND

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, the human health criteria shall be designed to protect high risk populations, including heavy consumers of fish and sensitive groups such as newborns and the elderly; AND

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, as part of the implementation procedures, any permit which regulates discharges of bioaccumulative, persistent compounds shall include a sunset provision to phase out the use of the compound; therefore achieving zero discharge; AND

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, any new or reissued permit must include a pollution prevention plan developed by the discharger and approved by the permitting agency; AND

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, all aquatic, wildlife and human criteria shall be expanded to include protection from reproductive, neurological, and other non-cancer effects.

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, that Great Lakes United formally endorses the recommendations in Unfulfilled Promises; AND

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Great Lakes United member organizations develop an implementation strategy for the findin s of Unfulfilled Promises, and promote adequate public participation in review o f the Agreement; AND

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that GLU focus priority attention on the virtual elimination of persistent toxic substances and zero discharge. The Water Quality Task Force, in cooperation with member groups and staff, shall develop a definition of zero discharge, suggest alternatives for persistent toxic substances and develop an action plan to advocate the changes. GLU also advocates the inclusion in any amended GLWQA of a commitment by the two countries to develop timetables to achieve virtual elimination of persistent toxic substances in the Great Lakes; AND

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Great Lakes United supports the implementation of zero discharge goals through state and provincial legislative/regulatory initiatives such as the proposed Safe Drinking ater Act in New Yor state; AND

FINALLY BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that these state/provincial initiatives have estabfished timetables for implementation.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Great Lakes United, at its 1994 meeting in Buffalo, New York, reaffirms its support for a strong Great Lakes Water Quality Initiative, as expressed in comments of September 13, 1993, to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; AND

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Great Lakes United believes that the GLI must be adopted and implemented on a consisknt basis throughout the eight Great Lakes States as binding regualation, not voluntary guidance, and the final rules should be made stronger than the draft proposal, not weaker; AND

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Great Lakes United calls upon New York Governor Mario Cuomo and his fellow Governors of the Great Lakes States to maintain support for a strong GLI, and to allow U.S. EPA to complete its work finalizing the GLI without political interference; AND

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Great Lakes United opposes any legislative amendment to weaken the GLI.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the member organizations of Great Lakes United charge the Board of Directors to continue to designate a week to be called "Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Week" (GLW) for the purpose of educating citizens about the basin's hietory, ecology, and resource management issues; and to focus attention upon the Great Lakes ecoeyetem; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that since GLW encompasses all the educational goals of Great Lakes United, it should become a plenary seesion agenda item at the Great Lakes United Annual Meeting for ae long as Great Lakes United continues to proclaim Great Lakes Week; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that sember organizations of Great Lakes United take a coordinating role in organizing events for euch a week in their respective communities; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that each Great Lakes United region designate a repreeentative to coordinate activities within their own region; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that in order for a region to designate a GLW representative, Great Lakes regions of Great Lakes United need to meet to deeignate a representative; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Great Lakes Week Task Force of Great Lakes United designate individuals to obtain proclamations of each a week by Governors, Premiers, the President, the Prime Ministers and legislative bodies throughout the Great Lakes Basin; and

Et Cetera

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Great Lakes United, at its 1994 annual meeting in Buffalo, New York, petition Congress to restore full funding provided by the Non-Indigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to ensure the completion of current research programs designed to develop strategies to understand, deal with, and perhaps reduce the econornidecological impacts of the zebra mussel, AND

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Great Lakes United call upon all its member organizations to write their Congresspersons and members of the Senate and House Appropriations Committees urging them to support the restoration of full funding for zebra,mussel research in the Great Lakes.