Therefore, Be It Resolved, that Great Lakes United, a basin wide organization concerned with the health of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence ecosystem and its inhabitants opposes the construction of this plant.

Therefore be it resolved that Great Lakes United recommend that:
The Great Lakes Fishery Commission requests the regulators of Great Lakes states on the 316b fish kill permits to adopt short and long terms and conditions to 3316b intake permits.

The Great Lakes Fishery Commission requests that there also be a permit term and condition that would require payment to the Great Lakes Fishery Trust based on the quantity and type of fish kills to aide in research and programs that support and sustain fish in the Great Lakes.

Great Lakes states, provinces, tribes and First Nations adopt short and long terms and conditions to hydroelectric intake permits.

Therefore be it resolved that Great Lakes United strongly advises respective governments and jurisdictions to closely scrutinize the process and declaration of a decommissioned nuclear power reactor as "greenfield" or "brownfield". That a thorough, independent investigation to determine site characterization; liabilities; declarations of legacy contaminations; binding agreements; jurisdictional authority all be conducted prior to declaration of site status and prior to any transfer or lease of said properties. If after this scrutinization
remediation is indicated, then it is advised that remediation occur at the expense of current owner of said properties with a specific time table.

Therefore be it resolved that Great Lakes United urge each jurisdiction in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin to pursue a goal of No New Water by living within their existing water quantities and sources, including accommodating any community growth within existing water supplies.

Therefore be it further resolved that Great Lakes United push for the goal of no new water in the conservation plans in development as per the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence River Basin Sustainable Water Resources Agreement.

Therefore be it further resolved that Great Lakes United urge each Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River jurisdiction to direct funds towards the conservation and reuse of water in lieu of expansion of existing water sources and development of new water sources.

Therefore be it resolved that Great Lakes United supports a precautionary moratorium on all new or expanding Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) that produce untreated animal waste; and, Therefore be it further resolved that Great Lakes United supports: The improvement and similar wastewater transportation, delivery, and treatment systems on each CAFO site within the Great Lakes watershed, at least as stringent as the U.S. federal or Canadian provincial water quality mandates and standards required of municipalities producing the same volume of human waste; and that these improvements should apply to all medium and large livestock operations; and, that safe nutrient management practices and disposal of sludge should be included in the requirements in order to maintain adequate water quality standards in ground and surface waters.

Therefore, be it resolved that Great Lakes United urges the DOE and NYSERDA to immediately select the Site-wide Waste Removal cleanup approach at West Valley in order to effectively protect public health and the Great Lakes region from the West Valley’s hazardous radioactivity; and,
Therefore be it further resolved that Great Lakes United opposes radioactive waste reprocessing due to its inevitable risks of nuclear weapons proliferation and environmental devastation, as well as astronomical cost to taxpayers; and, Therefore be it further resolved to deliver a copy of this resolution to the appropriate DOE and NYSERDA officials by their June 8, 2009 deadline for public comments on the West Valley Draft Environmental Impact Statement and decommissioning plan, as well as to other government agencies and public officials.

THEREFOR BE IT RESOLVED THAT Great Lakes United supports the reauthorization of the National Sea Grant College Program and funding at a level of $55 million, and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT Great Lakes United urges members of Congress from the Great Lakes and other coastal regions to co-sponsor HR 1175 and support full funding for the
program, and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THE Great Lakes United urges its member organizatons to communicate immediately with their representatives and senators to encourage their support for this important legislation.

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:
1) That Great Lakes United endorses the recommendations, condusions and substance of the IJC's "Seventh Biennial Report on Great Lakes Water Quality,"
2) That Great Lakes United endorses the proposal to create a multi-organization, Great Lakes Basin campaign to sunset chlorine~ontainingin dustrial feedstocks; that it seeks active and equal participation in this effort from both professional environmental groups and grassroots, community-based groups; and that it will endeavor to provide as much leadership and coordination to this effort as is appropriate and acceptable to other participants in the campaign.
3) That the policy framework that will govern Great Lakes United's participation in a multi-organization campaign to sunset chlorinecontaining industrial feedstocks includes the recommendations, conclusions and substance of: the IJC's fifth, Sixth and Seventh Biennial Reports; the "Chlorine Case Study" submitted to the IJC Virtual Elimination Task Force; and the Citizens' Presentation to the IJC Seventh Biennial Meeting.

BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that all GLUE fundraising purchases/items (teeshirts, calendars, stationery etc.) shall be ecologically fiiendly products (i.e. unbleached teeshirts and chlorine free, recycled paper products).

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, whenever possible, all items shall be union-made.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Great Lakes United supports the goals of the Green Vehicle Challenge, a campaign which challenges vehicle manufacturers to produce vehicles in the near-term that meet a strong green standard, meeting the following criteria:

• Fuel Efficiency, 1.5 time s the fleet average for that vehicle's class
• Tailpipe Emissions, meeting California's ULEV standard's or better
• Clean Manufacturing, that includes best-in-class paintinglcoating, elimination of
• substances of concern and design for recyclability/recycled content

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that GLU supports a pledge campaign to collect commitments from vehicle consumers and fleet purchasers to purchase green vehicles if made available;

AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that GLU support policy initiatives, such as financial incentives and extended product responsibility, to promote the goals of the campaign;

AND BE IT FlNALLY RESOLVED that GLU supports the development of transition strategy to maintain and create jobs in the Great Lakes region while moving to greener vehicles.

Therefore be it resolved that Great Lakes United:

• Endorses the recommendations of the International Joint Commission's Sixth Biennial Report pertaining to toxic substances
• Urges the Virtual Elimination Task Force of the International Joint Commission to adopt the background report by T. Muir et al. titled: "Case Study: Application of a Virtual Elimination Strategy to an Industrial Feedstock Chemical-Chlorine" (hereinafter referred to as the "chlorine case study")
• Urges the inclusion of the chlorine case study as part of the main report of the Virtual Elimination Task Force
• Recommends that the governments work to apply and implement the methodology, findings, and recommendations in the chlorine case study, and
• Circulates copies of this resolution and the chlorine case study to the members of the Great Lakes United and urges them to endorse the case study