THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that Great Lakes United urges the United States Congress to expand the current right to know reporting requirements to include more facilities and more chemicals, to close the recycling loophole, to require reporting on the use and production of toxic chemicals, to expand reporting on hazardous waste, and to require companies to develop toxic use reduction plans, by passing H.R. 2880 and equivalent Senate legislation; AND

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Great Lakes United urges the Canadian Federal Government to develop a strong, comprehensive right to know program that will require reporting on the use, production, and release of toxic chemicals, as well as information on the storage and handling of toxic chemicals that can be used to asslst in emergency preparedness and accident prevention programmes.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that in such areas dredging activities be regulated as point sources of contamination, with permits required to ensure that environmental safeguards are in place and that best available dredging technology is used; AND

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that, where the dredgin activities of one nation may adversely affect the ecosystem of another, or where d redging activities are carried out in international waters, a binational committee, including citizens as well as government representatives, be appointed by the two federal governments; AND

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that, until such standards are developed, state of the art technologies minimizing environmental impacts for dredging equipment should be used on a site-specific basis; AND

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that new federal appropriations be sought to develop new advanced dredging technologies; AND

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that until comprehensive environmental impact and assessment processes are in place for contaminated sediments, a moratorium on open-water dumping should be instituted.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that regulations with uniform numerical criteria common to both federal jurisdictions be established to determine the extent of contamination in sediment and therefore the options for disposal and treatment of that sediment; AND

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that such criteria not only measure concentrations of contaminants in sediment, but that they also take into account the cumulative effects of multiple contaminant(s), the organic content and sediment size distribution, the movement (partitioning) of contaminants between sediment and water column, and chronic as well as acute effects on biota (bioaccummulation); AND

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that citizens be included in the decision-making process for developing said criteria as well as in reviewing all drafts of regulations including the final criteria.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that there be an immediate ban on the construction of all and any new in water diked disposal facilities in the Great Lakes; AND

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that all existing confined disposal facilities undergo a detailed review and evaluation to determine the current integrity of their barriers, such review to be carried out by appropriate government agencies in each country; AND

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a protocol for ongoing monitoring for leaking, discharges, and progress impacts on the surrounding ecosystem be established by December, 1988 for all currently existing confined disposal facilities and that monitoring be implemented at all sites immediately, even as the protocals are being established; AND

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that an action plan for the removal and/or closure and remediation of all confined disposal facilities be developed and that remediation of confined disposal facilities in Areas of Concern be incorporated into the Remedial Action Plan for those Areas, and that this be done with the objective of determining ecosystem-positive methods of final treatment of the contiaminated sediments involved; AND

Et Cetera.

THEREFORE Great Lakes United urges that the US Environmental Protection Agency and Environment Canada reconfirm their commitment to clean up the AOCs, and that the US EPA and Environment Canada commit the necessary federal dollars to complete and implement the RAPs;

That the federal governments recognize that the same economic and corporate forces that led to degradation of water quality in the AOCs and also caused significant damage to the surrounding communities so that the US EPA and Environment Canada target substantial resources for clean up and sustainable redevelopment of surrounding communities, including assessment of health impacts and support health services;

That to request their commitment to full public participation in all aspects of the RAPs, the U.S. EPA and Environment Canada should provide funding for paid independent facilitators and community organizers, as well as resources tb facilitate public participation, such as travel funding and childcare;

That the U.S. EPA and Environment Canada provide funding tor the independent technical advisors and consultants to be selected to be selected by the public advisory committees;

That the U.S. EPA and Environment Canada enter negotiations with Great Lakes United and other environmental public interest groups to develop a basin-wide strategy to complrte and fully implement the Remedial Action Plans.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by Great Lakes United that it urges the Wisconsin legislature to disapprove the new wasteload allocation regulations, and that it urges the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to disapprove the proposed modifications for the pulp and paper mills discharging into Cluster II of the Fox River absent further study of the mill's ability to continue complying with the existing permit limitations and the potential for increased discharges of toxic pollutants into the Great Lakes watershed; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, thet Great Lakes United urges Wisconsin, Michigan and all the Great Lakes jurisdictions to adopt a stringent "anti-backsliding" policy which prohibits the relaxation of discharge permit effluent limitations except in exceptional circumstances; and

BE IT FURTHER BESOLVED,that areat Lakes United supports the amendment of the Clean Water Act by the U.S. Congrese to include a stringent "anti-backeliding" policy which prohibits the relaxation of discharge permit effluent limitations except in exceptional circumstances; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Great Lakes United urges its member organizations to express their concern over such backsliding from permit effluent limitatione to the area Lakes jurisdictions and to the U . S . Congress.

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 THAT Great Lakes United encourages the development of educational programs concerned with environmental issues. The organization urges its members to work on programs in their own localities, particularly for Great Lakes Week. Great Lakes United further recommends that the programs for Great Lakes Week be geared to attract a wider audience by including topics relating to environment (historical, recreational, etc,).

Therefore, be it resolved that Great Lakes United promote the goals of Health Care Without Harm and the Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that Great Lakes United requests the:

United States House of Representative Committee on Energy and Commerce; and
the United states Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works; and
the Canadian Special Committee on Acid Rain; and
the Ontario Legislative Committee on Environment,
to hold (oversight) hearings throughout the Great Lakes Basin on the issue of toxic airborne deposition.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT Great Lakes United supports the establishment of the Two-Hearted River National Park if control of hunting, fishing, trapping, and related activities remains with the State of Michigan.