THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Great Lakes United includes all radioactive wates in the definition of hazardous or toxic wastes; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Great Lakes United opposes new construction, and/or completion/start-up of nuclear power plants within the Great Lakes Basin, and that those plants already built within the Basin be phased out as soon as possible.

THEREFORE B6 IT RESOLVED, that Great Lakee United urge the U.S. Department of Energy and Atomic Energy of Canada, Ltd. that any potential sites for nuclear waste repositories in the Qreat Lakes/St. Lawrence watershed be immediately disqualified from any further consideration for such use, and furthermore, future plans for nuclear waste repositories must consider the magnitude and ecologic seneitivity of the hydrological features of the location being reviewed.

BE IT RESOLVED, that Great Lakes United diligently campaign for the reclassification of Class C nuclear wastes from low level to high level nuclear waste.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the taskforce publish regular reports on its findings so as to gain a better understanding of the potential threat of radionuclide contamination on fish, wildlife and aquatic populations and on drinking water supplies taken from the Great Lakes and its impacts on aquatic, wildlife and human health.

Therefore be

it resolved that Great Lakes United reaffirms its commitment to work to oppose the North American Free Trade Agreement.

FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED, that Great Lakes United support a legislative proposal to create a Great Lakes Advisory Council with representatives from conservation/environmental groups, private sector overnment agencies, and the legislature to assist in the implementation of New York's Great Lakes Agenda and to advise the Governor and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation on Great Lakes issues; AND

FINALLY, BE IT RESOLVED, that Great Lakes United supports full membership of New York State and Pennsylvania in the Council of Great Lakes Governors and supports a close cooperative relationship with the Premiers of Ontario and Quebec.

Therefore be it resolved that Great Lakes United and its member organizations implement the following strategies:

• Urge the immediate passage of federal legislation banning new oil and gas drilling in the Great Lakes and directional drilling under the Great Lakes.
• Continue to seek a permanent moratorium on drilling on a statewide and provincewide basis.

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, 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 Great Lakes United supports the following policies:

1. Each government jurisdiction shall set up programmes to remove household and commercial/industrial hazardous wastes, as well as infectious wastes, from the municipal solid waste stream.

2a. The governments within the Great Lakes Basin shall set a minimum 50% target for removal of household and commercia1 industria1 materials from the municipal solid waste stream through reduction, reuse and recycling methods, including composting, within the next ten years.

2b. State and provincial governments shall establish programs to assist in the development of markets for used oil, glass, paper, metal tires and other materials.  Procurement of products made from these materials shall be encouraged wherever possible.

2c. The local, state/provincial and federal governments shall train appropriate personnel to oversee, implement and coordinate the above programs.

3. Within the next three years, each Province and State within the Great Lakes Basin shall ass legislation requiring re cling of household and industrial / commercial wastes in order to achieve the targets in Section 2.

4a. The appropriate government jurisdictions shall pass packaging legislation so as to reduce excess and non-reusable and non-recyclable packaging and to promote recyclable packaging.

4b. Plastic packagin material shall be labelled as to composition so as to enhance recyclability.

5a. A programme to develop, institute and reach the minimum 50% target for reduction, reuse and recycling of wastes must be attained before new landfills and incinerators are considered for wastes.

5b. Recyclable materials shall be exempt from any flow control restrictions.

6. The government jurisdictions shall provide adequate funding through the budgetary process to ensure that the above actions can be implemented.

Therefore be it resolved that Great Lakes United urges the state, provincial and First Nations governments of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River basin to institute a moratorium on the siting fo new high-capacity groundwater wells within the basin until the governments have put into law and regulation:
1. A comprehensive means for assessing the ecological impacts of groundwater removal by high-capacity wells and,
2. A standard for judging the acceptability of such groundwater removal operations of “no significant harm” without reference to mitigation and,
3. A system of both indemnification and compensation for any harm that may at some
future time be discovered to have been caused by such groundwater removal operations.

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