NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, be It resolved by the delegates assembled for the 10th Annual Meeting of Great Lakes United (GLU) request the State of Indiana to contribute to the Great Lakes Protection Fund.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that Great Lakes United calls upon the Great Lakes Basin delegation to the Congress to immediately cosponsor H.R. Resolution 246 and Senate Resolution 109 and to assure their passage when brought to a vote, AND

THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Great Lakes United calls upon the President of the United States to initiate and complete negotiations, as part of the Uruguay Round of GATT talks, to make the GAIT compatible with the Marine Mammal Protection Act and other United States health, safety, labor, trade and environmental laws including those laws designed to protect the environment and workers outside the geographic borders of the United States. AND

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Great Lakes United calls upon the President of the United States to guarantee that the GATT, US./ Mexico or other trade agreements will not In any way reduce the authority of local and state governments to establish health, safety, labor, environmental, purchasing or procurement laws that the people and their elected representatives have passed.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Great Lakes United calls on the President of the United States not to enter Into any lnternational agreement - including GATT and NAFTA - and Congress not to approve any international agreement, that weakens United States' manufacturing Industries and fosters international wage competition that undermines workers living standards.

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 Great Lakes United call on State and Provincial jurisdictions to call for a moratorium on further development of Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River islands until a scientific inventory of lslands and shoals and a plannlng vision are completed.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that GLU request the U.S. and Canadian Nature Conservancies, the Center for the Great Lakes and local land trusts to pursue a protective strategy towards islands and shoals basin-wide, and that such private not-for-profits in conjunction with governments further promulgate an approach to development that protects the natural resources, open space, and scenic and heritage value of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River.

BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED, that Great Lakes United strongly supports S. 1650. and calls on Senator Riegle, and all other Great Lakes Senators to protect the bill from weakening changes and promptly pass the bill in the Senate Banking Committee and full Senate.

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.

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 urges both negotiating partles to the Canada-Ontario Agreement to:

1) Acknowledge the right of the publlc and thereby the right of the R.A.P. Public Advisory Committees to be provided the opportunity to present public concerns and expectations to both negotiating parties, respecting the R.A. P. process and Implementation of remedial actions within C .O.A.; and

2) Provide such oppohunity In good faith and prior to finalizing a C.O.A. draft document to ensure full opportunity for consideration and inclusion of public expressions and recommendations in all C.O.A. negotiations; and

3) Recognize the urgency for completing a new C.O.A. and therefore arranging for public consultation without any further delay.

THEREFORE, Great Lakes United supports the Labor and Environmental Clean Water/Jobs Funding Proposal which:

• provides 3 billion dollars a year for five years for current state and local sewage treatment plant improvements and upgrading through the Water Revolving Loan Program's current allocation formula;
• establishes additional sewer and combined sewer Infrastructure funding of $3 billion per year over ten years to states through the Water Revolving Loan Fund for high priority needs of the Great Lakes and designated national estuary under the nation's National Estuary Program;
• ensures that additional monies should be available to localities in the Great Lakes Basin and national estuary areas and provide not only for low-to-zero interest loans but also principle subsidies for localities in economic need; and
• provides that these new funds are viewed in budget terms as a federal jobs program and do not reduce other EPA funds available to state and local governments.

FURTHER, BE IT RESOLVED, that Great Lakes United will work with Industry, Labor and Environmental Groups In the Great Lakes Basin and nationwide to promote this Clean Water/Jobs Program as part of the Clean Water Act debate, ensure that new facilities built wlth these funds are separated from toxic industrial wastes and inform the Great Lakes Congressional Delegalion of this resolution.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that Great Lakes United, at its 1992 annual meeting in Saginaw, Michigan, calls upon U.S. EPA Administrator William Reilly to restore the public's right of access and right to comment on the importance of the lnitiative by immediately publishing the draft rules in the Federal Register and holding public hearings, AND

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that we call on governments at all levels to immediately implement programs to stop the discharge of toxic chemicals into Great Lakes and their tributaries, and to implement the promises in the U.S.€anada Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement and the U.S. Clean Water Act.

BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED, that GLU calls upon all its member organizations to write Administrator William Reilly calling for the immediate publication of the draft rules in the Federal Register. Additionally, the letter should request that during public comment period, EPA provide education and Information dissemination as part of the public hearings.

BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED, GLU encourages member organizations to educate their members about the issues pertaining to the Great Lakes initiative in preparation to actively participate In the public hearings along with submitting written comments during the public comment period.

THEREFORE BE I T RESOLVED, that Great Lakes United opposes the James Bay hydropower project until its effects on native cultures and the environment are fully addressed by New York State and Canada in a comprehensive environmental study; AND

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Great Lakes United supports Assembly Bill 2162A as a step towards the State of New York becoming responsible consumers of electricity and for the protection of the environment; AND

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT, Great Lakes United commends Assemblymen William B. Hoyt and Maurice D. Hinchey for their leadership in introducing Assembly bill A2162A.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that a new Annex specifically addressing wetlands losses and their effects on the integrity of the Great Lakes ecosystem be added to the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement at its next revision; AND

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that for the wetland base in the Great Lakes Basin to be restored, the U,S, and Canadian federal governments should immediately declare the Great Lakes Basin a "demonstration region" for a "Net Gain" in wetland functions and quantity.