Notes from a presentation at Great Lakes United's 2001 workshop, "Extended Producer Responsibility and the Automotive Industry". In this presentation handling and recycling hazardous and toxic waste from automobiles is discussed.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the preventative principle of zero discharge of contaminants be fully implemented through all laws, public policies and private practices; AND

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that no new substances be introduced into the Great Lakes Basin ecosystem until they have been proven not to cause human health problems; AND

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED; that responsible government agencies, including public health agencies, be held accountable and financially responsible for the commitments in and implementation of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement; AND

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that research into the human health effects of Great Lakes water quality be a priority of research sponsored by the re at Lakes Protection Fund and projects sponsored by other organizations; AND

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that research into human health effects focus on vulnerable populations, be interdisciplinary and include socioeconomic as well as neurological, biological and physiological aspects; AND

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that said research be a long-term responsibility and financial commitment of governments and that said research include comprehensive epidemiological studies incorporating the full range of exposure pathways; AND

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that governments encourage and provide incentives for the development of alternatives to toxic substances causing human health effects; AND

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Great Lakes United collaborate with groups at risk to develop information and educational programming to share with these groups; AND

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that after the release of the State of the Great Lakes report being prepared by the Conservation Foundation and Institute for Research on Public Policy, Great Lakes United will sponsor an educational conference to inform the public of emerging public health issues and their implications; AND

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Great Lakes United inform policy makers about public concerns over emerging health issues and seek their commitment to develop and implement additional appropriate measures to protect human health in the Great Lakes Basin.

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 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

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the delegates assembled for the 10th Annual Meeting of Great Lakes United, this 3rd day of May, 1992, that:

1) The lndiana Water Pollution Control Board, IWPCB, be requested to adopt proposed revisions to Indiana's National Pollution Discharge Elimination System, NPDES, rule, 327 IAC 5, as expeditiously as possible to implement limits in NPDES permits for discharges to the State's surface waters which will assure standards In 327 IAC 2-1 that adequately protect human, terrestrial, and aquatic life from the toxic Impacts of water pollutants are met: AND

2) The IWPCB Include In those revisions, a requirement to phase out as expeditiously as possible the use of mixing or any dilution allowances for discharges of both the 43 pollutants annotated in Indiana's new water quality standards rule "to be bloconcentrating and of concern" and to sunset these and any other chemicals currently Identified and any other pollutants cunently Identified by the U.S. Great Lakes Water Quality Initiative as "Bioaccumulative Chemicals of Concern," AND

3) The IWPCB include in those revisions, a requirement to employ alternative techniques, such as monitoring of internal processes, caged biota studies, or regular analysis of tissues of resident fish species for detecting and restricting discharges of pollutants whose water'quality based effluent limits are below levels of detection or quantitation; AND

4) The WPCB retain the State's ability In those revisions to enforce the Level of Detection as a compliance point in NPDES permits when water quality based effluent limits are below the Level of Detection; AND

5) To prevent further loading of pollutants in impaired waters, the IWPCB prohibit in those revisions, discharges of Intake water containing concentrations of a background pollutant in excess of its water quality based effluent limit to receiving waters that are not from the same source as the intake water; AND

6) The IWPCB retain the variance provision in the new water quality standards rule, 327 IAC 2-1 -8.8, and in revisions to the NPDES rule, that will place a burden of proof on a discharger to make the maximum effort possible to meet a water quality based effluent limit for a pollutant, through reducing, eliminating or treating a pollutant in the effluent, before being eligible for consideration of a variance from meeting that water quality based effluent limit; AND

7) To cleanup Indiana's impaired surface waters, the IWPCB not add criteria for variances to the new water quality standards rule or the NPDES rule revisions that would include conditions in the receiving stream, such as background pollutants, low flow, other physical features or human induced conditions as grounds for considering variances from meeting water quality standards.

Notes from a presentation at Great Lakes United's 2001 workshop, "Extended Producer Responsibility and the Automotive Industry". In this presentation the barriers and benefits to EPR regulations in North American are explored.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that Great Lakes United urges all levels of government in the
Great Lakes ecosystem to ban new Incinerators and to disallow expanslons of existing
Incinerators;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that a comprehensive pollution prevention and clean production
strategy for dosing and phasing out existing incinerators must be immediately developed
and Implemented by industries and governments throughout the Great Lakes ecosystem.

This is the second of four factsheets dispelling myths about the environmental and health impact of incineration. This fact sheet provides decision makers and the public with information about direct and indirect pollution releases from waste combustion technologies, including modern mass-burn incinerators as well as gasification and pyrolysis systems.

This is the fourth of four factsheets dispelling myths about the environmental and health impact of incineration. The following fact sheet is intended assist municipal decision makers better comprehend the costs, terms and risks associated with incineration for municipal solid waste.

THEREFOREI BE IT RESOLVED THAT, Great Lakes United request the International Joint Commission and i t e Water Quality Board, the Great Lakes Fishery Commission and its habitat Advisory Board and the 32 Federal, State, and Provincial reaource agencies that in the drafting and implementation of Remedial Action Plans:

1. Fish and,Wildlife habitat needs be given full consideration;
2. Fish and Wildlife professioaala be involved from the start;
3. Great Lakea United and other citizens be involved;
4. Commieeions and Agencies be requested to keep Great Lakes United and other citizens' grouge provided with information on the development process.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT, Great Lakes United petition Congress to increase the funding for federal Great Lakes research rograms 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 Large Lakes Research Station, Grosse Ile, Michigan;
(3) Great Lakes research pro rams funded through the United States Commerce De artment's ea Grant Program at universities in the Great Lakes Region ocused on restoring environmental quality;
(4) U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Fisheries Center - Great Lakes, Ann Arbor, Michigan; AND
(5) NOAA's Great Lakes Research Coordinating Office as specified in the 1987 Clean Water Act; AND

FURTHER BE IT 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.