Draft Canada-US Strategy for Virtual Eliminatn [of reality]

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>Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 09:05:40 -0400
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>Subject: Draft Canada-United States Strategy for the Virtual Eliminat
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>[Federal Register: August 19, 1996 (Volume 61, Number 161)]
>[Notices]
>[Page 42902-42903]
>>From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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>ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
>[FRL-5557-5]
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>Draft Canada-United States Strategy for the Virtual Elimination
>of Persistent Toxic Substances in the Great Lakes Basin
>
>AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
>
>ACTION: Notice of the availability of the Draft Canada-United States
>Strategy for the Virtual Elimination of Persistent Toxic Substances in
>the Great Lakes Basin (the Strategy) and opportunity to comment.
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>SUMMARY: The Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement of 1978, as amended by
>Protocol signed November 1987, between the United States and Canada
>commits the two countries to seek to virtually eliminate the discharge
>of persistent toxic substances to the Great Lakes ecosystem. Pursuant
>to this goal, the Strategy establishes a framework by which the United
>States Environmental Protection Agency, Environment Canada, the Great
>Lakes States and stakeholders, the Tribes, and national stakeholders
>whose actions affect or impact the Great Lakes Basin, can pursue
>virtual elimination of persistent toxic substances, particularly those
>which bioaccumulate, from the Great Lakes. These actions will help to
>protect and ensure the long-term health and integrity of the Great
>Lakes ecosystem.
>    Virtual elimination of persistent toxic substances will be pursued
>through a variety of voluntary, regulatory, and incentive-based actions
>aimed at reducing specific pollutants over specific timeframes. The
>primary approach will be to achieve reductions through pollution
>prevention or other voluntary means.
>    The geographic scope of the strategy will be focused primarily on
>the Great Lakes Basin; however, a larger geographic scale will be used
>to address atmospheric deposition. The strategy will serve as a vehicle
>to pursue discussions with jurisdictions having out-of-basin sources
>that may be adversely impacting Great Lakes water quality.
>    Extensive efforts have been made to inform stakeholders and the
>public of the Strategy, its objectives, and the process established for
>public involvement. These efforts have included holding public
>meetings, issuing progress reports, and making information available
>via the Internet. A number of stakeholder meetings (9/93, 9/94, and 8/
>95) were held in connection with the Virtual Elimination Pilot Project
>and Strategy development.
>    During the development of the Strategy, various Great Lakes
>stakeholders, governmental organizations, and the public have had an
>opportunity to provide preliminary comments. This notice now invites a
>wider spectrum of comments from the public, governmental organizations,
>stakeholders, and other interested parties. To provide this additional
>opportunity for input, all interested commenters will have 30 days to
>submit comments on the draft Strategy.
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>DATES: The draft Strategy will be made available to the public
>beginning August 19, 1996. Comments must be submitted no later than
>September 18, 1996.
>
>ADDRESSES: Availability of Document and Submission of Comments: Copies
>of the document may be obtained by calling the Great Lakes National
>Program Office at (312) 353-2117 or (312) 353-9299. The document will
>also be available at the U.S. EPA Region 5 Library at the address and
>phone number listed below, or through the Great Lakes National Program
>Office home page at http://www.epa.gov/glnpo/. Comments may be
>submitted in writing to Elizabeth LaPlante of the Great Lakes National
>Program Office (address listed below) or electronically to the
>following Internet address: siebers.deborah@epamail.epa.gov.
>
>SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Additional information on the Strategy may
>be obtained by contacting Elizabeth LaPlante at the following address
>and phone number:
>    EPA Great Lakes National Program Office, 77 West Jackson Boulevard,
>G-9J, Chicago, Illinois, 60604; Telephone (312) 353-2694; FAX (312)
>353-2018.
>    Copies of the document may be obtained by contacting the following:
>    EPA Region 5 Library, 12th Floor, 77 West Jackson Boulevard,
>Chicago, Illinois, 60604; Telephone (312) 353-2022; FAX (312) 353-2001.
>Library Hours: 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
>
>    Dated: August 13, 1996.
>David A. Ullrich,
>Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.
>    Dated: August 15, 1996.
>Robert Perciasepe,
>Assistant Administrator for Water.
>[FR Doc. 96-21170 Filed 8-16-96; 8:45 am]
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