November 2011 Meeting
November 30, 2011
U.S. EPA Region 5
77 W. Jackson Boulevard – 12th Floor
Lake Michigan Room
Chicago, IL
- Welcome – Esther Bobet, Regional Director, Environmental Protection Operations Division-Ontario Region, Environment Canada, and Chris Korleski, Director, Great Lakes National Program Office, US EPA
- Keynote: Chris Korleski, Director, GLNPO, US EPA
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Level I Substance Updates
- Mercury (PDF) (11pp, 221K) Alexis Cain, US EPA
- PCBs (PDF) (9pp, 216K) Brad Grams, US EPA, and Lora Smith, Environment Canada
- Dioxins and Furans (PDF) (28pp, 332K) Erin Newman, US EPA, and Anita Wong, Environment Canada
- Benzo(a)Pyrene and Hexachlorobenzene (PDF) (14pp, 232K) Steve Rosenthal, US EPA, and Shawn Michajluk & Victor Li, Environment Canada
Advancing the Government of Canada's Chemicals Management Plan (PDF) (21pp, 187K) Hugh Langley, Environment Canada
Overview of current studies to understand sources, fate and impacts of contaminants in the Great Lakes (PDF) (19pp, 1.1MB) Tim Fletcher, Ontario Ministry of the Environment
Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Pollution Prevention Grants
- 2025 Safer Chemistry Challenge Program (PDF) (18pp, 902K) Jeff Burke/Lin Kaatz Chary
- Healthy Landscapes/Healthy Lakes (PDF) (24pp, 1.5MB) Leslie Dorworth
International Joint Commission 2009-2011 priority: ecological impacts of chemicals of emerging concern (PDF) (18pp, 591K) Ted Smith, US EPA (Outcomes of IJC Biennial Meeting – CECs in the Great Lakes Nearshore)