Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Health risk assessment
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Great Lakes Water Quality Initiative Criteria Documents for the Protection of Human Health
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Health risk assessment
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Great Lakes Water Quality Initiative Criteria Documents for the Protection of Human Health
Author: Great Lakes Water Quality Initiative Technical Support Document for Human Health Criteria and Values
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Health risk assessment
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
Great Lakes Water Quality Initiative Criteria Documents for the Protection of Wildlife (proposed)
Author: Wildlife Criteria Portions of the Proposed Water Quality Guidance for the Great Lakes System
Author: Great Lakes Initiative
Author: United States. Government Accountability OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Great Lakes Initiative
Author: John B. Stephenson (au)Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 9781422302835
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
The virtual elimination of toxic pollutants in the Great Lakes is a goal shared by the U.S. & Canada. While some progress has been made, pollution levels remain unacceptably high. The Great Lakes Initiative (GLI) requires stringent water quality standards for many pollutants in discharges regulated by states administering the Nat. Pollution Discharge Elimination System permit programs. This report examines the: (1) GLI's focus & potential impact on water quality in the Great Lakes Basin; (2) status of GLI's adoption by the states & any challenges to achieving intended goals; & (3) steps taken by the EPA for ensuring full & consistent implementation of GLI & for assessing progress toward achieving its goals. Charts, tables & maps.
Great Lakes Water Quality ... Annual Report to the International Joint Commission
Author: Great Lakes Water Quality BoardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Bioaccumulation Factor Portions of the Proposed Water Quality Guidance for the Great Lakes System
Author: Great Lakes Initiative
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water
Languages : en
Pages : 10
Book Description
Millions of people in the United States and Canada depend on the Great Lakes for drinking water, recreation, and economic livelihood. During the 1970s, it became apparent that pollutants discharged into the Great Lakes Basin from point sources, such as industrial and municipal facilities, or from nonpoint sources, such as air emissions from power plants, were harming the Great Lakes. Some of these pollutants, known as bioaccumulative chemicals of concern (BCC), pose risks to fish and other species as well as to the humans and wildlife that consume them. In 1995, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued the Great Lakes Initiative (GLI). The GLI established water quality criteria to be used by states to establish pollutant discharge limits for some BCCs and other pollutants that are discharged by point sources. The GLI also allows states to include flexible permit implementation procedures (flexibilities) that allow facilities' discharges to exceed GLI criteria. This testimony is based on GAO's July 2005 report, Great Lakes Initiative: EPA Needs to Better Ensure the Complete and Consistent Implementation of Water Quality Standards (GAO-05-829) and updated information from EPA and the Great Lakes states. This statement addresses (1) the status of EPA's efforts to develop and approve methods to measure pollutants at the GLI water quality criteria levels, (2) the use of permit flexibilities, and (3) EPA's actions to implement GAO's 2005 recommendations.