Great Lakes Binational Toxics Strategy
Stakeholder Forum
GLBTS Links
Sector and Substances Working Groups Meeting
Toronto, Ontario
March 31, 2009
Agenda
Chemical Management in the Great Lakes – New Directions
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 | |
8:30am | Meeting Check-in (Continental Breakfast Hosted by Environmental Canada) |
9:00am | Welcoming Remarks, Introductions, Review of Decisions from December 2 & 3 2008 - Allan-Paul Dane, Environment Canada and Ted Smith U.S. EPA |
9:10am | Screening Chemicals in Commerce to
Identify Possible Persistent and Bioaccumulative Chemicals: Update
March 2009 – [PDF 275Kb, 21 pages]
Derek Muir, Environment Canada
Outcome: Information and Discussion |
9:45am |
Emerging
Contaminant Monitoring and Surveillance in the
Great Lakes –
[PDF
168Kb, 16 pages]
Beth Murphy U.S. EPA Outcome: Information and discussion |
10:15am | BREAK |
10:30am | IJC Consultation Chemicals of Emerging Concern to the Great Lakes – [PDF 40Kb, 20 pages] Ted Smith, U.S. EPA |
11:00am | Profile Updates and Path Forward –
[PDF 26Kb, 8 pages] Ted Smith U.S.
EPA and Allan-Paul Dane, Environment Canada Outcome: Parties actions and approach since December 2009 meeting |
11:30am | Update on Substance
Selection Process – [PDF 59Kb, 8
pages] Bradley Grams, U.S.EPA and Elizabeth
Sabo, Environment Canada Outcome: Information and discussion |
12:15pm | LUNCH (Hosted by Environment Canada) |
1:00pm | How Can We Consider Sectors? – [PDF
138Kb, 11 pages] Edwina Lopes, Environment Canada Outcome: Information and approach to grouping strategies and discussion |
2:00pm | Path Forward and Agenda Planning for May Meetings |
2:15pm | Adjourn |
Next Meetings |
|
Tuesday, May 26, 2998 | |
1:00 - 4:00pm | Substance and Sector Meeting - Windsor, Ontario |
Wednesday, May 27, 2009 | |
9:00am-3:00pm | Integration Meeting - Windsor, Ontario |
Presentations
- Binational Framework for Identifying Substances to be Addressed in the Great Lakes Basin - Test Case: Nonylphenol and its Ethoxylates (NPEs)
- Binational Framework for
Identifying Substances to be Addressed in the Great Lakes
Basin - Test Case: Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs)
[PDF 221Kb, 21 pages]
- Binational Framework for
Identifying Substances to be Addressed in the Great Lakes
Basin - Test Case: Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS), its
Salts and its Precursors, and Perfluorooctanonic Acid (PFOA)
(Larger Class: Perfluorinated Compounds (PFCs))
[PDF 135Kb, 18 pages]
[PDF 187Kb, 12 pages]