Great Lakes Binational Toxics Strategy
Stakeholder Forum
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Integrated Workgroup Meeting
Canadian Centre for Inland Waters
Burlington, Ontario
June 4, 2008
Chemical Management in the Great Lakes - New Directions
Stakeholder Forum - Auditorium
Meeting Summaries:
- Stakeholder Forum: June 4, 2008
- Integration Workgroup: June 4, 2008
8:30 | Meeting Check-in (Continental Breakfast Hosted by Environmental Canada) |
9:00 | Welcoming Remarks, Introductions
Danny Epstein, Director, Environmental Protection Operations Division, EC Gary Gulezian, Director, Great Lakes National Program Office, USEPA |
9:15 |
New York/New Jersey Harbour Project
– Final Report – Susan Boehme [PDF 523Kb 37pps] |
9:45 | Impact of
Intercontinental Atmospheric Transport of Lindane on the
North American Environment
- Jianmin Ma, EC [PDF 1,512Kb 31pps] Outcome: A newly detected atmospheric pathway for toxic chemicals has a substantial implication on the budget of toxic substances in North America. Toxic chemicals with a low level in the North American atmosphere but with substantially higher levels in Asia and Africa, combined with transpacific and transatlantic atmospheric transport events, e.g. of lindane, suggest that North America is likely sandwiched by Asian and West African outflows of these toxic chemicals. |
10:15 | Break |
10:30 |
Workgroup Reports
Outcome: Updates by workgroup co-chairs for Mercury, PCBs, HCB/B(a)P, Substance and Sector |
12:00 | Lunch (Hosted by Environment Canada) Integration Workgroup Meeting – North and South Seminar Rooms |
1:00 | Welcoming Remarks, Introductions, Roundtable and
Announcements Danny Epstein, Director, Environmental Protection Operations Division, EC Gary Gulezian, Director, Great Lakes National Program Office, USEPA |
1:15 | Substance / Sector – Path Forward - facilitated general discussion |
2:30 | Agenda Planning |
2:45 | Concluding Remarks and Adjourn Next meeting – Thursday September 4, Chicago |