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Upper Great Lakes Connecting Channels StudyVolume 2 Final Report
The Upper Great Lakes Connecting Channels Study Management Committee December 1988 This Report provides the major findings and recommendations of the Upper Great Lakes Connecting Channels Study (UGLCCS). The study was first announced as a U.S. Program in November, 1983 by then United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.EPA) Administrator, William Ruckelshaus. In July, 1984 it became a multi-agency U.S./Canada investigation of toxic chemicals and other environmental concerns in the Upper Great Lakes Connecting Channels. The study area included the Detroit, St. Clair and St. Marys Rivers and Lake St. Clair. The principal agencies involved were the U.S.EPA, Environment Canada, the Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Geological Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, the City of Detroit, Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. The UGLCC Study was organized such that the participating agencies could focus and co-ordinate their on-going studies in the four areas and identify priorities. for new studies. All programs and individuals benefited from working together and sharing their individual strengths. The total cost of this study was approximately $20 million. This included existing agency program funds as well as "new" money allocated to additional studies in the channels. The impetus for this study was specifically for the improved regulatory management of point and nonpoint pollution sources in the four study areas. As such, the technical and management recommendations identified for each area are the key outputs of the study. It should be pointed out, however, that the regulatory agencies have not waited for the final release of this study before implementing controls. Numerous actions have been undertaken throughout the course of the study whenever investigations uncovered significant pollution sources and problems. For example, the total loadings of certain organic chemicals from Sarnia area chemical companies have been drastically reduced since late 1985 following the discovery of perchloroethylene puddles on the bed of the St. Clair River. This report is volume II of a three volume set containing the complete output of the UGLCC Study. Volume I is an executive summary describing the major study findings and recommendations. Volume III is a compilation of the many principal investigator
reports, workgroup reports and other supporting documents. Cop- This volume (II) is the main report describing the results of the UGLCC Studies. It consists of five introductory chapters and four area chapters (one for each study area). The introductory material covers study purpose and organization, Characteristics of the four study areas, regulatory guidelines and programs, the data quality management program, and modeling activities. The last four chapters present the findings for each study area using a comparable reporting format. Detailed study area maps are provided in Chapter II. along with tables and other information in Chapters III, IV, and V, are intended as reference material for the reader in support of the area chapters. |
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