Quantifying "how clean is clean" for degraded areas in the Great Lakes / by J. Hartwig [and six others].: En13-5/94-19E-PDF
"One attempt to "How clean is clean?" is through a United States-Canada program to develop and implement comprehensive remedial action plans (RAPs) to restore beneficial uses in 43 Great Lakes Areas of Concern. The International Joint Commission has issued broad guidance in the form of listing/delisting guidelines for determining when use impairments exist and when uses have been restored, and has allowed the federal/state/provincial governments and local stakeholders the flexibility to experiment with establishing quantitative objectives/targets, and how to achieve them. These listing/delisting guidelines have been instrumental in helping reach agreement on problem definition (lack of agreement on problem definition has historically been used as a reason to delay action) and reaching agreement on quantitative endpoints for restoring uses. Such quantitative objectives/targets are being used to drive the RAP process, help organizations pursue a common) mission of restoring uses and help achieve greater accountability"--Abstract, page 2.
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| Department/Agency | Canada. Environment Canada. Canada. Water Science and Technology Directorate. National Water Research Institute (Canada) |
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| Title | Quantifying "how clean is clean" for degraded areas in the Great Lakes / by J. Hartwig [and six others]. |
| Series title | [NWRI contribution] ; 94-19 |
| Publication type | Series - View Master Record |
| Language | [English] |
| Format | Electronic |
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| Note(s) | Cover title. "Jun 24 '94." Conflicting page numberings (typed and handwritten) in this publication. Digitized edition from print [produced by Environment and Climate Change Canada]. Includes bibliographical references. |
| Publishing information | [Ottawa] : Environment Canada, Water Science and Technology Directorate = Environnement Canada, Direction générale des sciences et de la technologie, eau, 1994. |
| Author / Contributor | Hartwig, John H., 1952- author. |
| Description | 1 online resource (13 pages) : map. |
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| Subject terms | Lakes Restoration |
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