a great lakes update from the epa: great lakes restoration initiative

8/8/2019 A Great Lakes Update from the EPA: Great Lakes Restoration Initiative

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Great Lakes Restoration Initiative

Clean Rivers Clean Lake VII

September 15, 2010Wauwatosa, WI

Judy BeckLake Michigan Manager


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Presentation Overview

The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative

FY 2010 Funding Plan and Implementation

ProcessAOC /LaMP Specific Information

Great Lakes Multi-Year Restoration Action Plan

Tools for keeping up to date

Todays Topics


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Target most significant Great Lakes issues

Results- and action-oriented

Fully engage Great Lakes community as

implementation partners

Transparency and accountability

Build on GLRC

Major ThemesFebruary 26, 2009


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Represents NEW resources for federal

agencies with the exception of $61 millionfor continuation of EPAs existing GreatLakes National Program Office budget

Should not supplant existing resources Funding notto be used for traditional water

infrastructure projects otherwise covered byState Revolving Loan and Stimulus Funds

Qualifiers


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FY 2010 Funding Plan and

Implementation Process


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Programs and actions identified for 16

federal agencies Based on the Great Lakes Regional

Collaboration Strategy to Restore and

Protect the Great Lakes Utilize Lake specific Lakewide Management

Program (LaMP) goals and AOC Plans

Coordinated Multi-Agency Plan to AchieveGoals and Objectives

FY 2010 Funding Plan and Implementation Process


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Toxic Substances and Areas of Concern

Invasive Species

Nearshore Health and Nonpoint SourcePollution

Habitat and Wildlife Protection andRestoration

Accountability, Monitoring, Evaluation,Communication, and Partnerships

Five Focus Areas



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How Do Funds Get to Projects?

Federal Interagency Agreements establishterms and transfer funds, EPA to agencies

Fall Request(s) for Proposals by EPA andother Agencies, competative process

Use existing funding mechanisms, different

match requirements and focus Intended Result: On-the-ground projects



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Status of Congressional Appropriations

$475 Million for FY 2010

$300 Million proposed for FY 2011

Part of the Congressional budget debate

FY 2011 due to begin October 1, 2010

If no budget, continuing resolution (CR), will

set guidelines



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AOC /GLRI Program Alignment

AOC/GLRI PROGRAM Alignment

Identify funding for projects that would aid

in restoring a beneficial use i.e. delisting Align AOC actions with funding sources

Identify which BUIs can be delisted and by

when Set a schedule of projects so that if funded

create a pipeline ( sediment clean ups, etc)


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EPA Vision of LaMP, AOC Program

LaMP, AOC PROGRAM GOALS

Provide State funding capacity support to manageprogram, support AOC groups

Provide support for eco-management forregional planning, harbors, and local communities Provide funds for education and outreach projects

(Forums, Boat Tours, Climate Change and greeninfrastructure approach )

Provide funds for collaborative monitoring andreporting, (watersheds and near shore)

Provide funds for integration and collaborationefforts on lake and AOC issues


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Great LakesMulti-Year Restoration Action Plan

(FY 2010 FY 2014)


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Federal agencies/ Great Lakes Interagency TaskForce and its Regional Working Group began

development based on the GLRC Strategy toRestore and Protect the Great Lakes

Stakeholder input through July / August 2009 PublicMeetings in each Great Lakes state and via the

Internet GLRI Goals, Objectives, and Targets intended to

align with those of Great Lakes State, Tribal, andlocal governments and the LaMPs

Great Lakes Multi-Year Restoration Action Plan Outline

Development of the Great LakesRestoration Multi-year Action Plan


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Tracking Progress

Targets and Measures toward Restoration and

Protection Goals and Objectives Accountability System to allow systematic

reporting and public access to expendituresand progress, training on line

Annual Reports starting in 2011

Appropriate science help guide future

actions

Accountability



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Problem Statement

Interim Objectives and actions( Outputs) Proposed Long Term Goals ( Outcomes)

Measures of Progress, Assessment

Progress reporting

Five Focus Areas : Outline

Great Lakes Multi-Year Restoration Action Plan


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Problem Statement

The health of Great Lakes habitats and wildlife dependsupon the protection and restoration of ecosystems: the

Great Lakes, the coastline, wetlands, rivers, connectingchannels, and watersheds.

Healthy Great Lakes provide clean drinking water

Fully resilient ecosystems buffer the impacts of climatechange.

A multitude of threats affect the health of Great Lakeshabitats and wildlife..

Threats have resulted in impacted habitat and wildlife.

Habitat and Wildlife Protection and Restoration



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Proposed Long Term Goals

Protection and restoration of Great Lakes aquatic

and terrestrial habitats Critical management activities protect and

conserve important fish and wildlife populations.

Sound decision-making is facilitated by..

High priority actions identified in strategic plansare implemented, lead to the achievement of plangoals, and reduce the loss of fish and wildlife and

their habitats.




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Interim Objectives

By 2014, 3,000 miles of Great Lakes rivers andtributaries will be reopened and 500 barriers to

fish passage will be removed or bypassed. By 2014, 75,000 acres of wetlands, wetland-

associated uplands, and high priority coastal,upland, and island habitats will be protected,

restored, or enhanced. By 2014, 30% of habitat-related beneficial use

impairments will be delisted across 27 Areas ofConcern.

Four other objectives.




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Measures of Progress

Miles of rivers reopened for fish passage.

Number of fish passage barriers removedor bypassed..

Percentage of Habitat-related beneficial useimpairments removed from the 27 USAreas of Concern so impaired.

Eight other measures.




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Habitat and Wildlife Protection and RestorationPrincipal Actions to Achieve Progress

Improve Aquatic Ecosystem Resiliency

Maintain or Improve the Population Status of

Threatened, Endangered, Rare and MigratorySpecies

Enhance Wetlands, Wetland-Associated Uplands,and High Priority Coastal, Upland and Island

Habitats Identify, Inventory, and Track Progress on Great

Lakes Habitats, Including Coastal WetlandsRestoration

Restore Habitat Functioning in Areas of Concern



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Web-http://greatlakesrestoration.us

Email- [email protected]

GreatLakesNews- http://www.epa.gov/greatlakes/maillist

Twitter- http://twitter.com/glrestore

Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Action Plan 2010-2014- http://greatlakesrestoration.us/?page_id=24

Resources Available on the Web

mailto:[email protected]://www.epa.gov/greatlakes/maillisthttp://twitter.com/glrestorehttp://twitter.com/glrestorehttp://www.epa.gov/greatlakes/maillistmailto:[email protected]


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Contact Information

Judy Beck 312/353-849 [email protected]

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State of LK MI Conference, Michigan City
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