Restoring and Protecting the Great Lakes
Progress Report from 1991
Description:... This report reviews the progress of Ontario government initiatives 1991-92 to restore and protect the Great Lakes and their interconnecting channels. The principal initiatives reviewed are the Municipal-Industrial Strategy for Abatement, water and sewage treatment programs, remedial action plans, and pollution prevention programs. Other initiatives include the development and implementation of water quality objectives, guidelines, and standards; programs to clean up urban and rural beaches; monitoring and surveillance programs; emergency spills response plans; enforcement of environmental regulations; environmental research; programs in partnership with the federal government, the Ministry of Agriculture and Food, and the agricultural industry; programs for protection of aquatic ecosystems and habitats, including the Waterfront Regeneration Trust; and binational activities on Lake Superior, the Niagara River, and Lake Ontario.
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