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EMERGING ISSUES
Impact/Purpose:
Projects are encouraged to identify and propose solutions/mitigation for strategic or emerging issues of Great Lakes Basin-wide applicability, particularly if they are being identified through the Lakewide Management Plans and geographic initiatives (such as the Remedial Action Plans for Areas of Concern).
Description:
In order to better fulfill its mission under the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement for the restoration and maintenance of the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem GLNPO has funded strategic or emerging issues of basin-wide importance: that do not fit neatly under other existing GLNPO funding categories (i.e. Contaminated Sediments, Pollution Prevention, Ecological Protections and Restoration, Invasive Species, and Indicator Development) but might contain elements of one or more of those categories; address assessment, causes and/or effects of chemical or biological pollutants not in the regulatory "mainstream;" cut across or overlap two or more of the foregoing areas; or address some other unanticipated area.