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Date Jan. 23, 2008 Report No. GAO-08-312T Title

Great Lakes Initiative: EPA and States Have Made Progress, but Much Remains to Be Done If Water Quality Goals Are to Be Achieved

United States Government Accountability Office GAO For Release on Delivery Expected at 10:00 a.m. EST Wednesday, January 23, 2008 Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, House of Representatives GREAT LAKES INITIATIVE EPA and States Have Made Progress, but Much Remains to Be Done If Water Quality Goals Are to Be Achieved...
Date July 12, 2007 Report No. GAO-07-1073T Title

The BEACH Act of 2000: EPA and States Have Made Progress Implementing the Act, but Further Actions Could Increase Public Health Protection

United States Government Accountability Office GAO For Release on Delivery Expected at 2:00 p.m. EDT Thursday, July 12, 2007 Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, House of Representatives THE BEACH ACT OF 2000 EPA and States Have Made Progress Implementing the Act, but Further Actions Could Increase Public Health Prote...
Date June 27, 2007 Report No. GAO-07-1043T Title

Implementation of the Beach Act of 2000: EPA and States Have Made Progress, but Additional Actions Could Improve Public Health Protection

United States Government Accountability Office GAO For Release on Delivery Expected at 10:00 a.m. EDT Wednesday, June 27, 2007 Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Transportation Safety, Infrastructure Security, and Water Quality, Committee on the Environment and Public Works, U.S. Senate IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BEACH ACT OF 2000 EPA and States Have Made Progress, but Additional Actions Could Improv...
Date May 1, 2007 Report No. GAO-07-591 Title

Great Lakes: EPA and States Have Made Progress in Implementing the BEACH Act, but Additional Actions Could Improve Public Health Protection

United States Government Accountability Office GAO May 2007 Report to Congressional Requesters GREAT LAKES EPA and States Have Made Progress in Implementing the BEACH Act, but Additional Actions Could Improve Public Health Protection GAO-07-591 May 2007 GREAT LAKES Highlights Highlights of GAO-07-591, a report to Congressional Requesters Accountability Integrity Reliability EPA and States Have Mad...
Date July 27, 2005 Report No. GAO-05-829 Title

Great Lakes Initiative: EPA Needs to Better Ensure the Complete and Consistent Implementation of Water Quality Standards

United States Government Accountability Office GAO July 2005 Report to Congressional Requesters GREAT LAKES INITIATIVE EPA Needs to Better Ensure the Complete and Consistent Implementation of Water Quality Standards GAO-05-829 a July 2005 GREAT LAKES INITIATIVE EPA Needs to Better Ensure the Complete and Consistent Implementation of Water Quality Standards Highlights of GAO-05-829, a report to con...
Date Sept. 28, 2004 Report No. GAO-04-1024 Title

Great Lakes: Organizational Leadership and Restoration Goals Need to Be Better Defined for Monitoring Restoration Progress

United States Government Accountability Office GAO September 2004 Report to Congressional Requesters GREAT LAKES Organizational Leadership and Restoration Goals Need to Be Better Defined for Monitoring Restoration Progress GAO-04-1024 September 2004 GREAT LAKES Organizational Leadership and Restoration Goals Need to Be Better Defined for Monitoring Restoration Progress Highlights of GAO-04-1024, a...
Date May 21, 2004 Report No. GAO-04-782T Title

Great Lakes: A Comprehensive Strategy and Monitoring System Are Needed to Achieve Restoration Goals

United States General Accounting Office GAO For Release on Delivery Expected at 10:00 a.m. EDT Friday, May 21, 2004 Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, House of Representatives GREAT LAKES A Comprehensive Strategy and Monitoring System Are Needed to Achieve Restoration Goals Statement of John B. Stephenson, Director ...
Date July 16, 2003 Report No. GAO-03-999T Title

Great Lakes: A Coordinated Strategic Plan and Monitoring System Are Needed to Achieve Restoration Goals

United States General Accounting Office GAO For Release on Delivery Expected at 10:00 a.m. EDT Wednesday, July 16, 2003 Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce and the District of Columbia, Committee on Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate GREAT LAKES A Coordinated Strategic Plan and Monitoring System Are Needed to Achieve Restoration Goals State...
Date June 17, 2003 Report No. GAO-03-916T Title

Invasive Species: Federal Efforts and State Perspectives on Challenges and National Leadership

United States General Accounting Office GAO For Release on Delivery Expected at 9:30 a.m. EDT Tuesday, June 17, 2003 Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water, Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate INVASIVE SPECIES Federal Efforts and State Perspectives on Challenges and National Leadership Statement of Barry T. Hill, Director Natural Resources a...
Date April 30, 2003 Report No. GAO-03-515 Title

Great Lakes: An Overall Strategy and Indicators for Measuring Progress Are Needed to Better Achieve Restoration Goals

United States General Accounting Office GAO April 2003 Report to Congressional Requesters GREAT LAKES An Overall Strategy and Indicators for Measuring Progress Are Needed to Better Achieve Restoration Goals GAO-03-515 April 2003 GREAT LAKES Highlights of GAO-03-515, a report to congressional requesters An Overall Strategy and Indicators for Measuring Progress Are Needed To Better Achieve Restorati...
Date Oct. 22, 2002 Report No. GAO-03-1 Title

Invasive Species: Clearer Focus and Greater Commitment Needed to Effectively Manage the Problem

United States General Accounting Office GAO October 2002 Report to Executive Agency Officials INVASIVE SPECIES Clearer Focus and Greater Commitment Needed to Effectively Manage the Problem GAO-03-1 a INVASIVE SPECIES Clearer Focus and Greater Commitment Needed to Effectively Manage the Problem Highlights of GAO-03-1, a report to Executive Agency Officials Harmful invasive species— nonnative plan...
Date May 17, 2002 Report No. GAO-02-563 Title

Great Lakes: EPA Needs to Define Organizational Responsibilities Better for Effective Oversight and Cleanup of Contaminated Areas

United States General Accounting Office GAO May 2002 Report to Congressional Requesters GREAT LAKES EPA Needs to Define Organizational Responsibilities Better for Effective Oversight and Cleanup of Contaminated Areas GAO-02-563 Contents Letter Results in Brief Background Cleanup Progress Has Been Limited in Many Contaminated Areas EPA Is Not Fulfilling the Nation’s Responsibility to Ensure the C...
Date April 11, 2000 Report No. T-RCED-00-146 Title

Forest Service: Broad-Scale Assessments Could Be Better Integrated Into the Forest Planning Process

United States General Accounting Office GAO For Release on Delivery Expected at 2:00 p.m., EDT Tuesday, April 11, 2000 Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, Committee on Resources, House of Representatives FOREST SERVICE Broad-Scale Assessments Could Be Better Integrated Into the Forest Planning Process Statement of Barry T. Hill, Associate Director, Energy, Resources, an...
Date Aug. 28, 1998 Report No. NSIAD-98-239R Title

Financial Management: Financial and Management Practices of the Great Lakes Fishery Commission

United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 National Security and International Affairs Division B-280775 August 28, 1998 The Honorable Benjamin A. Gilman Chairman, Committee on International Relations House of Representatives The Honorable Harold Rogers Chairman, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Committee on Appropriations House of R...
Date May 15, 1997 Report No. GGD-97-74 Title

Performance-Based Organizations: Issues for the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation Proposal

United States General Accounting Office GAO May 1997 Report to Congressional Committees PERFORMANCE-BASED ORGANIZATIONS Issues for the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation Proposal GAO/GGD-97-74 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 General Government Division B-276199 May 15, 1997 The Honorable Ted Stevens, Chairman The Honorable Robert Byrd Ranking Minority ...
Date April 1, 1994 Report No. RCED-94-147 Title

Coast Guard: Improved Process Exists to Evaluate Changes to Small Boat Stations

United States General Accounting Office GAO ApriI 1994 Report to the Congressional Requesters COAST GUARD Improved Process Exists to Evaluate Changes to Small Boat Stations GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division B-256632 April 1,1994 The Honorable Frank R. Lautenberg Chairman The Honorable Alfonse M. D’ Amato Ran...
Date June 14, 1993 Report No. RCED-93-128 Title

Pesticides: Issues Concerning Pesticides Used in the Great Lakes Watershed

United States General Accounting Office Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Committee on Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate j - I June 1993 PESTICIDES Issues Concerning Pesticides Used in the Great Lakes Watershed GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division B-252519 June 14,1993 Th...
Date March 9, 1992 Report No. NSIAD-92-108 Title

Great Lakes Fishery Commission: Actions Needed to Support an Expanded Program

GAO -ll--“-_l.---. .-.. -_-,-.ll._ .-l ..--_( -“.-- Mwch l!W GREAT LAKES FISHERY COMMISSION Actions Needed to Support an Expanded Program i%O/NSIAI)-9% 108 “P I~~I_--III.“XI”~..l”~-~“,IC~~-l.~-__I-I___--..---------_-- ~~----_- -.--.--- GAO United States General Accounting Office Waahiugton, D.C. 20548 National Security and International Affairs Division B-246878 March 9,1992 The Hono...
Date Oct. 4, 1991 Report No. T-RCED-92-1 Title

Water Pollution: Observations on EPA's Efforts to Clean Up the Great Lakes

United States General Accounting Offke GAO For Release on Delivery Expected at 9:30 a.m. EDT Friday October 4, 199 1 Testimony Before the Subcommitteeon Oversight of GovernmentManagement Committee on GovernmentalAffairs United StatesSenate WATER POLLUTION Observationson EPA’s Efforts to Clean Up the Great Lakes Statementof Richard L. Hembra, Director Environmental Protection Issues Resources,Com...
Date June 5, 1991 Report No. RCED-91-85 Title

Coastal Pollution: Environmental Impacts of Federal Activities Can Be Better Managed

1Jnit,t*cl St,;tt,w Wnt~ra1 _- .---. -----Il-L_..“l”,ll._“.ll ..I- _..- ._.. .--..--.. _-._.._. .,*1.11 Actwu~~t~ir~g Offiw ~--__-- I GAO _. v_“_.“w-ll”ll-l.“.~1-1 *Jlttw I!)!)1 I-kporl t,o the Chairman, Sukctornrnit~t,ce on E’ isheries and W ildli f’ Conswvation ct and the Environrnctnt, Cornrrzith.x~on Merchant Marine zmd Fislwrks, House of’Representatives ; ; COASTAL ’ POL...
Date May 10, 1991 Report No. RCED-91-102 Title

Air Pollution: EPA May Not Fully Achieve Toxic Air Deposition Goals

EPA May Not Fully Achieve Toxic Air Deposition Goals Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division H-243343 May lo,1991 The Honorable Henry A. Waxman Chairman, Subcommittee on Health and the Environment Committee on Energy and Commerce House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: As you requested, this report provides information on toxic bioaccumulation and the extent to which air deposi...
Date Sept. 28, 1990 Report No. RCED-90-197 Title

Water Pollution: Improved Coordination Needed to Clean Up the Great Lakes

Uesonrces, Community, and Economic Development Division D-240318 September 28,1990 The Honorable Henry J. Nowak Chairman, Subcommittee on Water Resources committee on Public Works and Transportation House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: As you requested, we have reviewed the progress the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Great Lakes National Program Office has made in (1) defining i...
Date Aug. 11, 1988 Report No. RCED-88-200BR Title

Water Resources: An In-Depth Look at Overflow Dredging on the Great Lakes

United States General Accounting Office GAO August 1988 Briefing Report to the Co-Chairs, Great Lakes Task Force, U.S. Senate WATER RESOURCES; An In-Depth Look at Overflow Dredging on the Great Lakes RESi’RJCED-Not to be released outside the General Accamting OCice except on the basis of the specific apprmA by the Offke of CongressionalRelations. 25-%5/13G74~ GAO/RCED-WZOOBR Beaourcea’ communl...
Date July 22, 1986 Report No. 130474 Title

Transportation: U.S. Flag Share of the U.S./Canada Trade on the Great Lakes

United States General Accounting 20548 Washington, D.C. Office FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY EXPECTED AT lo:00 A.M. TUESDAY, JULY 22, 1986 STATEMENT OF HERBERT R. MCLURE, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR RESOURCES, COMMUNITY, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION BEFORE THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON THE MERCHANT MARINE AND FISHERIES ON U.S. FLAG SHARE OF THE U.S./CANADA TRADE ON THE GREAT LAKES Mr. Chairman and Members of the t...
Date July 8, 1985 Report No. NSIAD-85-106 Title

National Defense: U.S.-Canadian Joint Effort Helps To Revitalize Great Lakes Fishery

BY THEUS GENERALACCOUNTING OFFICE r2tw ~terhnb8sedoutd*tha'dkr#MI 82 RELEASED ~oaoamting except the c+tdcNf~ o;e on buls *gssmrr Report To The Chairman, Committee Merchant Marine and Fisheries House Of Re resentatives On U.S.-Canadian Joint Effort Helps To Revitalize Great Lakes Fishery The Great Lakes Fishery Commission was created by a 1955 agreement between the United States and Canada because ...
Date Oct. 21, 1977 Report No. CED-77-135 Title

Natural Resources: Congressional Clarification Needed on Eligibility for Waivers of Non-Federal Contributions for Dredged Material Confined Disposal Areas

lllIIlllllllllllllnllllllllllllllllllllll LM103712 REPURTOFTHE COMPTROLLERGENERAL OFTHEUNITEDSTATES Congressional Clarification Needed On Eligibility For Waivers Of Non-Federal Contributions For Dredged Material Confined Disposal Areas The Army Corps of Engineers constructs facilities for containing contaminated dredged material on the Great Lakes and other waterways. Unless told otherwise by the ...
Date Sept. 30, 1977 Report No. CED-77-96 Title

Agriculture and Food: The U.S. Great Lakes Commercial Fishing Industry--Past, Present, and Potential

REPORT TO THE CONGRESS BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES .- ’ The U.S. Great Lakes Commercial Fishing Industry--Past, Present, And Potential Overfishing, predators (sea lamprey), contaminants and increasingly restrictive State regulations have reduced the U.S. Great Lakes commercial fishing industry to a mere shadow of its former prominence. At this time there is little chance that...
Date July 27, 1976 Report No. CED-76-126 Title

Government Operations: Impacts of the Closing of the Lake Survey Center in Detroit, Michigan, and Its Marine Facility in Monroe, Michigan

093676 JUL. 2 7 1976 , ;A !_ -1. ’ The Honorable Robert P. Griffin United States Senate and The Honorable William D. Ford The Honorable James G. ClEara The Honorable Phillip E. Ruppe * House of Representatives In your Xarch 2 and 3, 1976, inquiries, you requested us to determine, among other things, what savings would result from closing the Lake Survey Center in Detroit, Michigan, and its marin...
Date April 20, 1976 Report No. RED-76-76 Title

Transportation: Federal Efforts To Extend Winter Navigation on the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence Seaway--Status and Problems To Be Resolved

Y THE co OF THE UNITED &ENERAL STATE§ APR 22 1976 LIBRARYSYSTEM LMO99366 _~ __ ._. l~llll~llil~lulllllallllllnllln~lllll tion On During the 4 years of feasibility of extending winter traffic has been the Great Lakes. Much er, is not a direct result the program to show the navigation season, extended in some of of the traffic, howevof the program. Major problems to be resolved before conclusive ju...