Great Lakes Binational Toxics Strategy

Stakeholder Forum - 1998

IMPLEMENTING THE BINATIONAL TOXICS STRATEGY
Mercury Workgroup

• Group Leaders
• Community Action Items - Background
  The BNS utilities workshop identified practical steps that utilities, government agencies, and non-governmental entities can take in the near term to help meet the BNS mercury reduction challenges
• Mercury Reduction Activities
  Reported Around the Great Lakes, Mercury Success Stories
• Wisconsin Mercury SourceBook
• November 16 -17, 1998 - Meeting and Workshop on Potential Mercury Reductions at Electric Utilities
• Developing a Virtual Elimination Strategy for Mercury
• Mercury Sources and Regulations
  Background Information for the Virtual Elimination Pilot Project
• Recently finalized Memorandum of Understanding between USEPA and the American Hospital Association relating to Mercury use.
• March 23, 1998 - Mercury Workgroup Minutes from Implementation Meeting
• Reducing Mercury Use in Healthcare Promoting a Healthier Environment
• Mercury Strategy: Pollution Prevention for POTWs
• Mercury Source Sector Assessment for the Greater Milwaukee Area
• Mercury: A Brief for the BNS Implementation Workgroup
• Chlorine Institute Annual Report
• Mercury Use Reduction & Waste Prevention in Medical Facilities
  new educational software for the Web by USEPA Region 5 and Purdue University.