Great Lakes Binational Toxics Strategy

Stakeholder Forum - 1998

IMPLEMENTING THE BINATIONAL TOXICS STRATEGY
Implementation

Stakeholders Minutes
March 23, 1998 - Chicago, Illinois

Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) Meeting Minutes

Record of Flip Charts
Workgroup Members' Goals

• Reduce inputs to St. Lawrence from all sources
• Disposal options - pros and cons
• Arctic contamination issue
• Reduce inputs to and from Great Lakes Basin
• Path to actual implementation of BNS
• Identify role of industry/associations
• Cleanup options development
• Learn about implementation time lines
• Ensure feasible solutions
• Examine priorities of BNS
• Accelerate reduction efforts
• Avoid unintended consequences
• Ensure targets are met
• Sediment cleanup technologies
• Increase industry awareness of BNS
• Ensure consistent definitions
• Discourage land filling of PCBs
• Provide info as needed
• Develop zero discharge strategy
• Gain assistance with LaMP [Lakewide Management Plan] implementation
• Explore new voluntary (cleanup) options
• TMDL - related issues
• Bring utility perspective to process
• Share Clean Sweep concept/successes
• Share Big 3 Phaseout Program (automotive industry)
• De-listing and low level PCB focus
• Move past identification and into cleanup focus
• Declare success as warranted
• Share technical data/experiences
• Bring environmental non-governmental organization's perspective
• Larger issues: state of other ongoing efforts
• How clean is clean?
• Limit discussion to BNS

Suggested Workgroup Action Items

• Revise units so U.S./Canada can be "apples to apples" discussion
• Study sediment -> atmosphere recycling
• Develop discharge, as well as use, inventory
• Collect and compile data from workgroup member organizations/industries and identify gaps
• Identify reduction incentives within regulatory framework, e.g., "PCB Free" award
  

Parking Lot Issues

• Change use of "high level" to describe 500 ppm level in challenge
• Perc retrofill/leaching question
• Defining priorities - what shows up in 90% challenge
• Addressing generator reports which are prepared but not submitted
  

Items to Refer to Integration Group

• GLU paper on lake sediments as ultimate dischargers to atmosphere/sediments relevance
• Harmonize U.S./Canada challenge, levels and dates