Lake Michigan Mass Balance
Planning
The scope and complexity of the Lake Michigan Mass Balance required meticulous up-front
planning to ensure that study objectives are met. The planning documents key to the
success of the project are listed and/or available for download below.
LMMB Work Plan
Designers of the Lake Michigan Mass Balance Study have documented their approach in a report entitled
Lake Michigan Mass Budget/Mass
Balance Work Plan (1997, EPA-905-R-97-018, 155 pp). The work plan describes elements
necessary to conduct a Mass Balance Study based upon the efforts of many Federal and state
scientists and staff who participated in the initial planning workshop, as well as
descriptions of components of the work modified from documents provided by principal
investigators.
Quality Assurance Program/Project Plans
The Lake
Michigan Mass Balance Project Quality Assurance Plan for Mathematical Modeling
(Version 3.0, May 1998) documents the quality assurance process for the development and
application of LMMB models, including hydrodynamic, sediment transport,
eutrophication,
transport chemical fate, and food chain bioaccumulation.
Download the LMMB Modeling
QA Plan
(2.2MB Adobe© pdf file - 243 pages)
The Enhanced Monitoring Program Quality Assurance Program Plan was developed
in 1993 to ensure that data generated from the LMMB study supports its intended
use. (EPA-905-R-97-017)
Download the Enhanced Monitoring Quality Assurance
Program Plan
(208 KB Adobe© pdf file - 61 pages)
The Lake Michigan Mass Balance Quality Assurance Project Plan describes the
GLNPO procedures used aboard the Lake Guardian during the 1994-95 project
period. (1994)
Download the Lake Michigan Mass Balance Quality Assurance
Project Plan
(153 KB Adobe© pdf file - 51 pages)
LMMB Methods Compendium
View the LMMB Methods Compendium on line.
This compendium describes the sampling and analytical methods used in the LMMB Study.
LMMB Data Reporting Formats and Data Administration Plan
Data management for the Lake Michigan Mass Balance was a focus from the
planning stage on. The goal of consistent and compatible data was a key to the success of
the project. The goal was met primarily through the development of standard
formats for reporting environmental data.
The data management philosophy is outlined in the
LMMB Database Pages.
Lake Michigan LaMP
"Annex 2" of the 1972 Canadian-American Great
Lakes Water Quality Agreement (amended in 1978, 1983, and 1987) prompted development
of Lakewide Area Management Plans ("LaMPs") for each Great Lake. The
purpose of these LaMPs is to document an approach to reducing input of critical pollutants
to the Great Lakes and restoring and maintaining Great Lakes integrity. The Lake Michigan
LaMP calls for basin-wide management of toxic chemicals.
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