What is the Onondaga Lake Partnership, and what is its role in lake clean up?
With the passage of the Water Resources Development Act of 1999, the U.S. Congress assigned the Secretary of the Army the responsibility for the establishment and leadership of the Onondaga Lake Partnership. The Partnership replaced the Onondaga Lake Management Conference, which had been established in 1990. The Senior Partners in the Partnership include: Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), Administrator of USEPA, Governor of New York, Attorney General of New York, County Executive of Onondaga County, and the Mayor of Syracuse. The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District office, leads the Partnership on behalf of the Secretary of the Army. The partnership provides a framework for local, state, and federal governments to cooperate in rehabilitating Onondaga Lake. The three committees of the Partnership (Outreach, Project and Executive) include representatives of the community such as special interest groups, businesses, and educational institutions. The Partnership ov
