What is the United States doing to address new and existing water quality problems on the Great Lakes?
The United States General Accounting Office did a study to assess progress in restoring the Great Lakes Basin. The study identified numerous federal and state programs directed toward restoration activities, but concluded that there was not enough co-ordination between the strategies to be effective. They recommended that the Environmental Protection Agency’s Great Lakes National Program Office develop an overarching Great Lakes strategy. In response to this study, Representatives of Great Lakes states in the House of Representatives introduced legislation that would authorize funding for the restoration of the Great Lakes. The bill, called the Great Lakes Restoration Financing Act of 2003, would give states funding for restoration in the form of block grants, authorizing $4 billion over 5 years. It would also create a Great Lakes Advisory Board, including governors of the Great Lakes states, representatives of the federal government, local mayors and the business, scientific and advoc
