Resolutions

The GLLC passes resolutions based on our issue priorities and pressing developments related to the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence basin.

GLLC 2024 Adopted Resolutions:

• 24-1 Resolution to Enhance Indigenous Participation
• 24-2 Resolution of Appreciation for the GLLC 2024 Annual Meeting Host Committee
• 24-3 Resolution Honoring GLLC Chair, Senator André Jacque
• 24-4 Monitoring Withdrawals within the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin

GLLC 2023 Adopted Resolutions:

• 23-1 Resolution on Regional Action on Climate Resiliency in the Great Lakes Region
• 23-2 Resolution Honoring Representative Robyn Gabel
• 23-3 Resolution to Support of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
• 23-4 Resolution to Support the Establishment of Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Appreciation Day
• 23-5 Resolution to Support the Progress of the Brandon Road Interbasin Project

See the list below for active resolutions:

• Contaminants of Emerging Concern in the Great Lakes Basin (2020)
• The Risk Posed to Great Lakes Basin Water Resources and the Health of Residents by Sulfide-Ore Copper Mining (2020)
• Resolution in Support of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (2020)
• Recommending Lifting the Private Activity Bonds’ Volume Cap for Water and Wastewater Projects (2020)
• Recommending Federal Rate Relief Remedies for Low Income Water and Wastewater Customers Resulting from the COVID-19 Health Emergency (2020)
• Calling for Federal Guidance and State Planning to Address Potential Contamination from PFAS Chemicals (2020)
• The Dangers of Coal-Tar-Based Sealcoats and Other High-PAH Sealants (2020)

Standing Resolutions:

• Tribute to the late Senator Patricia Birkholz (2018)
• Honoring Senator Darwin Booher, GLLC Chair (2018)
• Resolution Honoring Senator Ed Charbonneau, GLLC Chair (2020)

Sunset Resolutions:

• Urging Additional Research on Nonnative Fish Stocking in the Great Lakes (2019)
• Reducing Nutrient Pollution in the Great Lakes Region (2019)
• Urging the U.S. Federal Government to Fund Research on Microplastics in the Environment (2019)
• Urging the U.S. Federal Government to Fund Research on Microplastics in the Environment (2019)
• Support for Establishing a Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Appreciation Day (2018)
• Reducing Exposure to Lead in Drinking Water (2018)
• Support for the U.S. Army Corps on Engineers in Its Efforts to Stop Asian Carp from Invading the Great Lakes and Support for Federal Funding of those Efforts (2018)
• Support for Binational Efforts to Reduce Phosphorus Runoff (2018)
• Opposing the Construction of a Nuclear Waste Repository in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Basin (2018)