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                   GREAT LAKES BASIN COMMISSION                                            within the United States, in accordance with the requests
                                                                                           of the Governors of Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio,
                   Executive Order 11345. April 20, 1967                                   and Wisconsin, concurred in by the Governors of Illinois,
                                                                                           New York, and Pennsylvania, and in accordance with the
                          ESTABLISHMENT OF THE GREAT LAKES                                 resolutions of the Council.
                                       BASIN COMMISSION                                       SEC. 3. Membership of the Commission. It is hereby
                                                                                           determined that, in accordance with section 202 of the
                      WHEREAS the Water Resources Planning Act (herein-                    Act, the Commission shall consist of the following:
                   after referred to as the Act, 79 Stat. 244, 42 U.S.C. 1962                 (1)    a Chairman to be appointed by the President,
                   et seq.) authorizes the President to declare the establish-
                   ment of a river basin water and related land resources com-                (2)    one member from each of the following Federal
                   mission when a request for such a commission is addressed               departments and agencies:         Department of Agriculture,
                   in writing to the Water Resources Council (hereinafter re-              Department of the Army, Department of Commerce, De-
                   ferred to as the Council) by the Governor of a State within             partment of Health, Education, and Welfare, Department
                   which all or part of the basin or basins concerned are                  of Housing and Urban Development, Department of the
                   located and when such a request is concurred in by the                  Interior, Department of Justice, Department of Transpor-
                   Council and by not less than one-half of the States within              tation, and the Federal Power Commission, such member
                   which portions of the basin or basins concerned are located;            to be appointed by the head of each department or inde-
                   and                                                                     pendent agency he represents,
                                                                                              (3)    one member from each of the following States:
                      WHEREAS the Council, by resolution adopted March 7,                  Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio,
                   1966, concurred in the requests of the Governors of the                 Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin, and
                   States of Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wiscon-                  (4)    one member from each interstate agency created
                   sin, which have been concurred in by the Governors of
                   Illinois, New York, and Pennsylvania; and did itself request            by an interstate compact to which the consent of Congress
                   that the President declare the establishment of the Great               has been given and whose jurisdiction extends to the waters
                   Lakes Basin Commission under the provisions of section                  of the area specified in section 2.
                   201 of the Act; and                                                        SEC. 4. Functions to be performed. The Commission
                                                                                           and its Chairman, members, and employees are hereby
                      WHEREAS the requests of the Governors of the States                  authorized to perform and exercise, with respect to the
                   of Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin, and               jurisdiction specified in section 2 of this order, the func-
                   the resolution of the Council of March 7, 1966, together                tions, powers, and duties of such a Commission and of
                   with written concurrences by the Governors of the States                such Chairman, members, and employees, respectively, as
                   of Illinois, New York, and Pennsylvania, satisfy the formal             set out in Title 11 of the Act.
                   requirements of section 201 of the Act; and                                SEC. 5. International coordination. The Chairman of
                      WHEREAS it appears that it would be in the public in-                the Commission is hereby authorized and directed to refer
                   terest and in keeping with the intent of Congress to declare            to the Council any matters under consideration by the
                   the establishment of such a Commission:                                 Commission which relate to the areas of interest or jurisdic-
                      NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested                    tion of the International Joint Commission, United States
                   in me by section 201 of the Act, and as President of the                and Canada, and the Great Lakes Fishery Commission. The
                   United States, it is ordered as follows:                                Council shall consult on these matters as appropriate with
                                                                                           the Department of State and with the International Joint
                      SECTION 1.        Great Lakes Basin     Commission.      It is       Commission and the Great Lakes Fishery Commission
                   hereby declared that the Great Lakes      Basin Commission is           through their United States Sections for the purpose of
                   established under the provisions of Title II of the Act.                enhancing international coordination.
                      SEC. 2. Jurisdiction of Commission. It is hereby de-                    SEC. 6. Reporting to the President. The Chairman of
                   termined that the jurisdiction of the Great Lakes Basin                 the Commission shall report to the President through the
                   Commission referred to in section I of this order (herein-              Council.
                   after referred to as the Commission) shall extend to those                                                    LYNDON B. JOHNSON
                   portions of the eight Great Lakes States of Illinois, Indiana,          The White House
                   Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and                  April 20, 1967
                   Wisconsin that are drained by the St. Lawrence River sys-
                   tem, including the Great Lakes, their tributaries, and tribu-           [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 1:23 p.m., April 20,
                   taries to the St. Lawrence River which reach that river                 1%71

                   Cover Photo-Barnhart island in the foreground, one of the many recreational facilities available at the St. Lawrence power project. In the
                   background at top center is the Long Sault Dam. Photo courtesy of Power Authority of the State of New York.

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                      To Their Excellencies, the Governors of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York,
                      Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin; and to the Water Resources Council for transmittal to
                      the Congress through the President of the United States:

                           This is the Second Annual Report of the Great Lakes Basin Commission, which was
                      created on April 20, 1967, at your request, by the President of the United States under
                      authority of the Water Resources Planning Act of 1965.

                           Significant progress has been made in Fiscal Year 1969 toward the development of a
                      comprehensive, coordinated, joint plan for Federal, State, interstate, local and nongovern-
                      mental development of water and related land resources in the Great Lakes Basin.

                           Federal, State and local agencies and individuals are working together with the Com-
                      mission's small and highly competent professional staff in the investigation and analysis of
                      the urgent water and related land resources problems. Practicable solutions to these prob-
                      lems are being sought. Numerous contacts have been established with planning groups
                      within the Basin to achieve the best possible coordination under existing authorities. The
                      work is well underway. With your continued support, substantial contributions will be
                      realized over the years ahead toward solving urgent current problems and anticipating and
                      avoiding potential future crises.

                                                                           Sincerely,

                                                                           Verne M. Bathurst

                                                                           Alternate Chairman

               FOREWORD

               The Great Lakes Basin Commission, authorized under              way to meet the needs and aspirations of its citizens.
               the provisions of Title 11 of the Water Resources Plan-
               ning Act, was established by Executive Order 11345                The increasing population and rapidly expanding
               on April 20, 1967. The Commission was created for               commerce and industry require further development
               several reasons.    First, the gravity of the problems          and increased utilization of Great Lakes resources.
               of the Great Lakes Region was becoming awesome.                 Demands, problems and conflicts are becoming more
               Second, those problems related to navigation, flood             numerous, complex and frequent. The rapidly ex-
               control, water pollution, lake levels, and others asso-         panding population requires, on one hand, more in-
               ciated with water management could not be solved                dustrial goods and services, more power and energy,
               independently by any one State. Thus there was need             more food and fiber, more homes and highways-
               to mobilize and coordinate the talents and resources            and at the same time more clean water, air, open
               of government at all levels to deal effectively with            space, recreational facilities, and the opportunity for
               these critical problems. This action was an important           individual expression. All these represent the desire
               step toward forming a partnership among all levels of           for a chance to live a quality life in a quality environ-
               government for improved comprehensive planning of               ment. Mistakes of the past must be corrected and
               the water and related land resources in the United              future errors avoided. The time for good planning
               States portion of the Great Lakes Region. The Com-              is now!
               mission is designed by the Act to be the principal
               coordinating agent for the Federal, State and local               Members of the Great Lakes Basin Commission
               agencies and nongovernmental entities having plan-              join with the Commission Staff in the pledge that
               ning responsibilities in these fields.                          future reports will further document a record of
                                                                               responsible progress toward the development of a
                  In presenting this second annual report on the               plan of substance, providing for the improvement,
               activities of the Great Lakes Basin Commission, we              protection and careful use and management of our
               wish to extend our appreciation and that of the other           valuable heritage of natural resources in the Great
               Commissioners to all who have contributed their                 Lakes. It is hoped that all local entities will join with
               energy and attention to solution of the most im-                all Federal and State Members in concerted action
               mediate and pressing problems in the Great Lakes                to achieve and enhance those basic goals which our
               Basin. Here is a tremendous opportunity to plan and             society holds so dear. It is incumbent upon us to
               schedule development of our water and related land              press for such progress and results in our future
               resources of the Great Lakes Basin in an appropriate            planning.

                                                                        Verne M. Bathurst                                Fred E. Morr
                                                                       Alternate Chairman                                Vice-Chairman

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                              TABLE OF CONTENTS

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                              Foreword   ..................................................                  ii

                              Introduction   ...............................................                 I

                              Membership    ................................................                 2

                              Area of Jurisdiction   .........................................               4

                              Professional Staff  ...........................................                4

                              Financial Structure   ..........................................               4

                              The Year in Brief - Activities in Fiscal Year 1969   ..................        4

                              Priorities for Future Data Collection, Investigations, Planning
                                   and Construction of Projects    ..............................            5

                              Future Type 2 Study of the Maumee River Basin        ..................        5

                              Special Great Lakes Study    ....................................              6

                              Coordination with Ongoing Studies      .............................           7

                              Guidelines for the Comprehensive, Coordinated, Joint Plan      ..........      7

                              Comprehensive Framework Study       ...............................            8

                              Accomplishments of the Work Groups for the Framework         Study  ......     9

                              Anticipated Activities for Fiscal Year 1970   .......................          16

                              Ongoing Activities Affecting Great Lakes Basin Planning    .............       16

                              State Actions in Water Resources Planning     .......................          20

                              The Great Lakes Basin Library   ..................................             23

                              Future of the Commission      ....................................             23

                              Audit Report   ...............................................                 25

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           Throughout history, water, like air, has been considered a free       longer can the water resources of the Great Lakes be con-
           commodity to be used freely by anyone. As water use and               sidered to be unlimited.
           needs have increased, water quality has degenerated, until no

           INTRODUCTION
           At the request of the Governors of Indiana, Michigan,                 lution, navigation, recreation, and shoreline develop-
           Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin, with the concurrence                   ment transcend State and even National boundaries.
           of the Governors of Illinois, New York and Pennsyl-                   Moreover, the Lakes themselves present an entirely
           vania, and the approval of the Water Resources Coun-                  different problem in terms of ecological imbalances,
           cil, the President established the Great Lakes Basin                  waste assimilation, buildup of dissolved solids, bac-
           Commission by executive order on April 20, 1967.                      teria and chemical contamination and oxygen deple-
           This was accomplished under the authority of the                      tion than do the waters of the tributary streams.
           Water Resources Planning Act of 1965.                                    Legislative authority for the Great Lakes Basin
              This action recognized a long-standing need for                    Commission is set forth in the Water Resources Plan-
           effective coordination and sound resources planning.                  ning Act of 1965, which provides that         a River Basin
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           Heretofore, for the most part, government agencies at                 Commission shall:
           all levels concerned with water resources problems                    (a) Serve as the principal agency for the coordina-
           have tended to function independently. Problems in                          tion of plans for the development of water and
           the Great Lakes relating to water level control, pol-                       related land resources in the region, including

                  Federal, State, interstate, local and nongovern-                in June of 1967. Commission members representing
                  mental planning.                                                various Federal agencies and the eight States named
            (b)   Prepare and keep up-to-date a comprehensive,                    above were present.        At this meeting, Mr. Fred E.
                  coordinated, joint plan for use and development                 Morr, Director of the Ohio Department of Natural
                  of water and related land resources. The plan                   Resources, was elected Vice-Chairman of the Com-
                  should consider and identify alternatives and                   mission. The Commission selected Ann Arbor, Michi-
                  may be prepared in stages.                                      gan, as the location for its headquarters.
            (c)   Recommend long-range schedules of priorities                       During Fiscal Year 1968 the Great Lakes Basin
                  for indiviqual projects.                                        Commission held five more meetings. Ad hoe coin-
            (d)   Foster and undertake other studies as needed.                   mittees were appointed to recommend Commission
                                                                                  bylaws, staffing and budget guidelines and policies for
               The Act provides in Section 204 that each River                    goals and procedures. The recommendations of these
            Basin Commission may also: "Engage in such activi-                    committees were subsequently adopted by the Com-
            ties and make such studies and investigations as are                  mission. Mr. Clevenger resigned as Chairman in June
            necessary and desirable in carrying out the policy set                of 1968.
            forth in Section 2 of this Act and in accomplishing
            the purposes set forth in Section 201(b) of this Act."

              The Act also quite specifically stipulates that the
            actions of the River Basin Commission may in no way
            alter existing jurisdictions, supersede existing laws, or
            expand or diminish existing responsibilities.

               In short, the State-Federal-interstate-local partner-
            ship established in the Great Lakes Basin Commission
            is designed primarily for leadership, guidance, and co-
            ordination of planning. The agencies represented on
            the Commission have the capacity to act as well as to
            plan. Thus, these agencies, with Commission leader-                                                                               ,.AWI
            ship, can achieve coordinated action toward a unified
            objective which is the goal in comprehensive planning
            and development of the resources. This envisions a
            working partnership among the agencies which share                                                   U. S. Department of Agriculture
            the responsibility for planning and management of                     Water everywhere - flooded conditions of a rural area in Ohio.
            these resources. Eventually the results, conclusions
            and recommendations of all of the studies which are
            pertinent to the conservation, development and use                    MEMBERSHIP
            of the water and related land resources of the Great
            Lakes Basin will be analyzed, coordinated and sum-                    The Great Lakes Basin Commission is composed of
            marized in the Comprehensive, Coordinated, Joint                      a Chairman appointed by the President, a State mem-
            Plan for the Great Lakes Basin.                                       ber designated by each Governor, a member desig-
               The Great Lakes Basin Commission has now com-                      nated by the Secretary of each of the nine Federal
            pleted its second    .year. A brief review of pertinent               departments with substantial programs or interests in
            facts following the issuance of the executive order                   water and related land resources, and a member desig-
            establishing the Commission is included here to give                  nated by the Great Lakes Commission, a commission
            some background to the actions to which the Com-                      formed under interstate compact. The Vice-Chairman
            mission addressed itself during Fiscal Year 1968.                     is elected by the State members. During the entire
                                                                                  past year the Commission has operated Linder the able
               Simultaneously with the issuance of the executive                  leadership of Mr. Verne M. Bathurst, who served as
            order, Raymond F. Clevenger of Michigan was ap-                       both Alternate Chairman for the Commission and as
            pointed Commission Chairman by the President. The                     the Commissioner for the U.S. Department of Agri-
            first, or organizational, meeting of the Great Lakes                  culture. The membership, as of time of printing, is
            Basin Commission was held in Ann Arbor, Michigan,                     as follows:

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                                  GREAT LAKES BASIN COMMISSION MEMBERS AND ALTERNATES

               Chairman:                Mr. Frederick 0. Rouse (Appointed by the President August 13, 1969)
               Alternate Chairman: Mr. Verne M. Bathurst (Served from June 1968 to August 1969)
               Vice-Chairman:           Mr. Fred E. Morr

          State                                  Member                                   Alternate
          State of Illinois                      Mr. William T. Lodge'                    Dr. William C. Ackermann
          State  of Indiana                      Mr. John E. Mitche112                    Mr. William J. Andrews
                                                 Mr. Perley H. Provost    2
          State  of Michigan                     Dr. Ralph A. MacMullan                   Mr.  Loring F. Oeming    3
                                                                                          Mr.  A. Gene Gazlay
                                                                                                                  3
                                                                                          Mr.  Ralph W. Purdy
          State  of Minnesota                    Mr. William C. Walton
          State  of New York                     Mr. R. Stewart Kilborne                  Dr.  W. Mason Lawrence
          State  of Ohio                         Mr. Fred E. Morr                         Dr.  Robert W. Teater    4
                                                                                          (Alternate Vice-Chairman)
                                                                                          Mr. S. L. Frost
          Commonwealth of Pennsylvania           Dr. Maurice K. Goddard                   Mr. C. H. McConnell
          State of Wisconsin                     Mr. Lester P. Voigt                      Mr. Thomas G. Frangos

          Federal                                Member                                   Alternate
          Department of Agriculture              Mr. Verne M. Bathurst 5                  Mr. Robert S. Fellows
                                                 Mr. Arthur H. Cratty 5
          Department of the Army                 Brig. Gen. Robert M. TarboX 6            Mr. James S. King 7
                                                                                      6                           7
                                                 Brig. Gen. William W. Watkin, Jr.        Mr. Edwin V. Weiss
                                                                                          Col. James T. White, Jr.
          Department of Commerce                 Mr. Erwin C. Hannum                      Dr. Walter Thoresen
          Department of Health,
             Education and Welfare               Mr. Donald W. Marshall
          Department of Housing
             and Urban Development               Mr. Francis D. Fisher                    Mr. Edward Bruder
          Department of the Interior             Mr. Charles H. Stoddard8                 Mr. Fred Wampler
                                                 Mr. Burton H. Atwood 8
          Department of Transportation           Mr. Joseph McCann9                       Rear Adm. William F. Rea III
                                                 Mr. David W. Oberlin     9               Mr. Ross Kruser
          Federal Power Commission               Mr. Lenard B. Young                      Mr. Orel E. Haukedahl
          Department of Justice                  Mr. Walter Kiechel, Jr.                  Mr. Clyde 0. Martz'o

          Compact Commission                     Member                                   Alternate
          Great Lakes Commission                 Sen. Robert E. Stockdale                 Col. Leonard Goodsell

           'Mr. Lodge served through November of 1968.
           2 Mr. Mitchell served through March of 1969; Mr. Provost replaced Mr. Mitchell and served until his death Sept. 25, 1969.
           3 Mr. Oeming retired in January of 1969; Mr. Purdy replaced Mr. Oeming.
           4 Dr. Teater served through April of 1969.
           5Mr. Bathurst served through August of 1969; Mr. Cratty replaced Mr. Bathurst.
           6 General Tarbox served through June of 1969; General Watkin replaced General Tarbox.
           7Mr. King died in November of 1968; Mr. Weiss replaced Mr. King.
           8Mr. Stoddard served through November of 1968; Mr. Atwood replaced Mr. Stoddard.
           9Mr. McCann served through April of 1969; Mr. McCann was replaced by Mr. Oberlin.
          10Mr. Martz served until January of 1969.

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            AREA OF JURISDICTION                                              FINANCIAL STRUCTURE

            The Great Lakes Basin Commission's area of jurisdic-              The Great Lakes Basin Commission's operating ex-
            tion covers the United States portion of the drainage             penses are shared one-half by the eight participating
            area of the five Great Lakes, their tributaries and the           States and one-half by the Federal Government. The
            tributaries discharging into the St. Lawrence River               eight States contribute equal amounts. The salary
            which reach that river within the United States.                  and expenses of the Chairman are borne entirely by
            The studies of needs, problems, and solutions in the              the Federal Government. The expenditures are for
            Framework Study will be carried out by groups of ad-              professional and supporting staff, employee benefits,
            jacent river basins. Some of the information needed               office expenses and administration, reproduction,
            in the study is available only by counties, without               printing, supplies and library expenses.
            regard to drainage basin boundaries; the terin Great                 The anticipated income to the Commission for Fis-
            Lakes Region was adopted for the study as an ap-                  cal Year 1969 was $360,000. This amount, used for
            proximation boundary by counties of the Great Lakes               budgeting purposes for the Commission activities, was
            Basin, but including certain selected additional coun-            based upon a commitment of $22,500 per State from
            ties having important economic relationships to this              each of the eight States for Fiscal Year 1969 and
            basin.   The region is divided into five subregions               matching Federal funds of $180,000. Working capital
            having a similar county boundary relationship to the              of $165,025 was on hand at the beginning of Fiscal
            five lake subbasins.                                              Year 1969.
                                                                                 A report of the audit of receipts and expenditures
                                                                              from July 1, 1968 to June 30, 1969 is presented else-
                                                                              where in the report.
            PROFESSIONAL STAFF                                                   At the March 1969 Commission Meeting the States
                                                                              reaffirmed their commitment to provide $22,500
                                                                              each for Fiscal Year 1970. This amount, when appro-
            As provided by law, a small staff has been recruited              priated and matched with equal Federal funds, will
            by the Chairman or the Alternate Chairman with the                provide $360,000 plus the Fiscal Year 1969 carry-
            concurrence of the Vice-Chairman.                                 over for Commission use in Fiscal Year 1970.

              The present staff consists of the    following:
            Staff Director and
              Director of Planning    ..........   Leonard T. Crook
            Comprehensive Basin Planner     .........   John L. Hull          THE YEAR IN BRIEF -
            Comprehensive Basin Planner     .....  Eugene A. Jarecki          ACTIVITIES IN FISCAL YEAR 1969
            Comprehensive Basin Planner     .......  Oliver C. Reedy
            Comprehensive Basin Planner     .....  David C. N. Robb           The Great Lakes Basin Commission's primary mission
            Secretary to the Commission                                       is to prepare and keep up-to-date a comprehensive,
              and Staff Director    ...........    Virginia Lawrence          coordinated joint plan for the entire basin area within
            Secretary to Director of                                          its jurisdiction. This plan will be of use for Federal,
              Planning and Composer      ......    Norma Greenwood            State, interstate, local and nongovernmental develop-
            Librarian  ......................         Michele Tetley          ment of water and related land resources in the Great
            Library Researcher   ...........   Charlotte Fitzsimons           Lakes Basin.
              At the end of the year the supporting staff con-                   The Commission gave first priority to those ac-
            sisted of a writer-editor, two part-time writers, and             tivities which would contribute immediately or in
            two part-time typists.                                            the near future to the primary mission of the Com-
                                                                              mission. In addition to the principal Commission
              The Budget and Staffing Committee at their March                effort on the Comprehensive Framework Study, the
            1969 meeting reaffirmed the pattern which they had                Commission concentrated its efforts on establishing
            previously requested and asked that five additional               priorities for future data collection, investigations,
            professional personnel be employed as soon as prac-               planning and construction of projects; a future Type
            tical for Commission directed work.                               2 (feasibility or survey level) study of the Maumee

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           River Basin, the special study of the Great Lakes;                    the investigations can then be readily established in
           coordination of ongoing planning activities; and the                  the annual updating of this program. The Framework
           development of Guidelines for the Comprehensive,                      Study is being accomplished partly for the purpose of
           Coordinated, Joint Plan.                                              establishing such relative priorities.
                                                                                    The Commission emphasizes the importance of
                                                                                 this program.      Benefits resulting from coordinating
           PRIORITIES FOR FUTURE DATA COLLECTION,                                ongoing and future investigation programs and in
           INVESTIGATIONS, PLANNING AND                                          understanding the relationships among problems and
           CONSTRUCTION OF PROJECTS                                              needs in the Great Lakes Basin are already apparent.

           The Water Resources Planning Act                requires the
           Commission to recommend long-range              schedules of
           priorities for the collection and analysis of basic data
           and for investigation, planning and construction of                   FUTURE TYPE 2 STUDY
           projects. The Water Resources Council requested                       OF THE MAUMEE RIVER BASIN
           that the Great Lakes Basin Commission prepare their                   At the request of the States of Indiana, Ohio and
           recommendations by April 1, 1969.                                     Michigan, the Maumee River Basin was selected for
              It is intended that the long-range priorities evolve               the Commission's first Type 2 study endeavor. This
           into a representative guide that can be used with con-                basin was selected for early study for a number of
           fidence by Federal and State Government agencies                      reasons. Of the eleven suggested studies of the Type
           in preparation of     their programs and annual budget                2 nature in the same category as the Maumee, it was
           submissions. The priorities should permit flexibility                 the only urgently needed investigation having the sup-
           and be responsive     to actual decisions in the legislative          port of three States. The Maumee Basin was under
           and appropriative process.                                            a Federal Water Pollution Control Administration
              To initiate this   program the Commission prepared                 pollution enforcement action requiring early action
           and forwarded to      the Water Resources Council a tab-              by the three States. It was one of the rivers named
           ulation of program elements and associated priority                   in the new Federal scenic rivers legislation which
           group values for investigations only. It is believed                  required early Federal-State study to determine its
           that, with the program elements defined for investiga-                potential as a scenic river. There were a number of
           tions, the other priorities for basic data collection                 flood plain studies underway by the Corps of Engi-
           which precedes the investigations, and management                     neers and others were scheduled. The Cross-Wabash
           measures and construction of projects which follow                    Canal study is underway by the Corps of Engineers
                                                                                 and scheduled for completion in 197 1. This study is
                                                                                 in the interest of providing facilities for navigation
                                                                                 and related purposes from Toledo to Fort Wayne and
                                                                                 the Ohio River. There were more applications for
                                                                                 assistance in watershed planning and protection under
                                                                                 Public Law 566 than in any other subbasin, and the
                                                                                 Maumee Basin is considered to be the greatest silt-
                                                                                 producing subbasin in the Great Lakes area. Other
                                                                                 planning was underway by the States and other agen-
                                                                  Al
                                                                    i-n,         cies for special purposes which it was felt would
                                                                                 benefit from a combined planning effort.

                                                                                    The Commission Staff worked with the involved
                                                            a
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                                                                                 States and Federal agencies in defining the necessary
                                                                                 study elements and associated costs, and in develop-
                                                                                 ing a mutually acceptable budget estimate for the
                Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, U. S. Dept. of the Interior      Maumee Basin Study.
            Mature alewives migrate to the shallow water in the early               By adoption of a resolution by the Commission, the
            spring where, for unknown reasons, they die in massive num-          Plan of Study and Budget Submittal for the Maumee
            bers. They clog water intakes and distress bathers, lake shore       Study was forwarded to the Water Resources Council
            residents and resort owners.                                         for a proposed start in Fiscal Year 197 1.

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              SPECIAL GREAT LAKES STUDY                                               (3)   Locate, identify source, and evaluate the rele-
                                                                                            vant existing data for the Great Lakes in terms
                                                                                            of reliability and compatibility with similar data
                                                                                            collected under different programs, and corre-
              It has been widely recognized that there is need for a                        late with the list of important input variables
              limnological systems analysis and mathematical mod-                           identified.
              eling of the Great Lakes themselves to provide values                   (4)   Explore ongoing and proposed models and tech-
              to use in detailed planning studies. Several research                         niques developed within and outside the Great
              proposals have been made, but no limnological sys-                            Lakes area which could be utilized for planning
              tems analysis of the entire Lakes system has yet been                         and problem solutions.
              developed. The development of such a study for the                      (5)   Evaluate flexibility of using the systems analysis
              Great Lakes is considered essential to obtain specific                        to depict the physical-chemical-ecological pro-
              consequences of various alternatives which are needed                         cesses which should be included and the refer-
              for the Type 2 planning studies for the Great Lakes.                          ence of their inclusion within model(s).
              The limnological systems model(s) will assist in se-
              lecting alternative courses of action among various                     (6)   Develop a simple demonstration lake model
              structural, nonstructural and management measures                             which will illustrate the applicability of mathe-
              to meet near and long-term needs and problems of                              matical modeling to the limnological processes.
              water and related land resources in the Great Lakes                     (7)   Specify the data requirements, data sources, and
              Basin. These studies will provide quantitative values                         manpower, costs, and time requirements for the
              of Lake parameters to complement the Type 2 studies                           limnological systems analysis model(s) effort.
              for the river basins which, with other studies, will                          Cost estimates should be segregated into those
              eventually make up the Comprehensive, Coordinated,                            cost elements to be allocated to outside              con-
              Joint Plan.                                                                   tractors and those that can be assumed by             vari-
                                                                                            ous States, Federal agencies and others.
                In order   to assess the current practicability of this
              type of analysis, an exploratory meeting was held
              with people expert in the field of systems analysis.
              This meeting confirmed the opinion that a limnolog-
              ical systems modeling of the Great Lakes would be
              very desirable if found practicable during investiga-
              tion.
                The Commission authorized a practicability study                              W
              of the proposed limnological systems analysis for the
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              Great Lakes Basin and approved limited funds for use
              in contracting for the study.
                Preliminary arrangements for the practicability
              study have been initiated. A        Board of Technical Ad-
              visors has been selected. This Board has determined
              that the practicability study      should have the follow-
              ing objectives:
              (1) Specify the objectives         of the limnological sys-
                   tems analysis program and outline the questions
                   that a system model(s) could answer for a Type
                                                                                                             f
                   2 planning study on the Great Lakes.
              (2)  Identify those variables which are critical and
                   necessary to depiction of the natural          system in
                   the Great Lakes which can be applied           to mathe-
                   matical modeling. This would include variables
                   which characterize man's activities, e.g., coliform                               Federal Water Pollution Control Administration
                   bacteria population statistics, chemical constit-                  Oil in slackwater of Ottawa River. Wastes have been discharged
                   uents, and flow impediments or flow improve-                       into the Lakes in such quantities that the water's value to other
                   ments.                                                             users has become unreasonably impaired.

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           COORDINATION WITH ONGOING STUDIES                                      The Southeastern Michigan Water Resources Study
                                                                                was initiated in the latter part of 1966. Collection of
           Coordination bet@veen the ongoing studies and the                    data and analysis of needs and problems in water and
           Basin Commission is being accomplished through rep-                  related land resources are well underway by various
           resentation from the staff of the Great Lakes Basin                  participating Federal agencies and by the State of
           Commission on the several Coordinating Committees                    Michigan. Development of plan formulation criteria
           for the Type 2 studies being made in the Basin.                      is now being started. The final report is scheduled
           Also coordination and close working relationships                    for completion in 1972.
           are being developed with regional planning groups,                     The Grand River Basin Comprehensive Planning
           watershed councils and other regional planning com-                  Study started in 1964 and is now in its final phase.
           missions.                                                            The preliminary early action program has been devel-
              The Planning Director has been appointed as the                   oped through the participation of six Federal Depart-
           Great Lakes Basin Commission's representative on                     ments, the State of Michigan, and the Michigan Grand
           the Southeastern Michigan Coordinating Committee,                    River Watershed Council. Public informational meet-
           the Grand River Basin Coordinating Committee, and                    ings have been held on the preliminary plans. Public
           the Southeast Wisconsin Coordinating Committee.                      hearings on the basin plan and completion of the
           The Planning Director will also serve on the Plan For-               report are scheduled for 1970.
           mulation Sub-Committee for both the Southeastern                       The Commission Staff was not represented on the
           Michigan Water Resources Study and the Grand River                   Genesee River Basin Study. This study was in the
           Basin Study.        Membership on these committees                   final stages when the coordinating procedures were
           should insure that the criteria, standards, techniques               set up. The Commission Staff made a limited review
           and procedures will either be acceptable to the Great                of the preliminary draft of the Summary Report and
           Lakes Basin Commission or permit ample notification                  provided comments to the Genesee Coordinating
           of essential differences.                                            Committee for their consideration. Members of the
                                                                                Great Lakes Basin Commission Staff made a field trip
                                                                                over the Genesee Basin to inspect the problem areas
                                                                                and become acquainted with several of the proposed
                                                                                projects included in the "Summary Report." Mem-
                                                                                bers of the Commission Staff attended the June 10-
                                  U@A                                           11, 1969 Coordinating Committee meeting on the
                                                                                Genesee River Basin Study at which time the com-
                                                                                ments from all the reviewing agencies were considered
                                                                                and guidance and decisions were made for the pre-
                                                                                paring of the final report. The Commission Staff did
                                                                                not offer any opinion at this time as to whether the
                                                                                Genesee Study and report would be acceptable as a
                                                                                part of the Comprehensive, Coordinated, Joint Plan
                                                                                for the Great Lakes Basin. However, the preliminary
                                                                                report does not appear to contain any proposals
                                                                                which would conflict with the basinwide framework
                                                                                plan now being developed by the Great Lakes Basin
                                                                                Commission.

                                                                                GUIDELINES FOR THE
                                                                                COMPREHENSIVE, COORDINATED, JOINT PLAN

                                                                                The Commission has recognized a need for guidelines
                          Federal Water Pollution Control Administration        for the development of a comprehensive, coordinat-
           Organic sediment, algae and debris, Maple Beach, Mouth of            ed joint plan which would follow and build on the
           Detroit River.                                                       Framework Study and related detailed studies. Work

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            has been initiated and a draft of the guidelines is              exercise liaison and coordination of responsibilities
            being prepared by the Commission Staff.                          over two to seven work groups of like orientation;
              These guidelines are being prepared to explain and             and twenty-@even work groups covering the entire
            guide the course of action needed in the preparation             gamut of water and related land resources planning
            of the Comprehensive Plan. The Plan will be based,               to accomplish the actual investigations and reporting
            first upon the Framework Plan now being prepared                 for the Framework Study.
            for the Great Lakes Basin, scheduled for completion                 The Plan of Study was completed in August and
            in Fiscal Year 1972, and second upon the various                 issued in October of 1968. It stated the goals, objec-
            more detailed studies and those special studies now              tives, extent of the investigations, and work schedules,
            underway by various States and Federal agencies. It              and provided the initial coordinating device for the
            is envisioned that the Framework Study will indicate             study.
            the need and recommend detailed studies for some                    It was recognized that the Plan of Study would
            portions of the Basin. All of these studies and re-              need periodic updating and revision as work on the
            ports, with appendices, will be used as supporting               studies developed new aspects and activity schedules
            material for the Commission's Comprehensive Plan.                were further refined. The Plan of Study is now under
              The guidelines are being prepared in three parts.              revision to reflect the budget reductions, to incor-
            The first part will show the existing situation in the           porate new thoughts and procedures, and to improve
            Basin, a general basin description, a brief resume of            the format.
            existing water and related land resource development,               A draft of the "Guidelines for Framework Plan
            and a summary of available pertinent data. The sec-              Formulation" for the Framework Study has been pre-
            ond part will define the objectives, goals and needs             pared by an ad hoe committee and the Commission
            of the Comprehensive Plan, stages in developing the              staff. The draft is being reviewed by the Plan and
            plan, basis for the plan, and the technical and socio-           Program Formulation Committee, the Coordinators
            economic requirements of the plan. The third part                and the Work Group Chairmen.
            will develop scheduling, priorities, coordination, and
            review procedures, and the formulation of the Com-                  The principal activities in connection with the
            prehensive Plan.                                                 Framework Study have been carried out by various
              Eventually the results, conclusions, and recommen-             work groups. Organizational arrangements have been
            dations of all of the studies and reports sponsored              completed, initial meetings held, with one or two
            by the Great Lakes Basin Commission, by any or                   exceptions, and considerable progress has been made.
            all of the, States, Federal, interstate, local and non-          The organization of the study investigation, the scope
                                                                             of the investigation and the status of the Work Group
            governmental agencies which are pertinent to the
                                                                             accomplishments are given in the following section.
            conservation, development and use of the water and
            related land resources of the Great Lakes Basin will
            be summarized and compiled into a flexible proposal
            constituting the Comprehensive, Coordinated, Joint
            Plan for the'Great Lakes Basin.

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            COMPREHENSIVE FRAMEWORK STUDY
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            The Commission has organized separate work groups
            for the accomplishment of specific items of work.
            The structure adopted for effective and efficient
            development of the framework investigation consists
            of a relatively small Framework Study Executive
            Committee for interpretation of Commission poli-
            cies; a Plan and Program Formulation Committee,
            composed generally of a senior planner from each                                              U. S. Department of Agriculture
            Commissioner's staff to issue instructions based on              Erosion and sediment production resulting from denuding the
            policy interpretations; a group of six coordinators to           soil for urban development.

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            ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE WORK GROUPS                           Erosion. Land Use and Management: (13) Land Use,
            FOR THE FRAMEWORK STUDY                                      (14) Flood Plains, (15) Irrigation, (16) Drainage, (17)
                                                                         Wildlife, (18) Sediment and Erosion. Economics/So-
            The scope of the work to provide the information             cial/Institutional: (19) Economic and Demographic,
            needed for the Framework Study is indicated by               (20) Federal and State: Regulations, Policies, Pro-
            major areas of interest and Work Groups of similar           grams, and Institutional Arrangements. Environmen-
            orientation to provide information for these major           tal Quality:   (21) Recreation, (22) Aesthetic and
            areas of interest. These are: Basic Resource Infor-          Cultural, (23) Health Aspects.      Plan and Program
            mation:   (1) Climate and Meteorology, (2) Surface           Formulation and Reports       (24) Basin Description,
            Water Hydrology, (3) Geology and Ground Water,               (25) Water and Land Requirements, (26) Plan and
            (4) Limnology of Lakes and Embayments, (5) Mineral           Program Formulation, performed by the Plan and
            Resources. Water Use and Management: (6) Water               Program Formulation Committee, and (27) History
            Supply -Municipal, Industrial and Rural, (7) Water           of Study.-
            Quality and Pollution Control, (8) Fish, (9) Navi-             The organization for the Great Lakes Basin Com-
            gation-Commercial and Recreational Boating, (10)             mission Framework Study is shown in the organiza-
            Power, (11) Levels and Flows, (12) Shore Use and             tion chart.

                          ORGANIZATION FOR THE GREAT LAKES BASIN COMMISSION FRAMEWORK STUDY

                                                Framework Study Executive Committee

                                               Plan and Program Formulation Committee

             Basic Resource      Water Use &        Land Use &       Economics/Social/     Environmental     Program Formula-
              Information        Management        Management           Institutional         Quality          tion & Reports
              Coordinator       Coordinator        Coordinator          Coordinator         Coordinator         Coordinator

                   Work Group Numbers

              Most of the organizational arrangements for the            are a large number of nongovernmental planners who
            Framework Study have been developed. The concept             are members of the various Work Groups. The value
            adopted by the Commission in the conduct of the              of involving these people lies in the new and perhaps
            Framework Study is to include and promote involve-           somewhat different views they bring to bear on the
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            ment of as many competent, interested agencies and           issues, their knowledge of the conditions and the
            individuals as possible in staffing the Work Groups.         possible alternatives, the stimulation to other Work
            While each Work Group has been staffed principally           Group members, the pretesting of tentative conclu-
            from Federal, State and local agency personnel, there        sions, an increase in public education and public

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            relations concerning the studies, and in many cases a        to be adequate to accomplish the work planned;
            wealth of data which they bring to the study, of vari-       however, Fiscal Year 1969 funds were depleted in
            ous types not collected by State or Federal agencies.        May 1969.

              The scope of work specified for each of the Work             Work Group No. 5 - Mineral Resources. The
            Groups, the character of the entire Framework Study          Work Group has completed its revision of the Plan
            and the Work Group accomplishments to date are               of Study. Organization and study coordination have
            briefly discussed in the following paragraphs.               been established. Representation on the Work Group
                                                                         is considered adequate, and willingness to participate
              Work Group No. I - Climate and Meteorology.                and interest shown by State members have been
            This Work Group has scheduled activities for the col-        commendable. The Bureau of Mines has assumed
            lection and tabulation of data from available records        principal responsibility for preparation of the Mineral
            related to temperature, rainfall and snowfall. The           Appendix. The tabulation of the historical produc-
            Work Group was not funded in Fiscal Year 1969.               tion data and projections of mineral demands are
            The major accomplishment of this Work Group to               underway.     About 10 to 15 percent of the total
            June 30, 1969 has been about 80 percent completion           scheduled work has been completed. Subarea base
            of a composite climatological base map which is              maps with county lines and without drainage lines
            being prepared by the State of Ohio. All State repre-        will be used by the Work Group to present data.
            sentatives have been designated for membership on
            the Work Group.                                                Work Group No. 6 - Water Supply-Municipal,
              Work Group No. 2 - Surface Water Hydrology.                Industrial and Rural. This Work Group has prepared
            Accomplishments of this Work Group include adop-             its schedule for an analysis of the existing water
            tion of coordination and work procedures, work as-           supplies, water quality, treatment conditions and
            signments, establishment of study priorities, method         water problems, and projections of water require-
            of analysis and presentation of data in the appendix.        ments.   The Work Group has completed updating
            Bar charts and other work schedules are being devel-         water supply information for municipal water facili-
            oped to assist and assure that all agencies and States       ties in the States of Ohio, Indiana and Minnesota.
            are aware of the critical time elements. No problems         A standard format that the States can use in the tabu-
            are indicated at this time, and accomplishments              lation of current municipal water use data and future
            during this fiscal year are commensurate with the            municipal water use projections is currently being
            expenditures.                                                prepared. A water use budget has been developed
              Work Group No. 3 - Geology and Ground Water.               for rural domestic and livestock water use through
            The accomplishment of this Work Group has been a             the year 2020. Progress on water requirements for
            review and appraisal of most of the available geologic       industrial growth is pending further approval by the
            maps and published reports. The Work Group has               Bureau of the Budget of the questionnaire, "Water
            adopted the use of maps for presentation of the data,        Requirements for Industrial Growth." The overall
            supplemented by text. Color plates are to be used to         work is estimated to be about 10 percent completed
            distinguish between the geographic boundaries and            at present.
            those of the geology and ground water units. Mem-
            bership is adequate with all States except Illinois             Work Group No. 7 - Water Quality and Pollution
            having representation on the Work Group. The over-           Control. This Work Group organized itself into five
            all activities of this Work Group are estimated to be        subgroups to present data on water quality and pol-
            about 15 percent completed.                                  lution control for each of the Great Lakes and its
              Work Group No. 4 - Limnology of Lakes and                  tributary basins. Draft reports for Sections I through
            Embayments The development of usable records in              4 of the Appendix have been completed for the Lake
            technical terms, with explanations suitable for lay-         Michigan Basin and the Lake Huron Basin. First
            men interpretation, of all the limnological factors,         drafts of these four sections for the other three lakes
            is proceeding according to the schedule set up by            are nearly complete. Coordination with other Work
            the Work Group. Coordination is being carried out            Groups has been good. Receipt of information from
            through the use of a flow and critical path diagram          the Economic and Demographic Work Group has
            which identifies information exchange with other             been helpful and has also focused attention on the
            Work Groups. Funding for Fiscal Year 1970 appears            need for developing a consistent methodology to be

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             One of Wisconsin's new waste treatment plants.                     Chicago's new 1000 million gallon per day water treatment
                                                                                plant.

             used in translating economic base projection statis-               information from the Water Quality Work Group.
             tics into associated waste water quantities and waste              All of the Great Lakes Basin States have representa-
             loads.                                                             tives on the Work Group and three Federal agencies
               This Work Group is about on schedule and is char-                are represented. There are 26 official representatives"
             acterized by a high degree of competence, interest                 on this Work Group, plus 14 additional people who
             and willingness to work.        It is expected that the            are auditing the activities.
             materials developed in Sections I through 4 will pro-                Work Group No. 9 - Navigation-Commercial and
             vide much of the information needed by the other                   Recreational Boatin . The Navigation Work Group
             Work Groups.                                                       comprises two task subgroups. The commercial navi-
               Work Group No. 8 - Fish. The first major accom-                  gation subgroup is responsible for deep navigation.
             plishment of the Fish Work Group in its work dealing               The recreational boating subgroup is concerned only
             with past, present and future uses of the fishing                  with recreational boating. The work is still in the
             resources of the Basin was publication in April 1969               initial stages of planning, The membership of the
             of a report entitled "Analysis of Fishery Programs                 Work Group is considered to be adequate. Coordin-
                                                                                ation has been initiated with a number of Work
             and Review of Current Plans for the Management of                  Groups. However, because of the limited accomplish-
             Fishery Resources of the Great Lakes." This report                 ments, the coordinated effort has not yet provided
             was distributed to all members of the Fish Work                    for exchange of data.
             Group, Work Group Chairmen, members of the Plan
             and Program Formulation Committee and the Com-                        Work Group No. 10 - Power. Accomplishments
             missioners.                                                        in providing estimates of future water use for power
               The Work Group has completed the narrative work                  generation in the Basin are proceeding on schedule,
             plan, specifications for the Work Group, cost esti-                with an estimated 20 percent of the work completed.
             mates, an annotated outline of the Fish Appendix,                  Coordination has been established with other Work
             and a timetable for units of accomplishment. The                   Groups, principally Levels and Flows and Water
             first draft of certain sections of the Appendix has                Quality and Pollution Control. Funds available are
             been  completed. Approximately 15 percent of the                   considered adequate and it appears that they will be
             total Appendix report is complete. Coordination                    adequate for the ensuing year. Review procedures
             with  other Work Groups is continuing. The Fish                    of the first draft of the Power Appendix have been
             Work  Group is now working on a special request for                adopted, and some consideration is being given to

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                                                                                      The Barge Canal - New York State Conservation Department
             The power boat        prosperity's child. Boating for pleasure         fifty years, demand for these kinds of facilities will increase
             ranks high in the numbers of participants engaged in water-            severalfold over the present levels.
             based recreational activities. Indications are that in the next

             providing the second draft of the report to major                      management, zoning and recreational considerations
             utilities operating within the Basin as a part of the                  are providing excellent study progress. It is estimated
             coordination effort.                                                   that the amount of funds available is the minimum
                Work Group No. I I - Levels and Flows. In addi-                     amount needed to assure that the work schedule can
             tion to organizing and setting the specifications for                  be maintained.
             the study and appendix outline, one of the first tasks                    Work Group No. 12 - Shore Use and Erosion.
             decided upon by this Work Group was preparation of                     This Work Group decided to identify graphically ex-
             the Study Memorandum, "Great Lakes Information."                       isting shore property conditions and problems. The
             After review, the Work Group distributed the Study                     items to be mapped and the mapping format were
             Memorandum to all other Work Groups in order to                        defined. Each State was requested to complete the
             provide them with sufficient information on physical                   mapping for its own shoreline. Shoreline mileage
             characteristics and historical levels and flows of the                 maps have been completed for all of the Great Lakes
             Great Lakes for general use in the study. This infor-                  shores except the St. Marys River. Maps showing the
             mation has been well received by the other Work                        locations of the major water intakes and waste water
             Groups. It is expected that this document will pro-                    outfalls on the Great Lakes have been completed in
             vide the other Work Groups with the general data                       draft form. An estimated 30 percent of the mapping
             they will require concerning levels and flows. How-                    of existing shore property conditions and problems
             ever, further coordination is planned, and more de-                    has been completed. The overall study is proceeding
             tailed data will be furnished as required. Discussions                 generally as planned and as rapidly as possible consis-
             on effects of fluctuating lake levels as related to land               tent with limited funds-and manpower.

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               Work Group No. 13 - Land Use. The Work Group                     they relate to the soils. A study of the soils in ex-
            has completed listing of water and land acreages by                 panding metropolitan areas has been initiated and is
            State, county, and planning subarea as delineated by                continuing. Generally the work is about 15 percent
            county boundaries. Also a tabulation has been com-                  completed.
            pleted of the drainage areas of subbasins and com-                     Work Group No. 17 - Wildlife. This Work Group
            plexes with a breakdown by States. Both of these                    did not meet during Fiscal Year 1969. Changes in
            tabulations of data are being reviewed and reconciled,              agency personnel resulted in two changes in the chair-
            and when the necessary adjustments are made, they                   manship of the Work Group. However, data available
            will be submitted to the Commission for adoption                    in the office of the chairman were tabulated and
            and use by all Work Groups. The field collection of                 processed. A meeting is scheduled early in the new
            the land use and crop yield data has been completed                 fiscal year.
            and is being summarized for use in a computer model.
            Soil resource group data has been tabulated and sum-
            marized. A land use table for the State of Michigan                                             ,a,
            has been completed and similar data for the remain-
            ing States is being developed. Coordination has been
            established with the other Work Groups. The data
            developed by the Land Use Work Group will be
            needed by many of the other Work Groups.

               Work Group No. 14 - Flood Plains. The Work
            Group completed its organization, drafted its portion                                     A,     't
            of the Plan of Study, and developed the specifications
            for its work early in the year. Accomplishments
            include development of a damage identification and
            classification system and units to be used in reporting
            damages. Methods of conducting the study have been                                                U. S. Department of Agriculture
            established, and their workability will be tested on a
            trial area.   Data required from other Work Groups                  Grassed backslope of the terrace and contour cultivation pre-
            have been indicated, and coordination procedures for                vents erosion and sediment production on the Phillips Farm in
            exchange of information have been discussed.                        Minnesota.
              Work Group No. 15 - Irrigatio . This Work                            Work Group No. 18 - Sediment and Erosion. This
            Group has developed its study specifications, appen-                Work Group has evaluated the present and future
            dix outline and work plan. Crop irrigation averages                 potential erosion from urban development. The first
            have been collected and are being processed. Prelim-                draft of the write-up is ready.          An evaluation of
            inary work has been accomplished on a survey of                     streambank erosion has been completed and the first
            water requirements by crops and location using a                    draft of the write-up prepared. Questionnaires were
            computer program. The preparation of a map of                       sent to the field to obtain local information and opin-
            soil limitations or suitability for irrigation has been             ions on erosion and sediment problems. Responses
            initiated. It is estimated that the total job is about              were received from all 190 counties. The information
            10 percent completed. Coordination procedures have                  obtained from the questionnaires has been summar-
            been established and information needed or to be                    ized and is ready to be written up. The evaluation of
            furnished has been identified.                                      sheet erosion rates by counties in the rural areas is
                                                                                roughly 50 percent completed. A comprehensive soil
              Work Group No. 16 - Drainag . The plan of work                    association map has been completed. Work is begin-
            has been revised and the organization completed to                  ning on interpretations from this and topographic
            do the work. Considerable data has been completed                   maps to develop information on relief characteristics
            on the drainage problems on cropland. Crop yield                    that control erosion rates and influence sedimenta-
            reductions due to poor drainage have been estimated,                tion location and rates. Work assignments have been
            and the data is being processed. Inventory of the                   assumed by two Work Group participants, one to
            major drainage problems in the State of Michigan                    make special studies of the Red Clay area of the Lake
            is complete. Work is progressing on the preparation                 Superior region, and the other to study solids from
            of a generalized map of the drainage problems as                    municipal and industrial waste treatment plants.

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               Work Group No. 19 - Economic and Demographic.                   Coordination procedures have been set up. Copies
             This Work Group organized in Fiscal Year 1968                    of the preliminary projections in the two technical
             and has held three operational meetings in Fiscal                reports have been distributed to all Work Group
             Year 1969. The Fiscal Year 1969 meetings have in-                Chairmen. Also the farm and non-farm population
             cluded discussions of the two technical reports con-             projections have been furnished as requested. Work
             taining preliminary projections completed by the                 Group problems are primarily those related to the
             Work Group. The Work Group has completed the                     level of geographic detail for projections of economic
             following preliminary projections:       (1) agricultural        data required for municipal and industrial water use
             production, farm employment and population for                   and plan formulation for river basins and complexes.
             1960, 1980, 2000 and 2020 for the Great Lakes                     Work Group No. 20 - Federal and State: Regula-
             Basin Commission Planning Subareas; (2) employ-                  tions, Policies, Programs, and Institutional Arrange-
             ment by industry categories and total population,                ments. This Work Group is proceeding on schedule
             personal income, and earnings for 1929 to 2020 by                with the agreed upon work plan. However, due to
             decades, for both OBE Economic Areas and Great                   the change in completion date from January 1, 1972
             Lakes Basin Commission Planning Subareas.                        to January 1, 1971, a revised outline is being devel-
               Based on the preceding reports, projections have               oped. Due to the unique structuring of this Work
             been prepared of farm and non-farm population by                 Group, coordination with other groups, other than
             Great Lakes Basin Commission Planning Subareas.                  fragmentary requests, has been premature. Mem-
             Also the Office of Business Economics and the North              bership on the Work Group is adequate, and the
             Central Division, Corps of Engineers, have prepared              representatives appointed are highly qualified and
             total population data for 1940, 1950, 1960 and 1966              competent individuals who are eager to participate
             by counties by Great Lakes Basin Commission Plan-                to the fullest extent possible.
             ning Subareas. The OBE has developed projections                   Work Group No. 21 - Recreation. This Work
             for 1980 to 2020 for each Great Lakes State and the              Group has held one meeting.          General goals and
             total population for each Great Lakes Basin Commis-              methods of approach to this study were discussed.
             sion Planning Subarea and Water Resources Planning               Despite the cut in projected funding, it is anticipated
             Area. The Work Group is anticipating an on-schedule              that work schedules can be met; however, the depth
             draft of each individual report from each major                  of examination will be restricted, particularly in the
             participant by December 1, 1969. The overall ac-                 area of tourism. The first draft of Appendix Intro-
             complishment is about 20 percent of the total work.              duction and General Description is virtually com-

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                              Michigan Department of Natural Resources                          Michigan Department of Natural Resources
             Big Rock Point "NUKE" - The increased demand for fut   ure       The Lakes offer a significant asset for outdoor water-oriented
             water use for power generation may have an effect on water       recreation for both residents and out-of-State visitors. A
             quality.                                                         recreation scene on a Michigan beach.

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             pleted, and much of the groundwork for supply,                        Work Group No. 26 - Plan and Program Formu-
             demand and needs analysis has been started. There                  lation. Work for this appendix will be performed
             is need for coordination and liaison work to secure                by the Plan and Program Formulation Committee.
             needed input from other Work Groups.                               This Committee, representing all of the constituent
                Work Group No. 22' - Aesthetic and Cultural.                    agencies of the Commission, and made up of prin-
             The first chairman of this Work Group retired during               cipal planning personnel from these agencies, has
             the year, and there was a period of several weeks                  performed an important function in advising the
             before the replacement was able to devote any time                 Commissioners and the Commission staff on both the
             to the Framework Study. Under National Park Ser-                   management and technical aspects of the studies in
             vice policy the major input of the Service in studies              progress. The Committee has had a number of meet-
             of this sort is provided by a contractor, with Park                ings to consider and agree on the goals and objectives
             Service personnel providing supervision, interpreta-               of the Framework Study, and the procedures and
             tion and overall participation in the study. During                techniques to be employed in plan formulation, and
             the period between active chairmanships, the Re-                   to establish the order in which various segments of
             gional Office of the Park Service continued contract               the Basin will be considered in the plan formulation
             negotiations, and executed a contract with Professor               process.
             Philip M. Lewis of Madison, Wisconsin. The new                        Work Group No. 27 - History of Stud . This
             chairman was then in a position to call a meeting                  Work Group has not yet been activated, although
             of the Work Group with Professor Lewis to discuss                  some appointments have been made. Material on
             contract terms, objectives, and procedures.             Base       the history of the study is being furnished to the
             maps of the entire Region have been furnished to                   Commission staff. Annual analytical histories will
             Professor Lewis. The States will be major contribu-                be  prepared.
             tors in providing map overlays showing aesthetic and
             cultural features. A seminar will be held at an early
             date to discuss mapping procedures.

                Work Group No. 23 - Health Aspect . The Health
             Aspects Work Group has held one meeting and devel-
             oped a work plan and appendix outline. All States
             are represented on the Work Group. The United
             States Public Health Service has developed "Health
             Guidelines for Water Resources and Related Land
             Use Management" which will be used with similar
             materials from the States and local public health
             agencies. It is anticipated that these guidelines can
             be used in conjunction with the water resource de-
             velopment planning for the Great Lakes Basin. Pro-
             gress has been moderate, but it is expected that the
             proposed schedule will be maintained.

                Work Group No. 24 - Basin Description. Basin
             descriptions are being prepared in first draft by the
             Commission staff. These will be reviewed by the
             chairmen of all Work Groups for accuracy and used
             as appropriate without repetition for each appendix.

                Work Group No. 25 - Water and Land Require-
             ments. This Work Group has not yet been activated,
             although members have been designated by three                                                  U. S. Department of Agriculture
             Federal agencies and four States.         Until the other          Forest and woodland make    up about half of the total land
             Work Groups are further advanced in stating their                  base. They are concentrated in northern Minnesota, Michigan,
             needs, there is no need for this Work Group to meet.               Wisconsin and New York. This resource has a significant
             It is expected that activity will begin in the next                influence on the economy of the region and also provides a
             six months.                                                        suitable environment for wildlife and outdoor recreation.

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                                                                                   ONGOING ACTIVITIES AFFECTING
                                                                                   GREAT LAKES BASIN PLANNING

                                                                                   Throughout the year the Great Lakes Basin Com-
                                                                                   mission and its Staff addressed themselves to many
                  'A                                                               subjects relating to planning and reviewed numerous
                                                                                   ongoing activities, actions and proposals affecting
                                                                                   planning in the Great Lakes. Among these were:
                                                                                      The Upper Great Lakes Regional Commission -
                                                                                   This is a regional-action planning commission cover-
                                             Great Lakes Basin Commission          ing 119 counties in northern Wisconsin, northern
                                                                                   Minnesota and northern Michigan. The Commission
             The Great Lakes carry more freight tonnage in a year than             has money for technical assistance. It has funded
             all of the Gulf and Pacific ports combined. In its nine-month         programs in forestry in Michigan, on lake manage-
             navigation season, the locks at Sault Ste. Marie at the eastern       ment and lake revival in Wisconsin and provided
             tip of Lake Michigan pass more than twice the freight tonnage         assistance through the State Departments, the Great
             than is passed through the Panama Canal in a year.                    Lakes Fishery Commission and the Bureau of Out-
             ANTICIPATED ACTIVITIES                                                door Recreation on acceleration of the lamprey con-
             FOR FISCAL YEAR 1970                                                  trol program. Funds and assistance have also involved
                                                                                   work in land and water conservation and develop-
             On August 13, 1969, President Nixon appointed                         ment of airports and marinas. The Regional Com-
             Mr. Frederick 0. Rouse of Michigan Chairman of                        mission has a long-range planning task force as well
             the Great Lakes Basin Commission.                                     as a short-term task force to develop an early action
                During Fiscal Year 1970 it is expected that the                    program through the Governors. The first five-year
             Basin Commission will have:                                           spending program is underway. There are similari-
             (a)   completed its basic staffing for Commission                     ties of interests between the Regional Commission's
                                                                                   activities and those of the Great Lakes Basin Com-
                   directed activities;                                            mission, and therefore continuing close coordination
             (b)   aggressively continued the Framework Investi-                   and relationships will be sought to avoid duplication
                   gations;                                                        of efforts in planning and to insure compatibility of
             (c)   undertaken the practicability study for the spec-               results.
                   ial Systems Analysis Study for the Great Lakes;                    Great Lakes Commission - Public Law 90-419,
             (d)   completed the revisions of the Plan of Study                    signed in July 1968, granted the consent of Congress
                   for the Framework Study;                                        to the Great Lakes Basin Compact, covering the eight
             (e)   completed Guidelines for Plan Formulation for                   Great Lakes States. Under the provisions of Title 11
                   the Framework Study;                                            of the Water Resources Planning Act, the Great Lakes
             (f)   initiated actual plan formulation on a scheduled                Basin Commission extended an invitation to the
                   priority basis for the Framework Plan for the                   Great Lakes Commission to name a representative to
                   tributaries and the Basin;                                      the Great Lakes Basin Commission. Mr. Robert E.
             (g)   completed guidelines for the development of a                   Stockdale, Ohio Senator and Chairman of the Great
                   comprehensive, coordinated, joint Basin plan;                   Lakes Commission, was named as the member of the
                                                                                   Basin Commission. Col. Leonard Goodsell, Executive
             (h)   continued activities in the coordination of on-                 Director, is the alternate.
                   going studies; and                                                 In his remarks to the Great Lakes Basin Commis-
             (i)   extended the activities of the Great Lakes Basin                sion at its October meeting in Erie, Pennsylvania,
                   Commission Library in identifying and obtaining                 Senator Stockdale stated that the Great Lakes Com-
                   reference materials to be used for reference and                mission accepts the concept that the Great Lakes
                   research by members of the Commission, the                      Basin Commission is coordinator of planning agencies
                   Commission staff, and Commission contractors.                   as provided by Public Law 89-80 and pledged com-
                During this same period, it is expected that new                   plete cooperation to the Commission in its role of
             studies will be initiated by Commission members                       coordinating the Federal-State planning efforts in the
             for which thq Commission will consider Commission                     Great Lakes region and in developing the compre-
             staff coordination necessary and beneficial.                          hensive plan for the Basin.

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               Estuary Protection Act of 1968 - As enacted by
             the Congress, the act authorizes the Secretary of the
             Interior, in cooperation with the States, to conduct
             an inventory and study of the Nation's estuaries and
             their natural resources. The act specifically includes
             "the land and water areas of the Great Lakes." The
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             study of the estuaries and Great Lakes includes,                                         54et,
             among other matters, their wildlife and recreational
             potential, their ecology, their value to the marine,
             anadromous, and shell fisheries and their aesthetic
             value. Also to be considered is their importance to
             navigation, their value for food, hurricane and erosion
             control, their mineral value, and the value of sub-
             merged lands underlying the waters of the estuaries.
             The value of such areas for more intensive develop-                                       Michigan State Waterways Commission
             ment for economic use as part of urban developments                Additional facilities for recreational craft are needed. With in-
             and for commercial and industrial purposes will also               creased leisure time and more money to spend boat enthusiasts
             be evaluated. The act further states that the estuarine            will utilize marinas at 30 to 40 mile intervals along the shores
             study would be coordinated with the comprehensive                  of the Lakes.
             estuarine pollution study currently underway under
             the Federal Water Pollution Control Administration.                   Lake Erie - Lake Superior Proposal - The Marine
               The Water Resources Council advised the Chairmen                 Sciences Council proposed early in 1967 a series of
             of the River Basin Commissions and the coordinators                case studies in "Multiple Uses of the Coastal Zone."
             of all Type I and 2 studies not yet completed to con-              These studies were to be made in a selected number
             sider with the field representatives of the Secretary              of coastal reaches of varying characters. The stated
             of the Interior how this act can best be implemented               purpose was to discover any existing general principle
             through the work of the River Basin Commissions and                which would have important impact on technological
             comprehensive studies that are now underway.                       or institutional development of the coastal zone.
               This inventory and study overlaps into many func-                   One of the selected areas was the Great Lakes
             tions and activities of the Work Groups for the                    where a comparative study of the coastline of Lake
             Framework Study. Therefore, there is need for close                Erie (a eutrophic lake with a dense population on
             coordination between the two studies, particularly in              its coast) and Lake Superior (an oligotrophic lake
             the phases of the analysis of the inventory and-in                 with sparse bordering population) offered the great-
             the development of the recommendations that will                   est opportunity for comparison. Although the Erie-
             be sent to Congress.                                               Superior study was proposed for 1967, no award was
                                                                                made at that time.

               The Commission Staff has established lines of com-                  In March 1968 the Erie-Superior study was offered
             munication on this matter with field representatives               again, and the Great Lakes Basin Commission sub-
             of the Secretary of the Interior. The lead agency for              mitted a proposal to the National Council on Marine
             the Great Lakes portion of the study is the Bureau                 Resources and Engineering Development which was
             of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife. The report is to be               responsive to the request and which indicated the
             presented to Congress by the Secretary of the Interior             strong parallels of interest which existed between the
             by January 30, 1970.                                               Marine Sciences studies and the Great Lakes Basin
               The Alternate Chairman designated a Task Force                   Commission Framework Planning.
             to consider the relationship of the estuarine study                   On July 10, 1968, the National Council on Marine
             and the activities of about eight Work Groups work-                Resources and Engineering Development notified the
             ing on the Framework Study. The Task Force will                    Great Lakes Basin Commission that the study had
             evaluate the Great Lakes Basin Commission involve-                 been awarded elsewhere. Later information revealed
             ment and interface with the estuarine study. The                   that the study was being done by the National Plan-
             Task Force is composed of members from three                       ning Association. The National Planning Association
             States and three Federal agencies with the member                  has discussed its study of Lakes Superior and Erie
             from Michigan as Chairman.                                         several times with the Commission Staff.

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               Commission on Marine Science, Engineering and                    of the Wolf River in Wisconsin has been named as
            Resources - The Commission on Marine Science,                       a component of the system. The reach designated
            Engineering and Resources, established under the                    is from the Langlade-Menominee County line down-
            Marine Resources and Development Act of 1966, has                   stream to Keshwa Falls. The upper Wolf is present-
            been concerned with matters affecting the estuaries                 ly part of the Wisconsin State scenic river system.
            and the oceans, including the Great Lakes, during                   Two other rivers in the Great Lakes Basin, the Pere
            the past several years. It contracted with Battelle                 Marquette in Michigan, and the Maumee in Ohio and
            Northwest for a study concerning the restoration of                 Indiana, have been designated in the act as poten-
            the Great Lakes and a review of potentials and rec-                 tial additions to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers
            ommendations for implementation of the findings.                    System.
            The Great Lakes Basin Commission Staff cooperated                     There is need to coordinate these studies as they
            with Battelle Northwest in furnishing information for
            this study. The Commission has an interest in the                   relate to the Framework Study and the proposed
            report relative to the proposed restoration, including              Maumee Type 2 Study. The Bureau of Outdoor Rec-
            the plan for destratification and any proposed insti-               reation of the Department of the Interior and/or the
            tutional arrangements for restoration of the Lakes.                 Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture are
                                                                                generally responsible for the studies. The initiation,
                                                                                data collection, analysis and preparation of the rec-
               Streambank Erosion Stud - Section 120 of Pub-                    ommendations will be important to several of the
            lic Law 90-483 authorized and directed the Secretary                Work Groups in planning for meeting future needs.
            of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers                  A potential addition of a reach on the Maumee River
            of the Corps of Engineers, to make a study of the                   would have direct effects upon the planning in the
            nature and scope of the damages which result from                   proposed Maumee Type 2 Study. In the develop-
            streambank erosion throughout the United States.                    ment of the Great Lakes Basin Framework Plan, the
            The study was to be made with a view to determining                 approved and potential designated rivers will be con-
            the need for and the feasibility,of a coordinated pro-              sidered and evaluated.        Also, the Recreation and
            gram of streambank protection in the interests of                   Aesthetic and Cultural Work Groups will consider
            reducing damages from the deposition of sediment                    other rivers, or portions of rivers, and their related
            in reservoirs and waterways, the destruction of chan-               lands, in addition to the approved and potential
            nels and adjacent lands, and other adverse effects on               designations, for meeting future environmental and
            streambank erosion.                                                 recreational needs.
               This was a one-year study to be accomplished by                                                     IVW74oft",
            the Corps of Engineers in cooperation with other
            agencies, principally the U. S. Departments of Agri-
            culture and the Interior, but no additional funds were                           49@
            provided to do the work.
               This study would have to cover much of the same                                         %                              4
            ground as that proposed to be accomplished through
            the Work Group on Sediment and Erosion as set up
            under the Framework Study of the Great Lakes Basin                  hloL=Zffi;@
            Commission. Consequently, because the Framework
            Study organization was already in being, and in order
            to provide the needed coordination between the two
            studies, the work was accomplished through the Work
                                                                                r -
            Groups. This study generated useful data for future
            Commission activity, and established the effectiveness                                                           dip         -47@
            of the Commission Framework Study organization in
            accomplishing areas of study related to or compatible
            with the Framework Study.                                                             Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
                                                                                Fishing in a remote and free-flowing stream in Wisconsin. The
                                                                                pressure of competing water uses   is one of the greatest and
               Wild and Scenic Rivers Act (Public Law 90-542) -                 most difficult problems facing the recreational planner. This
            This act provides for the establishment of a National               is especially difficult in areas with large population concentra-
            Wild and Scenic Rivers System. A designated reach                   tions and limited water resources.

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                 Erosion of Beaches and Shorelines - Public Law                   hensive of the adequacy of coordinated planning by
              90-483 authorized the Corps of Engineers to conduct                 the States and communities. As a direct consequence
              a study of National shoreline erosion. The study will               of the studies of a Commission Task Force, a plan
              deal with overall problems of beach erosion and will                for alleviation of the losses was implemented by the
              include surveys of State and local activities, types                States and the Federal Water Pollution Control Ad-
              of remedial action possible and preliminary cost esti-              ministration in 1968. However, the massive die-off
              mates of such action. The act specifically mentions                 did not occur. The equipment and techniques con-
              the Great Lakes, including the estuaries and bays                   ceived, designed and tested are available for future
              thereof.                                                            use.

                 The study will also develop recommendations for                    The Great Lakes Basin Commission continued to
              land use along the shorelines and point out title                   follow the progress being made toward the solution
              uncertainties. This study is closely related to the                 of the alewife menace. At the March 1969 meeting
              Framework Study for the Great Lakes Basin now                       of the Commission it was reported that preliminary
              underway and will be done largely by the Shoreline                  estimates indicated that there would not be a major
              and Erosion Work Group in conjunction with their                    die-off of alewives in 1969, based on the indications
              activities for the Framework Study.             A nominal           that the adult population in the fall of 1968 was
              amount of additional detail and changes in format                   about the same as in the fall of 1967. Thus, no
              will be required so that the information can be fur-                serious problems were anticipated for 1969.
              nished to the States and local authorities.                           A report was prepared by the Bureau of Commer-
                 Alewife Die-Off in the Great Lakes -         During the          cial Fisheries giving technical information on means
              summer of 1967, a massive die-off of alewife trash                  of alleviating the short-term problems resulting from
              fish occurred in Lake Michigan. This created prob-                  the die-off. At the same time, it was strongly urged
              lems of disposal, beach use, and the utilization of                 that a broader long-range approach be taken, that
              community recreation facilities around the shore of                 the entire ecology of the Lake be studied and that
              the Lake. The economic loss was estimated to be in                  adequate research be carried on in order that the
              excess of $ 100 million.                                            problems which existed might be resolved.
                 During this time, the Great Lakes Basin Commis-                    National Water Commission - The National Water
              sion became concerned with the problem and appre-                   Commission, a recently established study Commis-
                                                                                  sion on water resources policy, was authorized by
                                                                                  Public Law 90-515 in September 1968.
                                                                                    At the proposal of the Bureau of the Budget and
                                                                                  the Congress, the National Water Commission, among
                                                                                  other things, is to: (1) review present and anticipated
                                                     4                            National water resources problems, make projections
                                                                                  of water requirements as necessary and identify
                                                                                  alternative ways of meeting these requirements; (2)
                                         f, t                                     consider economic and,social consequences of water
                                                                                  resources development; and (3) advise on such spe-
                                                                                  cific water resource matters as may be referred by the
                                                                                  President and the Water Resources Council.

                                                  Ilk,                              The National Water Commission is reviewing the
                                                                                  findings and recommendations which resulted from
                                                                                  previous studies of water programs and policies, such
                                                                                  as those of the Water Resources Policy Commission,
                                                                                  the Advisory Committee on Water Resources Policy,
                                                                                  the reports of the two Hoover Commissions dealing
                                                                                  with water resources, and the report of the Senate
                                                                                  Select Committee on National Water Resources which
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                                                                                  led to the establishment of the Water Resources
                            Federal Water Pollution Control Administration        Council and the River Basin Commissions.
              Sediment and waste in Driftmeyer Ditch, Maumee River, Ohio.           The National Water Commission is working closely

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            with River Basin Commissions and is desirous of               for the Sea Lamprey Control Program, the Commis-
            maintaining continuing contact. Since the National            sion passed a resolution in wholehearted support of
            Water Commission is required to consult with the              the Great Lakes Fishery Commission's budget urging
            Water Resources Council for review and comment,               Congress to appropriate the full amount requested
            the Great Lakes Basin Commission may have some                for this program which is so vital to State, National,
            suggestions for preparation of the National Water             and international interests in the entire central region
            Commission's report on National water policy.                 of North America. This resolution was forwarded to
              .International Field Year of the Great Lakes - The          the Water Resources Council for consideration. The
            International Field Year of the Great Lakes is a joint        Commission urged the Council to take appropriate
            research and data collection proposal of the Canadian         action relative to the budget request for the Lamprey
            and U. S. National Committees of the International            Control Program.
            Hydrologic Decade to study intensely Lake Ontario
            in order to increase the basic knowledge and ability
            to understand all of the Great Lakes. The primary
            objectives of the study are to develop an atmospheric
            water budget, a ground water budget, a surface water
            budget, an energy balance and a study of the major
            circulation patterns of the Lake.
              The Corps of Engineers has undertaken major lead
            agency responsibilities, but program initiation has
            been delayed because of lack of funds.
              The results of these studies will be of major signif-
            icance to the Great Lakes Basin Commission in its
            relation to the proposed limnological systems analysis
            approach to the planning for the Great Lakes and in
            the development of a comprehensive, coordinated,
            approach to the planning for the Great Lakes and
            in the development of a comprehensive, coordinated,
            joint plan for the Great Lakes Basin.      Because of                             Michigan State Waterways Commission
            these close ties the Commission adopted a resolution          Caseville Harbor - Harbors of refuge are a needed facility for
            to support fully the Corps of Engineers' efforts for          the well-being of the lake boaters.
            these studies and urged Congressional support for the
            budget requests of the Corps of Engineers to initiate         STATE ACTIONS IN
            the study.
              Great Lakes Fishery Commission Funding for the              WATER RESOURCES PLANNING
            Sea Lamprey Control Progarn - The Sea Lamprey                 Coordinated and comprehensive water resources plan-
            Control Program was started in Lake Superior in               ning has been enhanced through the financial assis-
            1958, and after several years (1962) there was evi-           tance provided to the States under Title III of Public
            dence of control. In Lake Michigan treatments have            Law 89-80. This Act provides funds with which to
            been fairly well completed, with the second and third         meet some of the need for increased participation
            cycles of treatment applied to some of the tributary          by the States in water and related land resources
            streams. There was a slow start on Lake Huron, with           planning. Under this program of Federal financial
            the Canadian Government providing more input than             assistance, augmented State matching funds are pro-
            the United States. There is some reinfestation of             vided whenever the Water Resources Council approves
            Lakes Michigan and Superior from Lake Huron be-               a State program for comprehensive water and related
            cause of the lack of effective control; these lakes           land resources planning which meets the requirements
            must be treated as a unit if effective control is to be       of the Act.
            achieved. The total rehabilitation program hinges on            Coordination between comprehensive water re-
            how effectively the sea lamprey is controlled in all          sources planning and other State-wide programs-one
            the Lakes. The problem at the present time is one of          of the requirements of the Act-is under development
            a lack of funds.                                              at the present time in all of the Great Lakes Basin
              In an effort to assist in getting the needed funds          States.

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               Illinois published a State water plan in 1967 which           siderable progress toward completion of a framework
             was entitled, "Water for Illinois, A Plan for Action."          State-wide plan. The goals, objectives, assumptions,
             With that report as a basis, advanced planning tech-            criteria, and rationale developed largely by Federal
             niques are under development with substantial assis-            agencies for the appendices of Federal-State water
             tance from Title III funds. During Fiscal Year 1969             and related land resources planning organizations
             most of this effort was directed to model building              were compiled and distributed to 400 responsible
             and systems analysis, and late in the year a start was          citizens, legislators, and employees of State and local
             made in its application to the Chicago Region where             governments for their review and comment from a
             Great Lakes water is used. Coordination and coop-               State, local and private viewpoint. Based on com-
             eration with the Great Lakes Basin Commission is                ments received, the section of the framework plan,
             achieved through representation on the Commission               "Goals, Objectives, Assumptions, Criteria and Ratio-
                                                                             nale," was prepared.
                                                            A                   About one-third of the first draft of a report des-
                                                                             cribing the framework State-wide water and related
                            I                                                         ources plan was completed.
                                                                             land res
                                                                                The State of Minnesota participated in Federal-
                                                                             State comprehensive water and related land resource
                    @4.
                                                                             planning, including the work of the Great Lakes Basin
                                                                             Commission, and membership on seventeen of the
                                                                             Committees and Work Groups of the Framework
                                                                             Study. However, because of manpower limitations
                                                         Mu
                                                                             and lack of funds, participation has been limited.
                                                                             The State expresses the view that the funds provided
                                                                             to State agencies through Title III of Public Law
                                                          Nil'
                                                                             89-80 for participation in Federal-State planning ac-
                                                                             tivities are not adequate.

                                                                                 New York State's Water Resources Commission,
                              Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources       the central policy body for water, has been engaged
             Environmental Quality - peace and tranquility.                   in comprehensive regional water resources planning
                                                                              since 1962. Presently, there are seven Commission-
                                                                              sponsored regional water resources planning board
             and several of the Framework Study Work Groups.                  studies underway in the Great Lakes Basin: (1) Erie-
                                                                              Niagara, (2) Genesee River Basin, (3) three boards
                The State of Michigan Comprehensive Water Plan-               covering twelve counties in the Oswego River Basin,
             ning Program is composed of three separate, yet                  (4) Black River Basin, and (5) St. Lawrence Basin.
             closely coordinated, elements: (1) the development,              These studies (similar to Federal Type 11 planning)
             in cooperation with the Great Lakes Basin Commis-                are conducted under the policy guidance of the State
             sion, of a State framework plan; (2) the formulation             Water Resources Commission with direct leadership
             of specific developmental plans and programs, i.e.,              provided by a board of seven local leaders. Staff ser-
             water quality standards and designated use areas                 vices, legal, technical, engineering and other services
             thereof, Great Lakes shore erosion, and others; and              are furnished by the Division of Water Resources of
             (3) cooperation and assistance to local watershed                the State Conservation Department. Funds received
             entities in the development of their water planning              through Title III of the Federal Water Resources
             and management activities.                                       Planning Act provide part of the State effort in this
                The Minnesota State Planning Agency activated                 planning program.
             a Water Resources Coordinating Committee during
             Fiscal Year 1967, partly with Title III grant funds                 Participation in a number of concurrent Federal-
             provided by the Water Resources Council. This Com-               State and interstate water resources studies affecting
             M
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             mittee is administering and coordinating the State               New York State is carried out by the Division of
             water and related land resources planning program.               Water Resources on behalf of the State Water Re-
                                                                              sources Commission. The Division, in carrying out
                During Fiscal Year 1969, the Committee made con-              its assigned responsibilities, coordinates with all con-

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           cerned Federal, State, local and private agencies and         dismissed. The average fine has been $33.00. In most
           provides necessary interchange between programs to            instances, courts have required offenders to clean up
           avoid duplication of effort.                                  litter as well as pay fines.
              During the past year, plan formulations were initi-          The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is actively
           ated or continued by a number of boards. The Erie-            engaged in developing a State Water Plan. The com-
           Niagara Basin Board will present its plan in late 1969.       prehensive conceptual system will be designed as the
           A coordinated, three-board plan for the Oswego Basin          principal instrument to plan, develop and manage the
           will probably be available in 1972. Regional board            Commonwealth's water and related land resources.
           plans for the Genesee, Black and St. Lawrence are             The development effort for the Plan is currently in its
           scheduled for 1973.                                           framework phase, which is scheduled for completion
              The State of Ohio has now completed a Type 11              in 1970. The Plan development will then concentrate
           study for the Northwest Region of the State and has           on the details suggested by the Framework Study,
           commenced planning activity of a Type 11 nature in            and is expected to be completed in 1976.
           the Northeast Region or the balance of that portion             The Framework Study includes inventories of
           of the State within the Great Lakes Basin. Participa-         water availability and critical water related needs and
           tion and input to each of the Work Groups effectively         a feasibility study for a computerized water manage-
           represents the State's interests in the Great Lakes           ment information system.       Inventories have been
           Basin Commission Framework Study with general                 completed on Pennsylvania's reservoirs and natural
           coordination of all input being accomplished by the           lakes, and are nearly completed on flood damage
           Ohio Department of Natural Resources' staff and its           centers and municipal water user data. The feasibility
           consulting engineer.                                          study for the management information system is also
              From the 20 million dollar 1965 bond issue funds           virtually complete.
           earmarked for Northwest Ohio projects, the State                In June of 1967 the Natural Resources Commis-
           has undertaken cost-sharing participation in five (5)         sion and the Governor of the State of Indiana author-
           multipurpose reservoir projects-Wellington, Clyde,            ized the Department of Natural Resources to develop
           Findlay, Lima, and Willard. Three other reservoir             a State Water Plan. The State Water Plan is conceived
           projects-Tiffin River, Kildeer, and New London-are            as a program for the timely conservation, utilization
           in pre-contract planning stages.                              and management of water and related land resources,
              Forty-two ground water research drillings have             so formulated as to provide the means for satisfying
           been completed and 40 of these test wells have been           the State's needs for water during the next fifty
           pump tested. Further research on certain of these             years.
           wells has been authorized, and acidizing tests will be          Indiana's State Water Plan, which is tentatively
           performed during 1969.                                        scheduled for completion during Fiscal Year 197 1,
              Of 62 monitoring stations called for in the North-         will constitute one element of the Comprehensive
           west Ohio Water Development Plan, 14 have been                Plan for the physical, social and economic develop-
           installed in cooperation with the U. S. Geological            ment of the State.
           Survey. Plans have been approved to telemeter five
           of these Northwest Ohio monitoring stations into a              An application has recently been submitted to the
           centralized receiving unit in Columbus.                       Water Resources Council for a grant under Title III
                                                                         of the Water Resources Planning Act of 1965 to aug-
              Of 69 Public Law 566 applications submitted, 19            ment Indiana's State water planning activities.
           are in the preliminary investigation stage, 8 are in the        Coordination and cooperation with the Great Lakes
           work plan stage, 10 have been approved for construc-          Basin Commission is achieved through the Depart-
           tion, and 5 have been completed.                              ment of Natural Resources' representation on the
              Significant improvements are occurring along the           Commission and membership on several of the Work
           streams and lakes as the result of Ohio's new Anti-           Groups for the Framework Study.
           Stream Littering Law passed by the 107th General                The State of Wisconsin, having published its first
           Assembly. State Game Protectors have already suc-             water resources plan during the past year, is in the
           cessfully investigated and tiled nearly 800 anti-stream       process of updating and expanding the scope of that
           littering cases involving 184 streams and 30 lakes in         plan. Preliminary efforts have been directed toward
           86 of Ohio's 88 counties. Only 5 cases have been              the study of new institutional arrangements, water

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            use and waste treatment investigations, and toward             the Commission, but within the majorlsubject area.
            the refinement and extension of cooperation between               It is not intended that the Library act as a reposi-
            the various State agencies and departments involved            tory for field data and notes, or maintain a collection
            in water resource management considerations.            A      of highly technical information and reports. Rather,
            clearer definition of water resources planning efforts         it is responsible for identifying and obtaining a gen-
            should improve the efficiency of the State's planning.         eral, up-to-date collection of materials to be used for
            Efforts are also being made to involve the public              reference and research by the Great Lakes Basin
            more actively in planning.                                     Commission Staff and the members of the Commis-
               The State of Wisconsin also actively supports the           sion and Work Groups in the Framework Study.
            planning activities of the Upper Great Lakes Regional             Incorporated in the collection are:
            Commission and the U. S. Department of Agriculture             (1)  Reports, studies, comprehensive plans, maps,
            Type IV Southeast Wisconsin Rivers Basin Study.                     and other documents generated by Federal,
               The States have indicated that financial assistance              State, local and organizational efforts.
            for Comprehensive Planning Grant Authorizations                (2)  Reference tools and books of a more general
            (Title 111) is inadequate. Appropriations for grants                nature and periodicals dealing with water and
            to the States should be at least doubled or even qua-               related natural resources.
            drupled. This need was expressed in a letter to the            (3)  A Current Legislation File and a pamphlet and
            Water Resources Council in response to the Council's                clippings file for materials of current interest
            invitation to make suggestions for changes in the                   but ephemeral nature.
            Water Resources Planning Act, Public Law 89-80.
                                                                              During the past year the Library published two
                                                                           Bibliographies and a Book Catalog to enable the geo-
                                                                           graphically dispersed Commissioners and Work Group
                                                                           members to use the Library collection to the fullest.
                                                                           In addition, the Great Lakes Basin Library handles
            THE GREAT LAKES BASIN LIBRARY                                  interlibrary loan requirements from other libraries,
            The Great Lakes Basin Library was formed in 1968 to            and supplies materials and reference help to qualified
            handle the information responsibilities of the Great           persons cooperating with the Commission.
            Lakes Basin Commission. The Library collection and
            activities of its staff are compatible with and comple-
            ment the duties of the Great Lakes Basin Commission
            in the coordination of Federal, State, interstate, local
            and independent plans for the development of the               FUTURE OF THE COMMISSION
            water and related land resources of the Great Lakes            The Great Lakes Basin Commission considers it es-
            Basin.                                                         sential to look ahead so that the activities of the
               Water resources, including water quality and quan-          Commission will be compatible with the needs of
            tity, limnology, irrigation, industrial usage, flooding,       the future.   The Alternate Chairman named a task
            ground water, navigation, pollution and power, will            force to give consideration to the future activities
            be the subject areas receiving the most concentration;         of the Commission. This task force is charged with
            while the land related resources such as agriculture,          the responsibility of taking a look at the collective
            wildlife management, recreation, mineral resources,            responsibilities of the Commission after the compre-
            industrial resources, geology, land use and manage-            hensive, coordinated, joint plan is completed, or as
            ment, urban development, transportation, communi-              it is being developed.
            cations and systems analysis will also be included.               The task force appointed includes the following:
               The collection of materials in the above subject            Chairman, from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania;
            areas will be concentrated primarily within the geo-           a member from each of the States of Indiana, Michi-
            graphic regions included in the Basin. These include           gan, and New York; and a member from each of
            Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York,              the Departments of Agriculture, Army, Interior, and
            Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.                             Justice.
               The Library will seek to include important and                 The task force did not meet during the Fiscal Year
            definitive works outside the geographic boundaries of          1969.

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                                                    ICERMAN, JOHNSON & HOFFMAN
                                                            Certified Public Accountants
                                                         303 NATIONAL BANK AND TRUST BUILDING

               R. L. JOHNSON, C. P. A.                        ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN 48108                                            OFFICES
               C. A. HOFFMAN, C. P. A.
               J. S. BURTT, C. P. A.                                                                                         ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN
               C@ J. MOREHOUSE, C. P. A.                                                                                      HOW-ELL, MICHIGAN
               D. B. BOOTH, JR.. C. P. A.
               J. R 5 UITS. C. P.A.
               D. L. BREDERNITZ, C. P. A.

                                                                    July 10, 1969

                 Great Lakes Basin Commission
                 2200 North Campus Boulevard
                 Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105

                                   We have examined the General Operating Fund, and Plant and
                 Equipment Fund statements of financial condition of the Great Lakes
                 Basin Commission as of June 30, 1969, and the General Operating Fund
                 statement of operations for the year then ended. Our examination was
                 made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, and
                 acpordingly included such tests of the accounting records and such
                 other auditing procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances.

                                   Capital expenditures are recorded at cost in the Plant and
                 Equipment Fund while payment for these items is provided for in the
                 General Operating Fund budget.

                                   In our opinion, the accompanying statements of financial
                 condition and statement of operations present fairly the financial
                 position of Great Lakes Basin Commission at June 30, 1969 and the
                 results of operations for the year then ended, in conformity with
                 accepted accounting principles on a basis consistent with that of the
                 preceding year.
                                                                      Icerman, Pohnson 8, Hoffman
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                                               Exhibit A
                                    Great Lakes Basin Commission
                                 Statement of Financial Condition
                                             June 30, 1969

                                       General Operating Fund

                                                Assets
        Current Assets
          Cash on deposit with U.S. Treasury Department                      $159,844
          Petty cash                                                                 50  $159,894
          Advances and deposits                                                               6,417
          Grants receivable:
            United States Government                                         $ 85YO00
            State of Illinois                                                    32,500
            State of Indiann                                                     7,500
            State of Wisconsin                                                   22,500    147,500
          Other receivables                                                                      68
              Total current assets           .....................................       $@-13,_879

                                  Liabilities and Working Capital
        Liabilities
          Accounts payable                                                   $ 14,393
          Accrued payroll                                                        3,136
          Taxes - payroll                                                        8,374
            Total liabilities          ..........................................        $ 25,903

        Working Capital
          Unappropriated working capital (Schedule B)                                      287,976
              Total liabilities and working capital              ....................    $313@,879

                                      Plant and Equipment Fund

                                                Assets
        Furniture and equipment                                              $ 9,815
        Library books                                                            4,327
          Total assets         .................................................         $ 14_,142

                                                Equity
        Plant and Equipment Fund Equity            ................................      $ 14,142

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                                               Exhibit B
                                   Great Laices Basin Commission
                                       General Operating Fund
                                      Statement of Operations
                                     Year Ended June 30, 1969

        Income
          United States Government grants                                     $180,000
          State government grants                                              180,000
            Total income        ..........................      ....................    $360,000

        Expenses
          Payroll                                                  $81,987
          Employee annuities                                         7,184
          Payroll taxes                                              3,411
          Employee benefits                                          6,171 $ 98,753
          Accounting and legal                                                     650
          Contractual services                                                 41,631
          Equipment rental                                                     11,016
          Insurance                                                                560
          Library:
            Salaries                                              $ 4,553
            Contracted services                                     18,885
            Expenses                                                 5,287     28,725
          Meetings and conferences                                              3,168
          Miscellaneous                                                             44
          Printing, reproduction and mailing                                    8,853
          Repairs and maintenance                                                  740
          Supplies and postage                                                  6,102
          Telephone and telegraph                                               2,903
          Travel and relocation expenses                                       25,574
              Total        ....................................................         $228,719
          Capital expenditures:
            Furniture and equil)ment                                         $ 4,003
            Library books                                                       4,327
                 Total        ..................................................             8,330
                   Total expenses         .......................................       $237,049
        Excess of income over expenses           .................................      $122,951
        Working capital, July 1, 1968                                                     165,025
        War-king capital, June 30, 1969    (Schedule A)         ....................    $287,.976

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                                        GREAT LAKES BASIN COMMISSION
                                                City Center Building
                                               220 East Huron Street
                                            Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108

                                             Phone - (313) 763-3590
                                             FTS - (313) 769-7431

                                                                           SUMMING UP

                              Over the years the Congress has established the          Type 2 (feasibility or survey level) study of the
                           role and responsibility of the Federal Government           Maumee River; (4) initiating a practicability study
                           to plan and develop the Nation's water and related          relative to a proposed limnological systems analy-
                           land resources. Legislation progressively enacted           sis for the Great Lakes; (5) coordinating ongoing
                           has provided that such planning and development             planning activities; and (6) developing guidelines
                           be done in cooperation with the States and other            for the Comprehensive Coordinated Joint Plan.
                           interests. As a means of strengthening coordina-
                           tion among all affected water and related land                 Participation of local-State-Federal agencies and
                           resource interests, the Congress, in 1965, enacted          individuals working with the Commission staff
                           the Water Resources Planning Act (Public Law                resulted in substantial progress on the Comprehen-
                           89-80). This Act established the Water Resources            sive Framework Study. A tabulation of program
                           Council, authorized establishment of river basin            elements and associated priority values for investi-
                           commissions, and provided for financial assistance          gation were prepared and forwarded to the Water
                           to the States to increase State participation in            Resources Council. The Commission defined the
                           coordinated planning of the Nation's water and              necessary study elements and associated costs for
                           related land resources.                                     a mutually acceptable budget estimate for the
                                                                                       Maumee River Basin Study which was adopted by
                              The Water Resources Planning Act declares                the Water Resources Council for a proposed start
                           that, in order to meet the rapidly expanding de-            in Fiscal Year 1971. The Commission authorized
                           mands for water throughout the Nation, it is the            a practicability study of the proposed limnological
                           policy of the Congress to encourage the conser-             systems analysis for the Great Lakes Basin and
                           vation, development and utilization of water and            approved limited funds for use in contracting for
                           related land resources of the United States on              the study.    Coordination among several of the.
                           a comprehensive and coordinated basis by the                ongoing studies and the Basin Commission is be-
                           Federal Government, States, localities, and private         ing accomplished through representation from the
                           enterprise, with the cooperation of all affected            Commission staff on several of the coordinating
                           Federal agencies, States, local governments, indivi-        committees. Coordination and close working re-
                           duals, corporations, business enterprises and others        lationships are being developed with regional plan-
                           concerned.                                                  ning groups, watershed councils and other regional
                                                                                       planning commissions.
                              The 1969 Annual Report briefly discusses the
                           activities undertaken by the Commission during                 In accordance with the policy of Congress, the
                           the year. First priority was given to those activi-         Great Lakes Basin Commission had adopted the
                           ties which would contribute immediately, or in              concept of involving as many interested agencies,
                           the near future, to the primary mission of the              organizations and individuals as possible in the
                           Commission as set forth in the Water Resources              conduct of its studies. The total membership on
                           Planning Act.                                               the Work Groups for the Framework Study num-
                                                                                       bers about 350 people. While most of these are
                              The Commission held five meetings during the             members of the staff of local, State or Federal
                           year.    The principal Commission efforts were              agencies, there are a large number of nongovern-
                           devoted to: (1) conducting the comprehensive                mental planners who are members of the various
                           Framework Study; (2) establishing of priorities for         Work Groups. In the conduct of all Commission
                           future data collection, investigation, planning and         business, every effort is made to obtain a con-
                           construction of projects; (3) preparing for a future        sensus.

                                                                                                                      NOAA CO STAL SERVIC

                                                                                                                                           .50 0

                            LOCAL-STATE-INTERSTATE-FEDERAL PARTNERSHIP IN PLANNING

                     A COORDINATED APPROACH FOR:                                      UNIFIED PLANNING OBJECTIVES TOWARD:

                       0  The development of water and related land re-                     Increased national income.
                          sources.

                       C,') Preparing and keeping up-to-date a comprehensive,               Achievement of regional development.
                          coordinated, joint plan for use and development of
                          water and related land resources.
                                                                                            Preservation, conservation and enhancement
                       C', Recommending long-range schedules of priorities                  of environment.
                          for individual projects.

                                                                                            Well-being of people.
                       C, Fostering and undertaking other studies as needed.

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