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0 Great Lakes Basin-,!,_@, 0 0 Commission 1-974. Annual.- Report.-.. VOW '10W GB 1627 .G8 MIT .G759 1974 IMP Contents Chairman's Letter .... 1 An Alternative Course. 3 Coordination ......... 4 Comprehensive Coordi- nated Joint Plan ...... 8 Long-Range Priorities . 12 Special Studies ....... 12 State Activities ....... 14 Financial Report ...... 18 Staff ................. 20 Fro the Chai*rman T their excellencies, the Gover- While defining required steps in the through the massive task of publish- nors of Illinois, Indiana, planning process, the new Principles ing the 27-volume study, arranged Michigan, Minnesota, New York, and Standards break with past plan- with the Government Printing Office Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wiscon- ning guidelines by stating that two ob- in May to contract with a printer. The sin, and to the US Water Resources jectives, environmental quality and Basin Commission also continued to Council for transmittal to the Con- national economic development, review State and regional studies for gress through the President of the must be satisfied by suggested alter- incorporation in the CCJP. United States: natives. Planning staff involvement in spe- In the course of Fiscal Year 1974 The Basin Commission realizes that cial studies this year included prepara- the Water Resources Council's new water resources planning cannot be tion for regional participation in the Principles and Standards and the accomplished in a vacuum. As the National Water Assessment and pre- 11 new approach" to Level B planning primary coordinating agency for liminary work on the US portion of have radically changed water and re- water resource planning in the Basin, the International Joint Commission's lated land resource planning. The it has used its influence to coordinate Study on Great Lakes Pollution from Great Lakes Basin Commission has land use planning, coastal zone man- Land Use Activities. Planners also kept abreast of these changes, making agement, regional comprehensive began evaluating the water supply its seventh full year of operation a planning, and social and economic that will be required by the President's productive one. planning. The Basin Commission's Project Independence. In keeping with the "new ap- newly established standing commit- In addition, the Great Lakes Basin proach" instituted by Warren Fair- tee on coastal zone management has Commission staff monitored systems child, Director, Water Resources broken ground in this area. The Basin analysis activities under way in the Council, the Basin Commission re- Commission also sponsored shore- Basin. In light of what they found, the scoped its Maumee River Basin Level land management and shoreland Basin Commission's proposed Great B Study and its proposal for a Fox- damage reduction workshops in the Lakes Environmental Planning Study Wolf River Basin Level B Study. The second quarter of the fiscal year. It was redesigned. The revised plan of new approach is designed to save worked in conjunction with the Fed- study, which will be resubmitted to taxpayers considerable time and eral Regional Council, Region V, to the Water Resources Council early in money. The revisions streamlined the draw up a strategy for reducing shore- FY 1974, proposes using systems _n study organization while emphasizing land damage, a strategy badly needed analysis as a means of finding better public participation and State leader- by coastal areas that were flooded solutions to problems in the Great ship. As currently structured, the and eroded by last year's record Lakes. studies will be completed two years breaking high lake levels. We seek your continuing support of after their respective funding dates. The Basin Commission continued our efforts to encourage effective re- Basin Commission activities also to prepare its Comprehensive Coor- source management in the Great were affected by the Water Resources dinated Joint Plan (CCJP), putting Lakes Basin. Council's new Principles and Stan- the final touches on the first stage in Respectfully dards. These Principles and Stan- this ongoing project, the Great Lakes dards apply to all Federally funded Basin Framework Study. The Public 61) agencies involved in planning and Information Office of the Great Lakes 4@a@@44 development of water resources. Basin Commission, which is carrying Frederick 0. Rouse qjj Ott, An ernati*ve Course C enturies of glaciation scoured and couraged to participate in Basin water and related land resources. This arved the Great Lakes Basin into Commission meetings, although they plan is to be used by Federal, State, the largest freshwater lake system in do not vote. The Basin Commission's interstate, local, and nongovernmen- the world, leaving the region rich in effectiveness depends on its mem- tal planning agencies to insure that natural resources. Modern man, who bers, who have the authority to im- their separate efforts complement one was drawn to the area because of plement Basin Commission policy in another. these resources, has used them to their separate but overlapping Level A of the CUP is the Great build a thriving industrial and agricul- spheres of influence. It is coordinated Lakes Basin Framework Study, a tural economy. The region supports action by all the members of the Basin general survey of all the resources, 15 percent of the nation's population Commission that will make the differ- problems, and future needs in the which, in turn, accounts for 18 per- ence in the Basin's future. Basin. The Basin Commission will cent of the nation's personal income. As stipulated in the Water Re- continually update this baseline as the The resources, once seemingly unli- sources Planning Act, the Basin more specific Level B and Level C mited in supply, are being depleted, if Commission's responsibilities are studies are conducted in smaller areas not endangered, by man's demands. fourfold. These responsibilities, while of the Basin. The Basin Commission The Great Lakes Basin Commis- distinct, are interrelated to the extent is conducting some Level B studies sion is dedicated to an alternative that none can be fulfilled without the itself. Others are done under the aegis course. Wise use, conservation, and others. The Basin Commission is the of Federal, State, and regional plan- development of water and related primary coordinator of all Federal, ning agencies. land resources are its goals. Com- State, interstate, local, and non- The Basin Commission is also re- prehensive, coordinated water and re- governmental plans concerned with sponsible for recommending long- lated land resources planning are its water and related land resource de- range schedules of priorities for collec- means. velopment in the Basin. To do this tion and analysis of basic data. This The Basin Commission was estab- the Basin Commission employs schedule is to include priorities for in- lished by the President in 1967, at the interstate-interagency committees or vestigation, planning, and construc- request of the Governors of five of the task forces to attack problems of re- tion of projects. Great Lakes Basin States with con- gional concern. The Basin Commis- currence from the other three. Its sion also reviews plans developed by Finally, because sound manage- members are representatives from the State and regional planning boards to ment decisions cannot be made with- eight Great Lakes States and 11 Fed- see that they are in the interest of the out ample information, the Basin eral agencies concerned with water Basin as a whole. Commission is authorized to under- and related land resources. A rep- take special studies that are related to resentative from the Great Lakes The Basin Commission's second its other tasks. It may undertake any Commission, an interstate agency, is duty is to prepare and keep up to date studies of water and related land re- also a member. As of this year official a comprehensive, coordinated joint sources problems in the Basin that Canadian representatives are en- plan (CCJP) for development of facilitate preparation of the CCJP. 3 "All !141 Coordin ion T he Great Lakes Basin Com- velop management organizations and SURVEY OF PLANNING mission's responsibility to pro- tools for their coastal areas under the PROGRAMS mote cooperation among its mem- 1972 Coastal Zone Management Act. bers is a continuous task. Four times a The Committee also reviewed pro- One way to minimize duplication year members reinforce agreements posals to reduce shoreland damage, and conflict in planning is to publicize and resolve their differences face-to- and it recommended that the Basin all that is being done. With this in face at Basin Commission meetings. Commission accept in concept such a mind, the Commissioners instructed Policy is determined by consensus. strategy prepared by a joint task force the Basin Commission staff to com- Coordination of land and water re- of the Great Lakes Basin Commission pile a list of projects that will be con- source planning in the Basin also and the Federal Regional Council, ducted in the Basin during FY 1975. takes place through committees and Region V. The committee's ongoing Commission members and selected task forces established to address task is to coordinate measures used organizations were being surveyed at specific problems. Other committees along the shorelines of the eight Great the end of the fiscal year. This survey are formed to review documents that Lakes States to reduce shoreland will yield information about ongoing are of interest to the Basin Commis- damage. As part of this effort, the and anticipated programs including sion. A summary of the Basin committee is trying to locate old maps data collection and research efforts. In Commission's coordinating activities of shoreline areas for use in estimating addition the survey will cover projects follows. erosion rates. Necessary mapping of that may continue or be initiated in new shorelines will be carried out with the next five fiscal years. support from the National Oceanic The information, which will be av- COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT and Atmospheric Administration, ailable in October 1974, is being With passage of the Coastal Zone compiled in'a tabular format on a State-by-State basis. Cost estimates Management Act in 1972, the Great SHORELAND DAMAGE and brief descriptions of the overall Lakes States were encouraged to take REDUCTION objectives or contents of each pro- action against the high lake levels that were pummeling their shores. At the High lake levels that have caused gram element are included. February quarterly meeting, the extensive erosion and property dam- States asked the Basin Commission to age during the last two years have INTERNATIONAL assume interstate coordination of hammered home the need for an COORDINATION AND management programs and planning overall strategy to reduce shoreline RESEARCH efforts for coastal zone management. damages in the Great Lakes Basin. With the endorsement of the Com- The Great Lakes Basin Commission The Great Lakes Basin Com- missioners, the Standing Committee joined with the Federal Regional mission's jurisdiction extends only to on Great Lakes Coastal Zone Man- Council to develop such a strategy. the US-Canadian border, but its con- agement was formed. William D. The GLBC/FRC joint task force was cerns reach beyond. The Basin's Marks of the Michigan Department of also to undertake studies and intro- problems know no political bounds. Natural Resources was appointed duce measures that will help imple- Consequently, the Commission re- chairman, and committee members ment the overall strategy. The joint quested its Chairman to improve were named by the Basin task force report was published in coordination with Canada, particu- at Commission's member States and March, and Commissioners accepted larly through the exchange of factual agencies. it in concept, urging that the strategy information regarding planning and The standing committee helped the be improved and implemented at the data activities. In response to this re- States apply for Federal grants to de- earliest possible date. quest, the Chairman has sought 5 closer relationships with the Interna- Superior. areas for further evaluation in the tional Joint Commission and Federal A special Great Lakes Basin Com- Great Lakes Basin. Using national and Provincial Canadian govern- mission committee will review the and regional projections of demands, ments. Through the efforts of the US levels report and its appendices to as- Basin Commission staff members will State Department, official representa- certain whether Basin Commission evaluate problem areas and establish tives from Canadian planning agen- action is appropriate. It is possible that priorities. Finally, they will draw up cies now regularly attend Great Lakes States that would be affected by a conclusions about regional and State Basin Commission meetings. They change in the level of Lake Superior areas and offer recommendations. are encouraged to participate in the may decide on joint action. Work on these tasks will begin as soon discussions, although they cannot as the Great Lakes Basin Commission vote. and the Water Resources Council The Basin Commission staff, long 1975 ASSESSMENT OF WATER have developed a regional work interested in research as a foundation AND RELATED LAND agreement. It is in this agreement that for better planning, has been as- RESOURCES the Basin Commission can express its sociated with the Research Advisory ideas about conducting the specific Board, a subsidiary of the Interna- The Great Lakes Basin Commis- problem analyses, step two of the tional Joint Commission. Staff mem- sion is one of 21 regional participants study. bers are conducting a literature search in the 1975 Assessment of Water and for the Research Advisory Board in Related Land Resources. The project the fields of social science, economics, represents the Water Resources PUBLIC PARTICIPATION and law. Having reviewed the re- Council's effort to maintain an up- search activity in these areas, the staff to-date assessment of the nation's se- In its capacity as the primary coor- will prepare a report on what specific vere water problems. Regional and dinator of water and related land re- topics require more research. public participation will be em- sources in the Basin, the Great Lakes Cooperation between the Interna- phasized in identifying severe water Basin Commission has a responsibil- tional Joint Commission (1JC) and the problems. The study will also estab- ity to keep the public informed about Great Lakes Basin Commission has lish priorities and emphasize the need its activities. It also has an obligation to included review of the IJC report on to resolve problems from national and listen to the public and consider what Regulation of Great Lakes Water regional/State viewpoints. it hears. Its Level A and Level B Levels. The report, which was pre- The Great Lakes Basin Commis- studies include methods of learning pared by the IJC's International Great sion staff reviewed drafts of the plan of what kinds of use and development Lakes Levels Board, suggests that study. The final draft is being pre- the public desires. high lake levels in Lakes Michigan and pared for publication early in FY The Basin Commission's meetings Huron could be reduced by storing 1975. The Basin Commission staff are open to the public. Representa- water in Lake Superior during critical also reviewed the agency work plans tives from the press, Sierra Club, Lake periods. The States surrounding Lake that will be used by Federal agencies Michigan Federation, League of Superior are concerned that the plan to carry out the first step of the study. Women Voters, and the American does not indemnify their residents This first step involves a nationwide Association of University Women against the kind of losses residents in analysis of all current water supplies (AAUW) attend regularly. The AAUW the lower lakes have suffered as a re- and supplies expected in 1985 and has established a task force to monitor sult of high lake levels. It is difficult to 2000. Basin Commission activities. This predict what damage might occur The Basin Commission's primary group has evaluated the Basin from rises in the level of Lake task is to identify problems and select Commission's influence on legislators 6 and commented on its public informa- J tion publications. A delegation from the Michigan Division of AAUW toured the Basin Commission offices last fall to become better acquainted with its operation. The Basin Commission's major ongoing public relations effort is its J, _,J .. ....... . monthly newsletter. The Com- Municator, which goes to more than 11,000 subscribers, contains articles on the Basin Commission and its member States and agencies. It fo- cuses on topics of current and lasting interest to water and land resources planners, legislators, and Great Lakes Basin residents on both sides of the international boundary. This year the Public Information Office responded to 11,000 inquiries for Great Lakes information LAKE ERIE WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT DEMONSTRATION PROJECT The Great Lakes Basin Commis- ------ sion is participating in a Lake Erie Wastewater Management Demon- stration Project as a member of the Interagency Technical Advisory Group. The study is being conducted by the US Army Corps of Engineers in an attempt to demonstrate ways of improving and restoring Lake Erie. The plan of study is almost com- plete. It will outline ways of analyzing how Lake Erie will respond to various methods of reducing pollution, and it % may also propose several pilot pro- k jects to demonstrate the effectiveness of various pollution reduction methods. Ail 7 nip, 1w, 0 VI Comprehensive, T he Basin Commission is required Frameworks, were incorporated into by law to prepare a comprehen- a first draft early in the fiscal year. sive, coordinated joint plan for de Comments and revised data were velopment of water and related land then incorporated into a second draft, resources. The CCJP, which is ex- which was to be distributed for review pected to be used as a guideline by all early in FY 1975. planning agencies in the Basin, must The appendix discusses two plan- include an inventory of the Basin's ning frameworks. The "normal" resources. It must evaluate how much framework is based on projections of those resources are being used and population and economic activity that how much they could be used in the reflect historic rates of growth . The future. It must also include reasoned "proposed" framework is the Basin predictions about future demands on Commission's idea of how best to conserve and manage the Basin's those resources, and suggest feasible ways of developing and conserving water and related land resources. This A, the Basin's resources in order to meet framework was designed to reflect as those demands. The plan is to be kept much as possible the divergent de- up to date by continual addition of sires of Basin residents. In order to current and more detailed data. Prep- compile the proposed framework, aration of the CCJP is a continuous planners projected both the high and process. low limits of economic growth in the Basin. They also projected the re- source requirements that would cor- -14 ;41 GREAT LAKES BASIN FRAMEWORK STUDY respond to accelerated or limited growth. Using these extreme projec- The Great Lakes Basin Framework tions to place their work in context, planners modified the normal Study represents the first step in com- V iling the CCJP. The Basin framework to develop the proposed P framework. Commission's editing staff spent Fy 1974 editing 23 of the study's 27 vol- The Great Lakes Basin Framework umes and incorporating last minute Study Report, which will be based on data changes in preparation for publi- the Study's 25 appendices, was cation. In May, the Basin Commission begun this year and is expected to be Chairman, Frederick 0. Rouse, au- finished in FY 1975. thorized the Government Printing Of- The Basin Commission committee fice to begin securing a printing con- assigned to compile an environmental tract. The first volume is expected to impact statement has evaluated the e off the presses in November effects the alternative frameworks com 1974. would have on the environment. The Appendix 1, which contains de- first draft of the statement was distri- scriptions of ways to meet future re buted for review by the Commission source needs, is now taking form. ers in April 1974. The Commissioners will transmit a draft of the environ- 4 Comments on the preliminary draft of the appendix, entitled Alternative mental impact statement to the Coordinaed Joint Plan Council on Environmental Quality plans in the Great Lakes Basin. MAUMEE RIVER BASIN and to interested Federal, State, and Heretofore, the Basin Commission LEVEL B STUDY local agencies at the same time as the had been asked to review only those Framework Study Report is referred plans already having State approval. Maumee River Basin Level B for comments. The final draft of the New York argues that simultaneous Study, conducted by the Great Lakes environmental impact statement will review would allow State plans to re- Basin Commission, is the first in the be completed before the report is flect national and regional concerns, nation to reflect the "new approach" submitted to the Water Resources as well as State concerns. The Basin to Level B planning. Initiated in Oc- Council. Commission agreed to the acceler- tober 1973, it was revised in March ated procedure with the understand- 1974 to accommodate the Water Re- LEVEL B STUDIES ing that if changes are made on the sources Council's new emphasis on State level, the plan would be resub- integrated planning. Its timetable was If the Great Lakes Basin mitted to the Basin Commission for shortened to two years. The budget Framework Study is the blueprint of another 90-day review before final was cut. The three States that have the CCJP, Level B studies conducted approval is given. land in the drainage basin, Indiana, by State or regional planning agencies are the bricks and mortar that give it shape. They are comprehensive studies of hydrological or metropoli- tan areas - areas small enough to be examined in detail. The portions of these studies that the Commissioners endorse are incorporated into the CCP. The mechanics of incorporating Level B studies and the even more detailed Level C studies into the CCCJP has been a topic of discussion this year. States who are members of other river basin commissions in addi- tion to the Great Lakes Basin Com- mission have asked for review of the Great Lakes Basin Commission's de- finition of the CCJP. They are seeking a reasonable consistency in ap- proach. In addition, New York, which last year asked the Basin Commission to review its Erie-Niagara Basin Report for possible incorporation into the CCJP, has requested a change in the review procedure. It invited the Commission to participate with the State as it reviews its several regional MAUMEE RIVER BASIN 9 Michigan, and Ohio, were given lead- the basin's resources and problems proposal of study to the Water Re- ership roles. The public was encour- and a description of "first-cut" solu- sources Council for funding as an ini- aged to participate in every stage of tions. One set of solutions emphasizes tial start in FY 1976. As proposed, the the planning. Citizens were given a the objective of national economic study will be prepared by the Great hand in the conduct of the study development; another fosters en- Lakes Basin Commission under the through establishment of the Citizens' vironmental quality. A third, the direction of a study manager from Advisory Committee. The study or- 11 suggested alternative," is a mix of Wisconsin. ganization places new emphasis on measures the planners believe will the judgmental role of a small group improve the quality of life. These REGIONAL STUDIES of local, State, and Federal planners, measures consider the national thus avoiding time-consuming and economic development and envi- The Great Lakes Basin Commis- often unproductive layers of review. ronment quality objectives as well. sion is often asked to review regional The study manager, a member of the The sketch alternatives will appear in studies conducted in the Basin. The Great Lakes Basin Commission staff, the interim report, which will be pub- review process facilitates two Basin carries out day-to-day duties. lished early in FY 1975. Commission tasks: coordination of The purpose of the study is to water and land resource planning in propose an integrated approach to FOX-WOLF RIVER BASIN the Basin and creation of the Com- the Maumee basin's water and related LEVEL B STUDY prehensive Coordinated Joint Plan. land resource problems. The ap- The status of the various regional proach is in line with the new Princi- The proposal for a Level B study of studies is summarized below. ples and Standards, which demand the Fox-Wolf River Basin in Wiscon- solutions that foster environmental sin was also revised this year. Origi- ERIE-NIAGARA BASIN quality as well as national economic nally approved by the Basin Commis- development. sion in May 1973, the study was not The New York State plan for use of Early in the study, the Great Lakes funded. This winter the Basin Com- water and related land resources in Basin Commission established a Citi- mission staff rescoped the proposal to the Erie-Niagara area was adopted by zens' Advisory Committee (CAC). Its study, modeling it after the "new ap- New York in 1972. The plan is being 30 members were appointed by the proach" to Level B planning. The reviewed by the Great Lakes Basin Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio Com- new proposal includes such elements Commission/New York CCJP Com- missioners to represent various or- of the "new approach" as: mittee for incorporation into the ganizations and a large segment of the * immediate and repeated plan CCJP for this portion of the Great public. As its first task, the CAC formulation with continual op- Lakes Basin. drafted a preliminary report on goals. portunities for public reaction This working paper, which contains 0 increased emphasis on State ST. LAWRENCE-FRANKLIN the CAC assessment of what planning participation and leadership RIVER BASIN should accomplish in the basin, was 0 maximum use of existing infor- used by study planners as they mation; no new data collection The Great Lakes Basin/New York worked on "first-cut" alternatives. 0 reduced expenditure of time and CCJP Committee is coordinating its At the close of the, fiscal year, the money review of the St. Lawrence-Franklin Maumee Study Planning Board rep- The Commissioners approved the River Regional Resources Planning resenting local, State, and regional general concept of the new manage- Board Report so that the Basin agencies, was completing the first ment organization of the study at the Commission's review of the regional phase of the study. This phase in- February quarterly meeting. They di- plan will coincide with the State of cludes a preliminary assessment of rected the staff to submit the revised New York's official review. 10 GREATER FINGER LAKES- ration of fish and wildlife habitats, and east Wisconsin. The State received OSWEGO RIVER BASIN imminent overall reduction of en- technical assistance primarily from the vironmental quality. Mapping, inven- US Department of Agriculture. The Regional Water Resources torying, and initial plan formulation Planning Boards of the Cayuga Lake, are well along under the leadership of ERIE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA Wa-Ont-Ya, and Eastern Oswego the State of Michigan with support areas have drawn up their plans and from the Department of Agriculture. The water supply and wastewater an interboard plan for the Greater management study being conducted Finger Lakes-Oswego River Basin. SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN in Erie County, Pennsylvania, is near- New York State received the planning ing completion. The Federal govern- boards' report, and held public hear- This comprehensive basin planning ment helped fund the study, which ings. It has initiated the review process activity, officially referred to as a study was jointly conducted under contract and will render a decision in July of the "Great Lakes, particularly Lake by State and local governments. A 1974. At the State's request, mem- Ontario and Lake Erie - Southeast summary version of the study's in- bers of the Great Lakes Basin/New Michigan," was initiated in 1966. The terim report will be released soon. York CCJP Committee began review- coordinating committee responsible ing the plan at the same time. for the project under the leadership of WATER NAVIGATION GRAND RIVER BASIN- the US Army Corps of Engineers is MICHIGAN made up of several State and Federal The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence agencies, including the Great Lakes Seaway Winter Navigation Board has The Grand River Basin Study is Basin Commission. Progress on the been conducting a demonstration one of the 15 Type 2 comprehensive study has been slowed because of the project and survey study to determine river basin planning studies initiated in Corps' commitments to higher prior- the merits of extending the navigation 1963 as Federal-State programs. ity items. The Department of season in the Great Lakes. The de- Eighteen appendices have been pre- Agriculture's Type IV study in the monstration project has been success- pared as a basis for the conclusions same area is near completion. ful in extending the season through and recommendations that will ap- the month of January for the last three pear in the study's main report. As ELKHART RIVER BASIN winters. The Board, which is com- soon as alternative plans and the main posed of representatives from the US report are bound, they will be re- The State of Indiana, assisted by Army Corps of Engineers, US leased for a 180-day public review the US Department of Agriculture, is Maritime Administration, US De- period. They will then be submitted to conducting a Type IV study to deter- partment of the Interior, National the Great Lakes Basin Commission. mine the future needs and oppor- Oceanic and Atmospheric Administ- tunities for land and water develop- ration, Great Lakes Commission, and KALAMAZOO-BLACK- ment in the Elkhart River Basin. Plan the Great Lakes Basin Commission, MACATAWA-PAW PAW formulation has been substantially among others, is currently outlining RIVERS BASIN completed. Further analysis of institu- plans for studies in the Lake tional arrangements and water quality Ontario-St. Lawrence River areas This ongoing program in south- aspects is under way. next year. The US Department of western Michigan is primarily con- Transportation and the St. Lawrence cemed with major changes in land SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN Seaway Development Corporation utilization and the resulting erosion have encouraged efforts to extend the and sedimentation in streams and The State of Wisconsin has nearly navigation season on the Great lakes, improper uses of land, deterio- completed its Type IV study of south- Lakes. Special, INTERNATIONAL JOINT COMMISSION'S STUDY ON GREAT LAKES POLLUTION FROM LAND USE ACTIVITIES The US Environmental Protection Agency has contracted with the Great Lakes Basin Commission to study the . . . . . . . . . effects of land drainage on the quality rm . ... ... of boundary waters in the Great Lakes. Basin Commission staff mem- bers have been assigned much of the US portions of Task A and B of the study, which is being conducted by an International Joint Commission refer- ence group under supervision of the Great Lakes Water Quality Board. Longm ange Task A involves an assessment of what is known about how land use Pre ite activities affect water quality. It in- volves a survey of problems, man- agement programs, and research re- lor ies lated to land use/water quality rela- tionships in 17 categories. This survey includes an analysis of what is known D 'Ievelopment of long-range outlines general priorities through the about controlling pollution from non- priorities is an implicit part of all year 2020. The Basin Commission point sources. Great Lakes Basin Commission ac- requested that further work on Two categories, sediments and tivities. Wise use, development, and priorities be deferred until work on the forestry, were funded and prepared conservation of water and related CCJP provided improved perception by the US Department of Agriculture land resources are possible only if of needs. in coordination with the Basin Com- guidelines, criteria, and schedules for The Basin Commission's current mission office. Fourteen categories effective management decisions are survey of projects planned in the were subcontracted to universities R provided. A preliminary schedule of Basin in the next five years will be and a private firm. Category A-17, priorities was last published by the used by the Commission staff as it Management and Control of Land Basin Commission in 1971. The compiles an up-to-date schedule of Use/Water Quality Relationships, was Great Lakes Basin Framework Study priorities. prepared by Basin Commission staff. 12 the Lakes and propose solutions. The modeling efforts concern eutrophica- study was not funded. In the mean- tioIn of Lakes Huron, Erie, and On- Studies time, parts of the proposed project tano. The Canada Centre for Inland were undertaken by other agencies. Waters has research investigations Initially considered as a planning under way in several selected areas of study combined with a special study limnological systems analysis. Case All 17 papers are now being com- to develop planning tools, GLEPS Western Reserve University and Bat- pleted. They will be available to study was revised this year according to the telle Memorial Institute are also in- participants in September 1974. ,new approach" to Level B planning. volved in similar studies. The poten- Task B is an inventory of land use The planning aspect of the study was tial of systems analysis may be ex- and land use practices. A report on reduced in scope to reflect ongoing plored as part of the Lake Erie current land use is due to be com- work in systems analysis and shor- Wastewater Management Demon- pleted by the end of calendar year tened in time of performance. The stration Project. 1974, and a report on trends in land Basin Commission will submit the use is scheduled for completion in new proposal to study to the Water WATER FOR ENERGY 1975. Resources Council in July 1974. It is SELF-SUFFICIENCY As part of Task B, the Laboratory expected to cost $2.1 million. for Applications of Remote Sensing at Funding assistance from the WRC Purdue University will define how permitted the Basin Commission to As part of the President's Project land is being used in the 191 counties secure consulting assistance in re- Independence, the Water Resources in the Great Lakes Basin. Four other structuring its proposal to study and to Council asked the Basin Commission subtasks related to this project will be to analyze projected water require- handled by the Basin Commission coordinate with the interested Federal ments for energy in the Basin. Basin staff or by private contractors. The agency participants. The study con- Commission staff members are pre- cept is strongly supported by GLBC paring a response that will identify all results, which will be arranged by Commissioners. projected water requirements. It will Lake basin, are scheduled to be avail- During the year, Basin Commission also define potential problem areas able early in calendar year 1975. staff members met with consultants with respect to environmental con- and university and Canadian plan- stredrits and institutional limitations. GREATLAKES ners to review activities being con- The report will suggest several pro- ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING ducted in the Basin in systems grams to facilitate future energy pro- STUDY analysis. Progress is being made on duction while protecting the envi- several fronts. The contractor for the ronment. The Great Lakes Basin Commis- Great Lakes Limnological Systems The report is expected to conclude sion has revised its proposal for an Analysis Feasibility Study, Hydrosci- that there is an adequate supply of environmental planning study in the ence of Westwood, New Jersey, is as- water in the Great Lakes Basin, but Great Lakes in light of a review of sisting the National Oceanic and At- that water quality and other consider- system analysis programs already mospheric Administration in its ations limit its use. Nevertheless, under way in the Basin. analysis of data collection in connec- foresighted planning and manage- Originally proposed for fiscal year tion with International Field Year on ment can insure that energy needs are 1973, the Great Lakes Environmental the Great Lakes (IFYGL). It is also met in the future. The report will sug- Planning Study (GLEPS) was de- undertaking research modeling ef- gest steps to be taken now while the signed to use systems analysis to forts for the Environmental Protection greatest number of possible alterna- evaluate environmental problems in Agency's Grosse Ile Laboratory. The tives are available. 13 Aft State Acti*viti'Oes S tate participation is an essential State has applied for a grant from the 500,000 trout and salmon will be element in comprehensive water National Oceanic and Atmospheric used to stock Lake Michigan. A new and related land resources planning. Administration to finance collection of 3,800-acre State recreation area In recognition of this, the Water Re- existing data on coastal zone uses and being purchased and developed in sources Planning Act authorizes the problems. northern Indiana will also provide re- Water Resources Council to assist A third State project that will affect creational opportunities to nearby States in the development of com- water and related land resource plan- Great Lakes Basin residents. prehensive plans. The act stipulates ning in the Illinois portion of the Basin The State's activity in flood plain that $5 million be appropriated to the is the State's $70 million bond issue management has greatly increased Water Resources Council to this end for energy development. The State during the year. The Indiana Natural each fiscal year through 1976. Department of Business and Resources Commission promulgated The following are the State's ac- Economic Development is using the Rule FPM- I as required by the State's tivities in water and related land re- bond issue to finance research on coal 1973 Flood Plain Management Act. sources planning during FY 1974. gasification. The State hopes to dis- FPM- 1 establishes the 1 00-year flood cover ways of developing Illinois coal as the criterion for delineating flood JUINOIS as a more efficient source of energy. plains. It divides flood plains into floodways and floodway fringe dis- The State of Illinois assigned first INDIANA tricts. The fringe boundary lies two priority to flood plain and coastal zone feet above the 100-year flood line. management programs during FY Recreational opportunities were The rule also addresses the problem 1974. For its newly initiated flood improved in two State parks in of nonconforming uses in a flood plain management program the State Indiana's portion of the Basin during plain. The Natural Resources Com- is devising a series of permits to regu- 1974, and the refrigerated toboggan mission also adopted "Guidelines for late development along flood plains. slide at Pokagon State Park opened Delineation of Floodways and Flood The program is being conducted by for its first season. The State Depart- Hazard Areas," a document describ- the State Division of Waterways. ment of Natural Resources also estab- ing how delineation is to be accomp- The State Department of Conser- lished a reservation system and added lished. vation and the Division of Waterways permanent naturalists to its State park Flood plain information reports are responsible for the Illinois Coastal system. Construction has begun on a have been completed on 17 streams Zone Management Program, which new coldwater fish hatchery in north- in Lake and Allen Counties, and simi- will be funded with assistance from ern Indiana, which will benefit fisher- lar studies are now under way in El- the Federal government under the men throughout the Basin. The khart County. Ten cities and five Coastal Zone Management Act. The hatchery's production capacity of counties within the Indiana portion of 14 the Great Lakes Basin are cooperat- July 1, 1975. of 10 members from the general pub- ing in the National Flood Insurance Aided by a substantial coastal zone lic and 7 from State agencies), a Program. management grant from the Federal Shorelands Advisory Council, and a Water quality management studies government, the State is building on 24-hour "hotline" for reporting en- of the Indiana portion of the Lake its previously adopted shorelands vironmental concerns. The Michigan Michigan basin and Maumee River plan. To help staff members in this Natural Resources Commission also basins are under way. First drafts of effort, Michigan has formed a Shore- fostered public participation by hold- the basin plans have been completed. lands Advisory Council, composed of ing a series of public information During the year Indiana initiated an concerned citizens. meetings in addition to its regular accelerated program in order to com- In its effort to adequately identify monthly meetings. plete a survey of the State's soils and control all significant waste dis- within 10 years. State and county charges to the State's lakes and MINNESOTA financing has put State personnel in streams, Michigan became the first in- the field to help get the job done. land State qualifying to administer its FY 1974 saw establishment of a Such surveys, which provide an in- own discharge permit system under Coastal Zone Management Work ventory of the State's soils and soil the National Pollutant Discharge Group in Minnesota to develop a capabilities, are a valuable tool in land Elimination System. Michigan's State coastal zone management pro- use planning. NPDES Program, which was estab- gram. In its first year of operation the lished by P.L. 92-500, the Federal work group intends to establish pro- MICHIGAN Water Pollution Control Act Amend- cedures for information exchange, ment of 1972, is expected to be fully consultation, and coordination The State of Michigan continued its operative by the end of calendar year among all government entities active efforts to mitigate the hardships ex- 1974. in the coastal zone. It will also call perienced by shoreland property Michigan continued to provide upon interested public and private owners because of high lake levels. construction grants to help local units groups and individuals to articulate The State is attempting to avert similar of government finance municipal management goals and objectives in problems in the future by discourag- waste treatment facilities. Seventeen an attempt to define and quantify ing unwise shoreland development. waste treatment projects were placed problems and needs in the coastal As part of its varied shoreland protec- under construction during the year, zone area. tion and management program, the and planning grants for future facilities The Department of Natural Re- State continued to construct and were awarded to 23 additional com- sources is responsible for shoreland evaluate 18 full-scale demonstration munities. Michigan's system for as- management in the State. The 1973 projects to study the effectiveness of signing grant priorities is currently Minnesota Legislature authorized the shore protection devices of low-to- being revised. State DNR to adopt shoreland man- moderate cost. The State is also developing a soil agement standards for incorporated The State also designated erosion and sedimentation control areas. Previously, only unincorpo- erosion-prone shore areas subject to program. General rules were adopted rated areas were included in use regulation under the Shore Pro- that make county and local enforce- Minnesota's Shoreland Management tection and Management Act of 1970 ment agencies responsible for seeing Program. and held public meetings and discus- that significant earth-disturbing ac- The Minnesota DNR is also sions to answer questions about the tivities within their jurisdictions are charged with preparing studies and new designation. The legislature planned and performed in such a way reports on local flood plain areas. The broadened the applicability of use as to minimize erosion. The program, State agency often participates with regulation requirements to include except for provisions concerning ag- local, State, and Federal agencies in flood-prone shorelands. Previously ricultural practices, is due to be in ef- this effort. only high-risk erosion areas and fect by January 1, 1975. Minnesota is currently conducting a biologically valuable environmental During FY 1974 the State of study of the economic and environ- areas were covered by use regula- Michigan encouraged the public to mental impacts of copper and nickel tions. The deadline for implementing participate in natural resources pro- mining in the State. The study will these more exacting land use regula- grams by establishing the Environ- analyze specific sites for water supply tions has been postponed a year, to mental Review Board (now consisting and quality, air quality, transportation 15 needs, employment, and other fac- OHIO PENNSYLVANIA tors that will affect decisions on cop- per and nickel mining in the State. During FY 1974 the Ohio Depart- Beach erosion control at Presque ment of Natural Resources continued Isle State Park continued to concern its land capability study. The study, Pennsylvania. Its erosion control pro- NEW YORK which is being conducted on a county gram consists of structural measures The State of New York has applied basis, is attempting to determine the and maintenance programs for repair suitability of land for various uses. and preservation of beaches and to the National Oceanic and Atmos- Several pilot studies were conducted other recreational facilities that are pheric Administration for $550, 000 to during the year, and a study of the soil subject to wave damages. Previous subsidize the first year of its three-year capability in Lake County has begun. structural measures are unable to coastal zone management program. Four more counties will be examined prevent damages during high lake The money will be divided equally in 1975. levels. A new effort is now under way between local and State agencies par- involving both Federal and State ticipating in the program. The State The Ohio DNR also continued commitments. Office of Planning Services is the lead work on its State Comprehensive agency in the application, with the Outdoor Recreation Plan, which de- The State Department of Environ- Department of Environmental Con- fines official State policy concerning mental Resources is conducting a servation expected to carry out all outdoor recreation. The plan, which Water Quality Management Study program elements at the State agency will meet criteria for Federal Land and aimed at maintaining or enhancing level. The first year of the program will Water Conservation funds, contains the water quality of the Lake Erie re- involve collection of existing data and 17 work elements including a user gion so that the water is suitable for all identification of additional informa- survey, a trail plan, an inventory of the desired uses. The plan will recom- ton needed for the program. Key is- resources, and an evaluation of the mend implementation programs that sues and critical priorities will also be effect of the energy crisis. are sensitive to the changing social, identified and analyzed. political, economic, and technical cli- Under New York State chairman- Through the efforts of the DNR, mates affected by water quality man- portions of the Grand and Cuyahoga agement. The plan will suggest sur- ship, the Erie-Niagara Comprehen- Rivers were designated under the veillance and monitoring programs to sive, Coordinated Joint Plan Review State's Wild and Scenic Rivers pro- keep the management plan up-to- Committee was expanded to include gram during FY 1974. Portions of the date. all of New York State within the Great Maumee River are being considered The State's program to restore and Lakes Basin, and, upon the State's for similar designation. enhance sport fisheries includes re- request, CCJP review procedures were modified. The accelerated pro- Under the direction of the Ohio En- search activities on the feasibility of cedure calls for simultaneous review vironmental Protection Agency, sec- introducing new species like coho by the Great Lakes Basin Commis- ondary treatment facilities were instal- salmon into the Lake. The program is sion and the State. led at the Lake Erie shore com- also examining the feasibility of stock- The accelerated review of New munities of Willoughby-Eastlake, ing Lake Erie tributaries with lake York's Basin Board plans means that Lake County's Madison and Mentor trout and other game species. The at- the Basin Commission will review the Sewer Districts, at Geneva-on-the- tempts to acquire access sites for boat- three Oswego River Basin Board Lake, and at Conneaut. Phosphorus ing and fishing have been retarded by plans during the State's official re- removal facilities were installed at 38 lack of funds. view. This allows for inclusion of Fed- of the State's 60 wastewater treat- Pennsylvania is also involved in eral, local, and State perspectives be- ment plants requiring the added ap- developing a comprehensive State fore the plans are finalized. The same paratus. Nine of the other plants are in water plan. The statewide program is will hold true for New York's St. the process of installing phosphorous designed to determine the needs, Lawrence-Franklin Planning Study removal facilities. Ohio EPA is also demands, and capacities for the uses and the Black River Basin Planning conducting a surveillance program in of water and related lands. Water Study. Draft reports on these areas an effort to find the best available supply, water quality, recreation, and have been completed for public pre- treatment, including chlorination, for flood damage abatement activities are sentation. protection of beaches. being scrutinized in particular. The 16 Lake Erie region will occupy a unique second phase will outline a range of air and water quality programs, the place in the plan because of its abun- alternative futures for water resources system will contain information on the dant water and recreational oppor- in Wisconsin. It will assess the pros status of environmental protection tunities. The State will continuously and cons of each alternative and de- programs and the condition of the re- update its plan so that decisions re- scribe the management policies re- sources. The US Environmental Pro- garding implementation of water re- quired to implement them. tection Agency's STORET system is source projects may be based on cur- Wisconsin has devised its own Pol- the major support system for DNR's rent information. lutant Discharge Elimination System water quality data. In June 1974 the State began de- to regulate the discharge of wastes Several special projects for waste veloping a coastal zone management into surface or ground waters of the load allocations have been placed program. The three-year activity will State. On February 4, 1974, the Ad- under contract by the Department of control water and land use activities ministrator of the Environmental Pro- Natural Resources during FY 1974. that directly affect coastal waters. The tection Agency suspended the is- These studies will define how much activity will include delineation of con- suance of National Pollutant Dis- waste load can be assimilated into the trol zones, including areas that are crit- charge Elimination System permits waters of Mill Creek below Marsh- ical or sensitive environmentally. An and approved the State system for field, Badfish Creek below the Madi- organizational structure for imple- issuing permits. son Sewage Treatment Plant, and the menting the program will be estab- The Wisconsin Department of Fox River-Illinois below Brookfield lished. Natural Resources is developing an and Waukesha. This capacity will be Information System for Environmen- the determining factor in writing per- WISCONSIN tal Protection (INSEP). Focusing on mits for allowable waste loads. A pioneering effort to protect and restore Wisconsin's 9,000 lakes be- came State law during FY 1974. As- sembly Bill 766, Chapter 33, "Public Inland Lake Protection and Rehabili- tation," appropriates $1.3 million to establish a partnership among the Department of Natural Resources, a new State Inland Lake Protection and Rehabilitation Council, the University of Wisconsin Extension, and locally created lake districts. The local dis- tricts, governed by five-member W boards, are responsible for planning P and implementing projects, securing permits, and administering grant funds. The State grants can be used for such lake preservation activities as treatment of over-fertilization, dredg- ing, and weed harvesting. IL The first phase of Wisconsin's Comprehensive State Water Re- sources Plan was formally transmitted A T to the Governor November 1, 1973. Entitled "Visions of Tomorrow - Overview," it sets forth the major concepts and procedures that will be followed as the plan progresses. The mz 0 0 BALANCE SHEET - GENERAL FUND Financia June 30, 1974 ASSETS t Cash on deposit in United States Treasury: Restricted: Printing of Framework Study $144,216 Re or Maumee River Basin Study 61.387 Other (included in deferred revenue) 10,000 215,603 _4 Unrestricted 135,172 $350,775 A, Petty cash 50 Accounts receivable: V Grant receivable - State of Wisconsin 22,000 q 4 Federal government agencies 47,628 69.628 7-;- Advances and deposits 4,106 $424,559 LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCE Liabilities: Accounts payable $ 22,006 Retirement plan payments withheld and ac- crued 1.670 Accrued annual leave 39,700 Accrued sick leave 2,600 Accrued unemployment 2.300 68,276 Deferred revenue - grants for 1974-75 received in advance 40,000 a Fund balance: Major restricted funds: Printing of Framework Study 144,216 Maumee River Basin Study 61,387 205,603 Balance for operations: Appropriated - Printing of Framework Study 67,000 R serve for future operations 43,680 e 110,680 316,283 $424,559 BALANCE SHEET PLANT AND EQUIPMENT FUND June 30, 1974 Assets Furniture, equipment and library books - Note A Furniture and equipment $ 38.072 Library books 15,305 $ 53,377 Source of Funds Appropriations from unrestricted General Fund revenues $ 53,377 See notes to financial statements. 18 STATEMENT OF REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES AND CHANGES IN NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FUND BALANCE - GENERAL FUND Year ended June 30, 1974 Year ended June 30, 1974 Note A - Accounting policies MAJOR RESTRICTED The accounting records of the Commission are main- FUNDS tained on the accrual basis of accounting. Publishing Maumee Balance Furniture, equipment and library books have been re- Framework River For corded in the Plant and Equipment Fund at cost. No Total Study Basin Study Operations provision for depreciation has been provided. Revenue: The Commission is exempt from Federal income tax Federal government agencies: under Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code Operating $204,500 $204,500 and is treated as an organization which is not a private Other 166,038 $ 11,799 $ 99,000 55,239 foundation. State governments 206,000 208,000 The salary and related fringe benefits of the Commis- - - sion chairman is provided by the Water Resources TOTAL REVENUES 578,538 11,799 99,000 467,739 Council and these costs are not included in the financial statement. Expenditures: Salaries and fringe benefits: Note B - Lease agreement Salaries and wages 313,397 The Commission has entered into a lease agreement Payroll taxes 15,081 for the rental of office facilities extending to October Retirement 13,220 31, 1975, which requires an annual payment of Health and life insurance 12,537 $43,014 in fiscal 1975. Rental payments aggregated 354,235 32,437 28,e4e 292,950 $37,880 in fiscal 1974. Note C - Pension plan Other expenses: The Commission has a pension plan for most of its Travel 19,908 employees. Contributions for fiscal 1974 amounted to Subcontracted services 15,289 $13,220. Rent 37, BBO Communications 8,748 Postage 2,351 Meetings and con- Great Lakes Basin Commission ferences 1,114 3475 Plymouth Road Insurance 1,300 P. 0. Box 999 Repairs and maintenance 49 Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106 Printing and reproduction 29,982 We have examined the balance sheet of the General Fund and Annual report 1,273 the Plant and Equipment Fund of the Great Lakes Basin Professional services 2,500 Commission as of June 30, 1974, and the related statement of Other services 3,523 revenue and expenditures and changes in fund balance for the Supplies 6,011 year then ended. Our examination was made in accordance Subscriptions 232 with generally accepted auditing standards, and accordingly Furniture and equipment 2,134 included such tests of the accounting records and such other Miscellaneous 10 auditing procedures as we considered necessary in the cir- 132,304 1,168 8,765 122,371 cumstances. TOTAL EXPENDITURES 486,539 33,605 37,613 415,321 In our opinion, the accompanying financial statements iden- EXCESS OF REVENUES tified above present fairly the financial position of the General OVER EXPENDITURES Fund and the Plant and Equipment Fund of the Great Lakes (EXCESS OF Basin Commission at June 30, 1974, and the results of its EXPENDITURES) 91,999 (21,806) 61,387 52,418 operations for the year then ended in conformity with gener- ally accepted accounting principles applied on a basis consis- Fund balance July 1, 1973 224,284 166,022 -0- 58,262 tent with the preceding year. FUND BALANCE AT Linscheid, Austin & Frohm JUNE 30, 1974 $316,283 $144,216 $ 61,387 $110,680 Certified Public Accountants See notes to financial statements. August 29, 1974 19 he Staff (June 30, 1974) ML Frederick 0. Rouse, Chairman Leonard T Crook, Executive Director and Director of Planning Ruth E. (Beth) Click, Executive Secretary Eugene A. Jarecki, Assistant to the Director of Planning and Com- prehensive Basin Planner Allen A. Curtes, Water Resources Planner Donna Hellman, Secretary 0. C. Reedy, Comprehensive Basin . ... ... . Planner Robert W. Reed, Water Resources Planner Debbie Appelquist, SecretarV John L. Hull, Comprehensive Basin "M I Planner Paul R. Vachon, Water Resources Planner Carol de Jesus-Uy, Secretary Laura M. Ives, Administrative Officer pm"-@ AW-J 7 Ellen M. Prosser, Public Information Officer tv Linda Sprankle Winslow, Administrative Secretary A Annette Ketner, Publications Super- F visor and Assistant Editor Gretchen R. Sorensen, Assistant Editor and Staff Writer Sophia 1. Francois, Secretary Sandra Baseman, Assistant to the Editor, GLBFS Project John Humphrey, Assistant Editor, GLBFS Project Kristine M. Meves, Assistant Editor, GLBFS Project Susan Green, Publication Typist and i Graphics Artist Elizabeth Walker, Publication Typist ANO Barbara B. Kohler, Librarian 20 1011111 IN 44 Great Lakes Basin Commission NOAA COASTAL SERVICES CTR LIBRARY 3475 Plymouth Road, P.O. Box 999 Ann Arbor, Mi. 48106 313/763-3590 FTS 313/769-7431 3 6668 14111305 2 Postage and Fees Paid Great Lakes Basin Commission 0000605 I\!AUT I LUS 1056.' i\4ATIONAL PRESS BLDG WASOINGTON C 2 0 0 0 4. GREAT LAKES BASIN COMMISSION Frederick 0. Rouse, Chairman Members State of Illinois State of Indiana State of Michigan State of Minnesota State of New York State of Ohio Commonwealth of Pennsylvania State of Wisconsin Department of Agriculture Department of the Army Department of Commerce Department of Health, Education & Welfare Department of Housing & Urban Development Department of the Interior Department of Justice Department of State Department of Transportation Environmental Protection Agency Federal Power Commission Great Lakes Commission