Mike Levin: “The Great Waters program, authorized by the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, assesses air deposition as a source of…”

“The Great Waters program, authorized by the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990, assesses air deposition as a source of toxic contamination to key water bodies, including the Great Lakes and Chesapeake Bay. Research suggests that at least half of all new toxic pollution loadings entering the Great Lakes may be transported and deposited by the atmosphere. Consistent funding for the monitoring of air deposition of toxic contaminants is especially critical at this time as the international community completes negotiations of an international treaty on persistent organic pollutants. The Great Waters program will provide a key component of the database used to judge the effectiveness of this international agreement in lowering the toxic contaminants entering the Great Lakes, and other great waters of the United States, from foreign sources.”