1. Current Great Lakes Toxic Monitoring Programs Melissa Hulting, US EPA-GLNPO Maumee Bay, OH February 22, 2005

2. Emissions Inventories U.S. Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) U.S. Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) Cdn National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI) Cdn National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI) Great Lakes Air Toxics Emissions Inventory Great Lakes Air Toxics Emissions Inventory U.S. National Emissions Inventory (NEI) U.S. National Emissions Inventory (NEI) Other individual research studies, inventories (ex. U.S. dioxin inventory) Other individual research studies, inventories (ex. U.S. dioxin inventory)

3. Air Monitoring Integrated Atmospheric Deposition Network (IADN) Integrated Atmospheric Deposition Network (IADN) Mercury Deposition Network (MDN) Mercury Deposition Network (MDN) NDAMN (U.S. national) NDAMN (U.S. national) Cdn National Air Pollutant Surveillance (NAPS) network Cdn National Air Pollutant Surveillance (NAPS) network Michigan Mercury Network Michigan Mercury Network Canadian Atmospheric Mercury Measurement Network (CAMNet) Canadian Atmospheric Mercury Measurement Network (CAMNet) CANCUP: Canadian Atmospheric Network for Currently Used Pesticides CANCUP: Canadian Atmospheric Network for Currently Used Pesticides Short-term studies: LMMB, LOADS, others Short-term studies: LMMB, LOADS, others

4. Water and Sediments OME and Environment Canada: open lake and tributary monitoring (water and sediments) OME and Environment Canada: open lake and tributary monitoring (water and sediments) US EPA GLACS: water monitoring US EPA GLACS: water monitoring USGS NAWQA: Lake Erie watershed USGS NAWQA: Lake Erie watershed Site-specific sediment monitoring assessments Site-specific sediment monitoring assessments

5. Fish Canada’s DFO Great Lakes Fish Contaminants Surveillance Program Canada’s DFO Great Lakes Fish Contaminants Surveillance Program EPA-GLNPO Great Lakes Fish Monitoring Program (GLFMP) EPA-GLNPO Great Lakes Fish Monitoring Program (GLFMP) Provincial, state, tribal fish consumption advisory monitoring programs Provincial, state, tribal fish consumption advisory monitoring programs

6. Other Biota Ontario Biomonitoring Program: fish, mussels Ontario Biomonitoring Program: fish, mussels CWS Herring Gull egg monitoring program CWS Herring Gull egg monitoring program Other CWS: birds, amphibians, snapping turtle eggs Other CWS: birds, amphibians, snapping turtle eggs Bald eagle blood and feathers: CWS, OME, Bird Studies Canada Bald eagle blood and feathers: CWS, OME, Bird Studies Canada

7. Humans U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Health Canada’s Contaminants in Human Tissues Program: GL First Nations Health Canada’s Contaminants in Human Tissues Program: GL First Nations U.S. ATSDR Great Lakes Human Health Effect Research Program U.S. ATSDR Great Lakes Human Health Effect Research Program grant program grant program short-term studies short-term studies

8. Food FDA Total Diet Study (Market Basket) FDA Total Diet Study (Market Basket) USDA National Residue Program USDA National Residue Program Relatively uniform nationally-distributed food supply Relatively uniform nationally-distributed food supply

9. Gaps Regular feed of monitoring data into modeling program Regular feed of monitoring data into modeling program GL NHANES study including sensitive populations GL NHANES study including sensitive populations Greater tracking of available food monitoring data (new SOLEC indicator?) Greater tracking of available food monitoring data (new SOLEC indicator?) Fill emissions inventories gaps Fill emissions inventories gaps Lack of geo and chemical coverage in monitoring (particularly for air) Lack of geo and chemical coverage in monitoring (particularly for air) AOC-specific monitoring: do more and get what’s being done out AOC-specific monitoring: do more and get what’s being done out