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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED RESOLUTION 91-128 BY: THE MAYOR AND ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL A RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE DEADLINE FOR THE GREAT LAKES WATER QUALITY INITIATIVE. WHEREAS, the purpose of the Great Lakes Water Quality Initiative (GLWQI) is to develop uniform minimum quality criteria and standards for the Great Lakes region; and WHEREAS, the GLWQI had been working at a pace that allowed full consideration of the issues until the Great Lakes Critical Programs Act of 1990; and WHEREAS, the Critical Programs Act imposed unrealistic deadlines including publication of a draft guidance by the fall of 1991; and WHEREAS, the guidance, as presently drafted, will cause enormous disruption and expense to National Pollution Discharge Elimination System permit holders in the Great lakes region, in many cases with little or no environmental benefit; and WHEREAS, Ohio communities' goal should be to slow down the rulemaking process to ensure the guidance receives proper review by the scientific and regulated communities before a draft is published in the Federal Register. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED, COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA AND STATE OF OHIO: SECTION l: That it is the desire of this Council to support the effort to gain more time for the Great Lakes Water Quality Initiative to make certain that the mandatory guidance to be published is based upon sound scientific principles. SECTION 2: That this Resolution shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.