INDIANA BECOMES FIRST STATE TO ADOPT GREAT LAKES INITIATIVE

The state of Indiana last week became the first state to finalize the Great Lakes Water Quality Initiative (GLI), adopting provisions in some instances that were more stringent than the GLI, while backtracking on existing state standards to comply with minimum GLI requirements in other areas. The GLI is a comprehensive toxics reductions initiative that instructs states bordering the Great Lakes to adopt in many cases more stringent water quality standards than those required by the rest of the country...