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either completed or in process of implementation by December 31, 

 1975. They shall include the following : 



(a) Pollution frowi Municipal Sources. Programs for the abate- 

 ment and control of discharges of mimicipal sewage into the Great 

 Lakes System including : 



(i) construction and operation in all municipalities having 

 sewer systems of waste treatment facilities providing levels 

 of treatment consistent with the achievement of the water 

 quality objectives, taking into account the effects of waste 

 from other sources ; 



(ii) provision of financial resources to assist prompt con- 

 struction of needed facilities ; 



(iii) establishment of requirements for construction and op- 

 erating standards for facilities ; 



(iv) measures to find practical solutions for reducing pol- 

 lution from overflows of combined storm and sanitary sewers ; 



(v) monitoring, surveillance and enforcement activities 

 necessary to ensure compliance with the foregoing programs 

 and measures. 



(b) Pollution from Industrial Sources. Programs for the abate- 

 ment and control of pollution from industrial sources, including : 



(i) establishment of waste treatment or control require- 

 ments for all industrial plants discharging waste into the 

 Great Lakes System, to provide levels of treatment or reduc- 

 tion of inputs of substances and effects consistent with the 

 achievement of the water quality objectives, taking into ac- 

 count the effects of waste from other sources ; 



(ii) requirements for the substa,ntial elimination of dis- 

 charges into the Great Lakes System of mercury and other 

 toxic heavy metals ; 



(iii) requirements for the substantial elimination of dis- 

 charges into the Great Lakes System of toxic persistent or- 

 ganic contaminants ; 



(iv) requirements for the control of thermal discharges; 



(v) measures to control the discharge of radioactive ma- 

 terials into the Great Lakes System ; 



(vi) monitoring, surveillance and enforcement activities 

 necessary to ensure compliance with the foregoing require- 

 ments and measures. 



(c) EutropMcation. Measures for the control of inputs of phos- 

 phorous and other nutrients including programs to reduce phos- 

 phorous inputs, in accordance with the provisions of Annex 2. 



(d) Pollution from Agricultural^ Forestry and Other Land 

 Use Activities. Measures for the abatement and control of pollu- 

 tion from , agricultural, forestry and other land use activities, 

 including : 



(i) measures for the control of pest control products with 

 a view to limiting inputs into the Great Lakes System, includ- 

 ing regulations to ensure thatpest control products judged to 

 have long term deleterious effects on the quality of water or 

 its biotic components shall be used only as authorized by the 

 responsible regulatory^ agencies, and that pest control prod- 

 ucts shall not be applied directly to water except in accord- 



