Great Lakes Areas of Concern
The U.S.-Canada Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (Annex 1 of the 2012 Protocol) defines AOCs as "geographic areas designated by the Parties where significant impairment of beneficial uses has occurred as a result of human activities at the local level." An AOC is a location that has experienced environmental degradation. EPA and other federal and state agencies are working to restore the 27 remaining U.S. AOCs in the Great Lakes basin.
AOCs in the United States
Restoring Great Lakes AOCs
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Conference and registration information on the 2017 Great Lakes AOCs Conference.