THE REMEDIAL ACTION PLAN THAT LED TO THE CLEANUP AND DELISTING OF COLLINGWOOD HARBOR AS AN AREA OF CONCERN

This paper traces the rehabilitation and restoration of Collingwood Ha rbour's ecosystem and establishes that the targets set to delist Colli ngwood Harbour as one of 43 North American Areas of Concern were met a s of 1994. Numerous actions to ameliorate environmental problems and r ehabilitate the harbor ecosystem have been implemented. In so doing, e nvironmental conditions to support the uses and goals identified by th e Public Advisory Committee and the community of Collingwood hav been realized. The process of cleaning up and protecting Collingwood Harbou r's ecosystem has been an extensive one, involving 8 years of legislat ive, organizational, and information-gathering efforts and a far-reach ing program of public consultation and participation. Extensive consul tation with agency scientists, government officials, the International Joint Commission, the community of Collingwood, and the public at lar ge has resulted in unified consent that the environmental targets esta blished for the community-driven cleanup have been met, and in fact, s urpassed.