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GLRI Success Story Areas of Concern Chad Lord Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition (202) 454-3385 clord@npca.org Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement Areas of Concern The U.S.-Canada Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (Annex 1 of the

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GLRI Success Story Areas of Concern

Chad Lord Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition (202) 454-3385 clord@npca.org

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Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement

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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.

Areas of Concern

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Areas of Concern

26 U.S. AOCs
5 binational AOCs
12 Canadian AOCs

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Evaluate conditions Implement actions Assess actions Propose removal Consult public Remove BUI

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GLLA 2002 First Appropriation 2004 GLLA 2008 Great Lakes Restoration Initiative

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Results

Four AOCs delisted
50 beneficial use impairments at 18 AOCs in eight

Great Lakes states removed – five times total in preceding 22 years.

Over 3.5 million cubic yards of contaminated sediment

has been remediated.

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Results

AOCs delisted - four
Oswego River (NY) - 2006
Presque Isle (PA) – 2013
Deer Lake (MI) – 2014
White Lake (MI) – 2014
Management actions complete – four
Ashtabula River (OH)
St. Clair River (MI)
Sheboygan River (WI)
Waukegan Harbor (IL)

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Buf Buffalo R

River (

(NY)

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Our Mission

"The Buffalo River is a repulsive holding basin for industrial and municipal wastes, it is devoid of oxygen and almost sterile..."

Source: Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper

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Our Mission

Protect water quality and quantity for present and future generations while connecting people to water

Source: Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper

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Photo credit: Joe Cascio photography

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Cleaning Up Our Industrial Past

Buffalo River Restoration Partnership

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St. L

Louis Ri River er ( (MN)

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Source: MPCA

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St. Louis River AOC
July 2013 Remedial Action Plan approved
Created by 40-plus partner organizations
Under plan, 70 clean up actions to remove

all 9 BUIs completed by 2020

5th year of implementation
Delist AOC by 2025

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Chambers Grove Shoreline Softening/Restoration

Photos courtesy Nelson French, MPCA

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Slip 2 – Contaminated Sediment Cleanup

Photos courtesy Nelson French, MPCA

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St. Louis River AOC Clean Up
Estimated cost of work:
Federal share: $93.1 million (Great Lakes Legacy Act)
Non-federal share: $64.1 million (Minnesota bonding; U.S. Steel)
Minnesota Legislature approved $25.4 million bond for

sediment clean up – May 30, 2017

Matches $47.2 in federal funding
Money left on the table?

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St. Louis AOC Clean Up
Clean up of contaminated sediment leads to
Local economic benefits
Aquatic habitat improvements
Tourism and recreation