Great Lakes Legacy Act AIPG/MAEP Joint Section September 29, 2016 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Great Lakes Legacy Act AIPG/MAEP Joint Section September 29, 2016 Rose Ellison Project Manager, USEPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Great Lakes National Program Office

Great Lakes Legacy Act Projects Completed or ongoing projects U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Great Lakes National Program Office

GLLA Process • Only applies in Areas of Concern • Non-enforcement Partnerships • Implementation of the Great Lakes Legacy Act of 2002, Fed. Reg. 71, May 1, 2006 • Open application process • Requires a minimum 35% non- federal match U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Great Lakes National Program Office

Non-Federal Sponsors? • States • Municipalities • Private Parties • Combination of the above U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Great Lakes National Program Office

Industries (37) Involved in GLLA Projects Cleveland Illuminating Co. ♦ DuPont Co. ♦ Mallinckrodt Inc ♦ GenCorp Inc. ♦ Millennium Inorganic Chemicals ♦ Honeywell International Inc. ♦ Ohio Power ♦ Illinois Tool Works, Inc. ♦ Olin Corp ♦ ♦ United Technologies Occidental Chemical ♦ Allied Waste Industries, Inc. ♦ RMI Titanium Co ♦ Phelps Dodge (Now Freeport- ♦ McMoRan) Sherwin Williams ♦ Cabot Corp ♦ Union Carbide ♦ ♦ Detrex Corp CBS Operations (Viacom Intl) ♦ XIK Corp ♦ Elkem Metals ♦ Consumers Energy ♦ Perstorp Polyols, Inc. ♦ Varta Microbattery, Inc. ♦ Chevron USA ♦ The Mosaic Co. ♦ Sunoco, Inc ♦ ♦ BP-Husky Refining Pilkington North America ♦ BASF Corp. ♦ U.S. Steel ♦ Arkema Corp ♦ Ford ♦ Wisconsin Public Service ♦ Tyco Fire Products ♦ Pollution Risk Services ♦ Fraser Shipyard ♦ U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Great Lakes National Program Office

What is the incentive to participate in GLLA? • GLLA Funding for “unassigned” contamination • Reduced potential for future liability • Cooperative, Collaborative Approach • Speed • Project can proceed in phases • Good PR in community by doing voluntary clean-up U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Great Lakes National Program Office

GLLA Accomplishments to date • 22 Clean-Ups Complete or Agreements Signed since 2004 • Over 4 million cubic yards remediated • Total cost: $579 Million • $347 Million in GLLA funding • $232 Million non-federal match (cash and in- kind) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Great Lakes National Program Office

Identifying GLLA Projects Photo: Bob Burns U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Great Lakes National Program Office

Targeting Projects in the Detroit River U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Great Lakes National Program Office

Celeron Island Area U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Great Lakes National Program Office

Gibraltar Canals

Riverbend Area U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Great Lakes National Program Office

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Great Lakes National Program Office

There will be a lot of opportunities for remediation along the Detroit River in the future ? ?

QUESTIONS? Rose Ellison USEPA, GLNPO Ellison.rosanne@epa.gov 734-692-7689