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What's New Corps tells Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority to pay its share of new dike or risk closing harbor The Plain Dealer (11/18) Cleveland's commercial harbor could close in five years unless the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority finds $158 million to help store dredged silt. Ottawa River dredging delayed again The Toledo Blade (11/5) Plans to start a $43 million environmental restoration project along the Ottawa River have hit another scheduling snag, though the federal official in charge of the unprecedented two-year project said it could get under way later this month. Small Great Lakes harbors seek aid The Daily News Online (10/28) A coalition of smaller Great Lakes harbors is uniting to press the federal government for funding to keep the harbors dredged so the ports can be used for recreation, commercial and safety purposes.
General Resources Coastal Engineering Advisory Services Program University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute The programs goals are to develop a method for more precise, cost-effective measurement of the areas of contaminated sediment and to provide an improved, more accurate method to evaluate the risk to coastal properties from high water and storms. Dredging Projects U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Great Lakes Regional Headquarters This site explains the dredging process and links to sites with more Great Lakes dredging information. Environmental Dredging U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Great Lakes Regional Headquarters Contaminated sediments have been dredged for environmental remediation at more than 30 Great Lakes sites. (Section 312 of WRDA 1990, as amended.) Great Lakes Dredging Team The GLDT is a partnership of federal and state agencies created to assure that the dredging throughout the Great Lakes is conducted in a timely and cost-effective manner while meeting environmental protection, restoration and enhancement goals. Great Lakes Tributary Modeling Program A cooperative initiative of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Great Lakes Regional Headquarters) and the Great Lakes Commission to develop sediment transport models for tributaries to the Great Lakes that discharge to federal navigation channels or Areas of Concern.
Publications Dredging and the Great Lakes Great Lakes Commission and Great Lakes Dredging Team A booklet published in October 1999 that highlights issues such as the beneficial use of dredged material, the role of sedimentation, the dredging connection with commercial navigation and the citizen's role in the dredging process. Great Lakes Dredged Material Testing & Evaluation Manual U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) A regional testing manual for evaluating potential impacts of contaminants from dredged material proposed for discharge to the Great Lakes, connecting channels and tributaries.
Related Resources GLIN: Agencies and Organizations, Maritime GLIN: Contaminated Sediments in the Great Lakes Region GLIN: Ecosytem Management in the Great Lakes Region GLIN: Maritime in the Great Lakes Region | |
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