GLIN==> Ottawa River Cleanup Underway

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Ottawa River Group and the
state of Ohio began construction on phase one of a $49 million cleanup
of the Ottawa River and Sibley Creek in Toledo, Ohio, on Dec. 19.

Under EPA’s Great Lakes Legacy Act, the project partners will remove
approximately 260,000 cubic yards of contaminated sediment from the
river and creek. The goal of the project is to reduce impacts to human
health and the environment on the Ottawa River. This is the eighth
cleanup of a contaminated site under the Legacy Act.

“The start of this cleanup brings us closer to the day when the public
can safely eat all fish from the Great Lakes and their tributaries,”
said Bharat Mathur, EPA acting regional administrator.

For more information on the project:
http://epa.gov/glla/ottawa/index.html
Scott Cieniawski, U.S. EPA Region 5, 312-353-8547,
cieniawski.scott at epa.gov

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Pranas Pranckevicius, CISSP
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Great Lakes National Program Office
77 West Jackson Blvd.  G-17J
Chicago, IL  60604-3590
pranckevicius.pranas at epa.gov
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312 385-5446 Fax
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