GLIN==> Legacy Act Funds Will Spur Sediment Removal Project

Work is set to begin this spring on a $4 million project to remove about
26,000 cubic yards of contaminated sediment from the St. Marys River
near the MCM Marine facility. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and
Consumers Energy Co. agreed recently to the project.

This will be the second cleanup project in the St. Marys River Area of
Concern to be done under the Great Lakes Legacy Act. About 41,000 cubic
yards of contaminated sediment were removed from Tannery Bay in 2007.
The Act provides federal money that along with local matching dollars
are used to clean up polluted sediment along the U.S. shores and
waterways of the Great Lakes.

This is the last known area of significant contamination on the U.S.
side of the St. Marys River AOC.

Consumers Energy is providing the non-federal matching funds required by
the Legacy Act. This will be about $1.6 million, or 40 percent of the
total project cost. Legacy Act funds will total about $2.4 million, or
60 percent. Other key project partners include U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment, the
city of Sault Ste. Marie, and the Binational Public Action Committee.
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Chicago (Feb. 23, 2010) --The Binational Public Advisory Council for the
St. Marys River will hold a public information meeting about the Great
Lakes Legacy Act cleanup of the river near MCM Marine.  The meeting will
be held Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010, at 7 p.m. at Lake Superior State
University, Cisler Center, Ontario Room, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.  The
Great Lakes Legacy Act is a federal program targeted at cleaning up
contaminated sediment around the U.S. shores of the Great Lakes.
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For more information

(1) Legacy Act Funds Will Spur Sediment Removal Project (pdf, 2 page,
767 Kb)
http://epa.gov/glla/stmarys/stmarysriver_factsheet.pdf

(2) Great Lakes Legacy Act:
Marc Tuchman
312-353-1369
tuchman.marc at epa.gov

(3) St. Marys River/Former MGP Project:
Ajit Vaidya
312-353-5713
vaidya.ajit at epa.gov
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