GLIN==> Workshop series on beneficial use of dredged material to begin

Workshop series to promote beneficial use of dredged material in Great Lakes
region 

A workshop series to begin next week will explore approaches to the
beneficial use of material dredged from Great Lakes commercial and
recreational harbors and channels. Some 3.3 million cubic yards of sediment
is deposited annually in Great Lakes harbors and channels maintained by the
federal government. "Recycling" material clean enough for beneficial use
avoids other, less sustainable methods of dredged material management such
as placement in confined disposal facilities. The 2 to 2 1/2 hour sessions,
facilitated by the Great Lakes Commission and entitled "Beneficial Use
Technology Transfer Workshops," are designed to energize business
communities, and educate permittees and regulators about beneficial use
technologies as well as broaden understanding and interest in such
beneficial use projects as habitat restoration and brownfield restoration.
Discussion will also be held on overcoming challenges and obstacles to such
projects. See the attached workshop agenda for further details.
Workshops will be held at the following locations: 

1:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 15
Regency Room
Radisson Hotel Lansing at the Capitol
111 N. Grand Avenue, Lansing Michigan 48933 

10:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 16
Conference Room A
Bromfield Administration Building
Ohio Department of Agriculture
8995 East Main Street
Reynoldsburg, Ohio 43068 (just east of the Columbus metropolitan area) 

10 a.m. Wednesday, March 23
Meeting/Conference Room
Lake Superior Visitors Center
600 South Lake Avenue
Duluth, Minnesota 55802
(This session will also be available as a webinar.) 

10:30 a.m. Thursday, March 24
Room 421
Hill Farms State Transportation Building
4802 Sheboygan Avenue
Madison, Wisconsin 53705 

10 a.m. Tuesday, April 12
Room 153
Lake Erie Center
6200 Bayshore Road
Oregon, Ohio 43616 

A final workshop will be held in Cleveland, Ohio, with time and location to
be announced. 

There is no cost to participate in the workshops. Please indicate plans to
attend, however, by contacting Dave Knight, Great Lakes Commission,
dknight at glc.org, 734-971-9135
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