Great Lakes Sediment Remediation
Status at End of 2006
Goal: Cleanup contaminated sediments.
Status: 4.5 Million cubic yards remediated
since 1997.
Trends: Increasing volume of sediments remediated
are helping recovery of Areas of Concern.
Issues: Additional funding and multi-agency
coordination needed to continue cleanups.
Great Lakes Sediment Remediation Activities in 2006*
*[Information included in the pie charts are quantitative
estimates as reported by project managers. Data collection and
reporting efforts are described in the “Great Lakes Sediment Remediation
Project Summary Support” Quality Assurance Project Plan (GLNPO, March
2006). Detailed project information is available upon request from
project managers.]
