Feb. 25 public meeting to discuss Saint Marys River cleanup

For Immediate Release
No. 10-OPA017

Chicago (Feb. 23, 2010) --The Binational Public Advisory Council for the Saint 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 seven p.m. at Lake Superior State University, Cisler Center, Ontario Room, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. The Great Lakes Legacy Act is a federal plan targeted at cleaning up contaminated sediment around the U.S. shores of the Great Lakes.

On Feb. 1, 2010, E.P.A. and Consumers Energy Co. signed a plan arrangement to begin the cleanup of a section of the river. With $2.4 million provided by the Legacy Act and $1.6 million from Consumers Energy, E.P.A. and the utility will remove approximately 26,000 cubic yards of sediment contaminated with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, or PAHs, from the river adjacent to the property currently operated by MCM Marine. The location was formerly a manufactured gas plant. The plan will be undertaken in 2 stages with dredging in the inner boat slip area scheduled to begin this spring and cleanup in the adjacent river area to be completed either this fall or spring 2011.

The goal of the $4 million plan is to reduce impacts to human health and the environment and enhance water quality in the Saint Marys River.

More information is accessible at: http://www.epa.gov/glla/glla_projects.html

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