New York State AOC Meeting: Federal – State Coordination and Planning Amy Pelka and John Perrecone United States Environmental Protection Agency Great Lakes National Program Office Remediation and Restoration Branch Mary 16, 2017
GLNPO Front Office Great Lakes Remediation and Restoration Branch Tinka Hyde, Director Wendy Carney, Deputy Director Great Lakes Remediation and Restoration Branch Marc Tuchman, Chief Remediation and Restoration Section 1 Scott Cieniawski, Chief (AOCs and GLLA) Remediation and Restoration Section 2 Amy Pelka, Chief Science, Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting Section Todd Nettesheim, Chief (Open Lake Monitoring, Fish Monitoring, IADN) Financial Assistance, Oversight, and Management Branch Sharon Jaffess, Chief Project Assistance and Oversight Section Bart Mosier, Chief Database and Contracts Management Section Ted Smith, Chief Front Office (LAMPs, GLWQA, Budget, GLAB, Asian Carp)
Great Lakes AOC Program Accomplishments to Date $600 million spent in AOCs (since GLRI) 3 AOCs Delisted 4 AOCs Management Actions Complete 68 BUIs removed Approx. 3,000,000 yd3 contaminated sediment remediated through GLLA and USACE FY15: Approx. 900 acres of habitat restored
AOC Measures of Progress and Annual Targets: GLRI Action Plan II Baseline 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Universe Areas of Concern where all management actions necessary for delisting have been implemented (cumulative) 7 8 9 11 12 17 31 Area of Concern BUIs Removed (cumulative) 52 60 65 72 78 85 255
Management Actions Completed Four AOCs with completed management actions in 2014-2016: Ashtabula River Sheboygan River Waukegan Harbor St. Clair River FY 2017 planned for MA completions: St. Marys River Lower Menominee River River Raisin Rochester Embayment 12 AOCs with management actions complete by end of FY 2017
Progress Towards Management Actions Complete Delisted: Oswego Presque Isle Deer Lake White Lake Actions Complete: Ashtabula Sheboygan Waukegan St. Clair Menominee River Raisin St. Marys River Rochester 2017 2026+ Fox/Green Bay 18 Mile Creek Niagara Kalamazoo Torch Lake Saginaw 2018/2019 Manistique Buffalo River Clinton River Muskegon Lake Black River 2020-2022 Grand Calumet St. Louis R. Detroit River Rouge River 2023-2025 St. Lawrence Milwaukee Cuyahoga Maumee 5/10/2017 Note: Fiscal Year Completion
Discussion Topics for Meeting Ensuring BUI delisting criteria are realistic and achievable Status and progress on finalizing list of management actions Continue to move towards shovel ready projects Long-term monitoring and maintenance
FA1 AOC Budget Information Workflow RWG AOC Workgroup FA 1 lead MT AP Proposed Projects SPREADSHEET States and PACs TFLs