Getting Work Done at AOCs: How are the Federal GLRI agencies implementing the AOC program? United States Environmental Protection Agency Great Lakes National Program Office John Perrecone New York State AOC Meeting, Niagara Falls, NY April 27, 2016
AOC Accomplishments to Date $600 million spent in AOCs (since GLRI) 3 AOCs Delisted 4 AOCs Management Actions Complete 52 BUIs removed Approx. 3,000,000 yd3 contaminated sediment remediated Approx. 1,000,000 yd3 contaminated sediment removed by USACE FY15: Approx. 900 acres of habitat restored
AOC Breakout FY 16: GLRI Budget = $300M AOC Program Total = $94M GLLA/AOC Base - $85M (multi-Agency) AOC Technical Support - $4M (multi-Agency) State AOC Program Capacity - $5M (EPA) The AOC budget includes 4 major components: GLLA is the largest single GLRI line item at $40 million, because cleaning up contaminated rivers is very expensive. The AOC base budget includes all non GLLA projects needed to remediate and restore BUIs and AOCs, such as habitat restoration, and this also includes BUI verification work. This is $30 million and is distributed among the federal partners. AOC technical support is also distributed to the federal partners to work with longer term AOCs, where for example they are still putting together overall plans. Examples of tech support include the Corp conducting feasibility studies to find the best sites to work on in an AOC or USFWS conducting a high quality wetland study at Rochester to identify best bets for wetland protection. This is $3 million total. Finally we have capacity assistance to our States to support their AOC program staff, plus funding to help with local outreach and some limited sampling and analysis.
Path To Delisting Delisting Goal: Remove BUI: Complete management actions that will lead to BUI Removal and AOC Delisting. Delisting Execute Management Actions: Execute actions with available funding Monitoring of BUI criteria or targets Remove BUI: Actions are complete Data show that BUI removal criteria have been met Develop Management Actions: Establish projects that will accelerate removal of each BUI
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
GLRI BUI Removal Goals
Progress Towards Management Actions Complete Delisted: Oswego Presque Isle Deer Lake White Lake 2020+ Milwaukee Fox/Green Bay Cuyahoga Maumee St. Lawrence 18 Mile Creek Niagara Detroit River Rouge River Kalamazoo Torch Lake Saginaw 2017/2018 Manistique Muskegon Black R. Menominee River Raisin Rochester Buffalo R. St Marys R. Clinton R. 2016 Actions Complete: Ashtabula Sheboygan Waukegan St. Clair 2019/2020 St. Louis R. Grand Calumet 3/21/2016
The AOC “Bucket Challenge” 2020-2021 Rouge Cuyahoga 2022-2023 Detroit 2024-2025 Maumee 2020+ 2026+ Fox/Green Bay Milwaukee St. Lawrence 18 Mile Creek Niagara 2030+ Kalamazoo Saginaw Torch 3/21/2016
Progress Towards Management Actions Complete Delisted: Oswego Presque Isle Deer Lake White Lake Menominee River Raisin Rochester Buffalo R. St Marys R. Clinton R. 2016 2020-2021 Rouge Cuyahoga 2026+ Fox/Green Bay Milwaukee St. Lawrence 18 Mile Creek Niagara 2019/2020 St. Louis R. Grand Calumet 2022-2023 Detroit Actions Complete: Ashtabula Sheboygan Waukegan St. Clair 2017/2018 Manistique Muskegon Black R. 2030+ Kalamazoo Saginaw Torch 2024-2025 Maumee 3/21/2016
Getting Work Done at AOCs
Planting at City Ship Canal Buffalo River AOC
Grand Calumet River AOC East Branch Grand Calumet River AOC
Grand Calumet River AOC East Branch Grand Calumet River AOC
Lincoln Park Milwaukee Estuary AOC Before After
Lincoln Park Milwaukee Estuary AOC
Cottrellville Twp Shoreline Restoration St. Clair River AOC 2012 2015
Marine City Drain, St. Clair River AOC 2014 2015
Marysville Shoreline Restoration St. Clair River AOC 2013 2015