1. 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

2. 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)

3. 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

4. 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

6. Management Actions Completed
Four AOCs with completed management actions in :
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

7. 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
Grand Calumet
St. Louis R.
Detroit River
Rouge River
St. Lawrence
Milwaukee
Cuyahoga
Maumee
5/10/2017
Note: Fiscal Year Completion

8. 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

9. FA1 AOC Budget Information Workflow
RWG AOC Workgroup
FA 1 lead MT AP
Proposed Projects
SPREADSHEET
States
and PACs
TFLs