1. 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

3. 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

4. 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.

5. 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

6. 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

7. GLRI
BUI Removal Goals

9. 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

10. The AOC “Bucket Challenge”
Rouge
Cuyahoga
Detroit
Maumee
2020+
2026+
Fox/Green Bay
Milwaukee
St. Lawrence Mile Creek Niagara
2030+
Kalamazoo
Saginaw
Torch
3/21/2016

11. 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
Rouge
Cuyahoga
2026+
Fox/Green Bay
Milwaukee
St. Lawrence
18 Mile Creek Niagara
2019/2020
St. Louis R.
Grand Calumet
Detroit
Actions Complete:
Ashtabula
Sheboygan
Waukegan
St. Clair
2017/2018
Manistique
Muskegon
Black R.
2030+
Kalamazoo
Saginaw
Torch
Maumee
3/21/2016

12. Getting Work Done at AOCs

13. Planting at City Ship Canal
Buffalo River AOC

14. Grand Calumet River AOC
East Branch
Grand Calumet River AOC

15. Grand Calumet River AOC
East Branch
Grand Calumet River AOC

16. Lincoln Park
Milwaukee Estuary AOC
Before
After

17. Lincoln Park
Milwaukee Estuary AOC

18. Cottrellville Twp Shoreline Restoration St. Clair River AOC
2012
2015

19. Marine City Drain, St. Clair River AOC
2014
2015

20. Marysville Shoreline Restoration St. Clair River AOC
2013
2015