Review of removal, containment, and treatment technologies for remediation of contaminated sediment in the Great Lakes. Final report
The Water Quality Act of 1987, which amended the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, authorized a program specifically aimed at contaminated sediment problems in the Great Lakes. Section 118, paragraph (c)(3), directs the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Great Lakes National Program Office (GLNPO) to carry out a 5-year study and demonstration projects relating to the control and removal of toxic pollutants in the Great Lakes, with emphasis on the removal of toxic pollutants in the Great Lakes, with emphasis on the removal of toxic pollutants from bottom sediments. The Act specified that priority Areas of Concern for implementation of demonstration projects were Saginaw Bay, Michigan; Sheboygan Harbor, Wisconsin; Grand Calumet River, Indiana; Ashtabula River, Ohio; and Buffalo River, New York.
- Research Organization:
- Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS (United States). Environmental Lab.
- OSTI ID:
- 5452478
- Report Number(s):
- AD-A-233946/3/XAB; WES/MP/EL--90-25
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
FEDERAL REGION II
FEDERAL REGION V
GREAT LAKES
INDIANA
INTERFACES
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NEW YORK
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REMEDIAL ACTION
REMOVAL
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SEDIMENTS
SURFACE WATERS
TOXIC MATERIALS
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