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Project Area 38
US Fish and Wildlife Service
| Organization /Facility | Grassy Island Remediation Activities |
| Beneficial Use Impairment (in brackets) & Issue Addressed: | -- |
| Benefit: | This former 4 acre shoal is now a diked, 72 acre island covered to a depth of 12 feet with contaminated sediments from nearby Rouge River, Trenton Channel, and Lake Erie. Disposals ended in 1983, and in 1995 the site was delineated as a Hazardous Materials Management demonstration site, containing PCBs, PAHs, copper, mercury, lead, and zinc. The FWS is currently attempting to characterize the risks from the contaminants, and enhance the long-term benefits of the area for wildlife (5, 14) |
| Date Completed: | 2001-ongoing |
Mobile Sediment Dredging Unit Development and Evaluation Project
| Organization /Facility | Friends of the Detroit River/ US Environmental Protection Agency |
| Beneficial Use Impairment (in brackets) & Issue Addressed: | -- |
| Benefit: | This project involves the design, fabrication, and evaluation of an innovative mobile dredging unit with the potential for reducing sediment resuspension and offsite migration of contaminants during dredging in order to protect and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of Great Lakes waters (6, 7, 15) |
| Date Completed: | 2002-ongoing |