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FY1999 Great Lakes Projects

Sediment Contamination Assessment Assistance

Sediment Contamination Assessment Assistance (GL975106-01-0: $15,000)

Recipient: Michigan Department of Environmental Quality

Project Period: 10/1/99 to 9/30/00

Project Officer: Kathleen O’Connor

This grant will allow for Michigan DEQ to purchase software, hardware and training in order to map five contaminated sediment sites in Michigan. The software will allow MDEQ to digitize these sites and represent them in three dimensional space, which will aid in defining hot spots and calculating volumes of contaminated sediments. In addition to providing valuable information for future sampling and remediation decisions, the final maps and graphs created with this tool will be useful for informing the public about the sites both at presentations and on the internet.