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• EPA, MPCA Begin $16 Million Project to Remove Contaminated Sediment from Duluth-Superior Harbor

  EPA News Release: EPA, MPCA Begin $16 Million Project to Remove Contaminated Sediment from Duluth-Superior Harbor

  • Release Date: October 1, 2021

• EPA and MPCA Announce $6M Sediment Cleanup in the St. Louis River Area of Concern in Scanlon, Minnesota

  EPA News Release: EPA and MPCA Announce $6M Sediment Cleanup in the St. Louis River Area of Concern in Scanlon, Minnesota

  • Release Date: August 23, 2021

• EPA Removes Ohio’s Ashtabula River from Binational List of Areas of Concern on the Great Lakes

  Nearly $70 million for cleanup and restoration results in Ohio’s first area of concern delisting

  EPA News Release: EPA Removes Ohio’s Ashtabula River from Binational List of Areas of Concern on the Great Lakes

  • Release Date: August 19, 2021

• EPA Releases Dredged Material Decision Tool to Help with Sediment Disposal Decisions

  EPA News Release: EPA Releases Dredged Material Decision Tool to Help with Sediment Disposal Decisions

  • Release Date: August 3, 2021

• EPA Funding Helps the Terns Return to Interstate Island in Duluth-Superior

  Reducing predatory pressure: EPA provided $840,000 of Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funding to improve terns’ nesting area

  EPA News Release: EPA Funding Helps the Terns Return to Interstate Island in Duluth-Superior

  • Release Date: July 21, 2021

• EPA Selects Two New Members to Great Lakes Advisory Board

  EPA News Release: EPA Selects Two New Members to Great Lakes Advisory Board

  • Release Date: July 8, 2021

• Four Piping Plovers Hatch in Toledo, Ohio

  U.S. EPA Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funding supports the recovery of this endangered species

  EPA News Release: Four Piping Plovers Hatch in Toledo, Ohio

  • Release Date: July 2, 2021

• EPA cleanup to continue in St. Louis River Area of Concern in Superior, Wisconsin

  EPA News Release: EPA cleanup to continue in St. Louis River Area of Concern in Superior, Wisconsin

  • Release Date: May 10, 2021

• EPA proposes removing Ashtabula River from “Areas of Concern” list, seeks public comment

  Ohio’s Ashtabula River could become the sixth U.S. location removed from the list of the most environmentally degraded Great Lakes areas

  EPA News Release: EPA proposes removing Ashtabula River from “Areas of Concern” list, seeks public comment

  • Release Date: May 3, 2021

• EPA’s Floating Laboratory Lake Guardian Sails Again

  EPA News Release: EPA’s Floating Laboratory Lake Guardian Sails Again

  • Release Date: April 7, 2021

• EPA cleanup to start in Ohio’s Maumee Area of Concern on Lake Erie

  EPA News Release: EPA cleanup to start in Ohio’s Maumee Area of Concern on Lake Erie

  • Release Date: March 24, 2021

• EPA Announces Removal of Lower Menominee River from List of Great Lakes Areas of Concern

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Removal of Lower Menominee River from List of Great Lakes Areas of Concern

  • Release Date: September 3, 2020

• EPA Regional Administrator Visits Indiana, Highlights $3.8 Million to Improve Water Quality and Protect Watersheds

  EPA News Release: EPA Regional Administrator Visits Indiana, Highlights $3.8 Million to Improve Water Quality and Protect Watersheds

  • Release Date: September 3, 2020

• EPA Awards $3.2 Million to Purdue and Indiana Universities for Research on Managing PFAS in Agriculture and Rural Communities

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $3.2 Million to Purdue and Indiana Universities for Research on Managing PFAS in Agriculture and Rural Communities

  • Release Date: August 20, 2020

• EPA Highlights Recovery of Great Lakes Piping Plover

  Endangered shorebird recovering thanks to GLRI support and partnerships

  EPA News Release: EPA Highlights Recovery of Great Lakes Piping Plover

  • Release Date: August 13, 2020