Given the passage of Ohio Senate Bill 1 earlier this year,
finding solutions for keeping Ohio’s northern shipping channels open has taken
on new urgency. As stated in previous blog articles, the Army Corps of
Engineers handles the dredging of shipping channels but will only pay for the
most cost effective options, which is dumping the dredged material in deeper
waters in the Great Lakes or putting dredged material into a diked disposal
site. If a state requires the Army Corps of Engineers to dump the dredged material
in a way that increases the cost, then that state is responsible for payment of
the additional costs.
Beginning July 1, 2020, dredged material can no longer be
dumped in Lake Erie. The state of Ohio is seeking creative solutions for
handling dredged material that will provide for cost effective solutions to its
disposal, including the reuse of much of the dredged materials.
Click
here for more info about the goals and objectives of Ohio’s Dredged
Material Program.
Below are links to additional resources provided by the Ohio
EPA related to Ohio’s Dredged Material Program:
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