EPA announced today that it will put some money into cleaning up toxic bottom muds in the Detroit River. Good. But where is the EPA and the President on supporting the $4-6 billion Great Lakes restoration bills in Congress that would clean up a lot of these sites? Nowhere.
Here's the story:
One of the Detroit River's most toxic hot spots will be the first contaminated sediment site to be cleaned up under the Great Lakes Legacy Act, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday.
Dredging at the site will begin in mid-October and the project will be completed using $4.2 million in Legacy Act funds and $2.3 million from the state's Clean Michigan Initiative. The project is expected to be finished by mid-January.