United States              Region 5                  Illinois, Indiana,
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                  Agency                  Chicago, Illinois 60604         Ohio, Wisconsin
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CONTACT: Phillippa Cannon, 3I2-353-E2I8, cannDn.phillippa@Epa.gDv

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OTTAWA RIVER WILL BE CLEANER THANKS TO GREAT LAKES
LEGACY ACT
CHICAGO (Jan. 29,2009) —\\®. Ottawa River will soon be much cleaner thanks to an agrEEmEnt signed today
between U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Ottawa River Group.  They agreed to a $43 million cleanup
of contaminated SEdimEnt in the rivEr. Casts will bE Equally shared bEtwEEn EPA, using funds pravidEd by the
GrEat Lakes Legacy Act, and the local sponsors.

The Ottawa River Group is a partnership of the city of TolEdo and businesses along the rivEr, including E.I. duPont,
HonEywEll, ChryslEr, Allied Waste North AmErica, Illinois Toolworks, United TEchnologiES and GenCorp.

"ThE restoration of the Ottawa River not only benefits the immediate area but also helps improve water quality in
a high priority area of the Maumee River Area of Concern and in Lake Erie," said Bharat Mathur, EPA Region 5's
acting administrator.

"The City of Toledo is proud to be a member of the Ottawa River Group, and we are committed to cleaning up the
unfortunate remnants of our manufacturing and industrial past," said Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbeiner. "At a time
when many of our City's construction workers are out of work, this $43 million dollar project will no doubt lead to
many jobs. I thank the EPA for working with the City of Toledo and other members of the Ottawa River Group on
this project, which will soon allow our citizens to once again enjoy this great natural resource."

"This is a significant commitment of resources that will go a long way toward restoring the Ottawa River. I
commend O.S. EPA and the Ottawa River Group for moving this much needed cleanup forward," said Ohio EPA
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Director Chris Korleski.

Beginning this summEr, abaut 270,000 cubic yards cf SEdimEnt contaminated with pclychlcrinatEd biphenyls cr
PCGs, pclycyclic aromatic hydrccarbcns cr PAHs, and mEtals will be dredged from a S.G-mile stretch cf the river.
The project is expected tc be completed in about two years.

Contamination in the sediment of the Ottawa River is a leading cause of state advisories against eating certain
fish from the  river and Maumee Gay. The  cleanup will reduce the mass of PCGs entering Lake Erie. Dredged
sediment contaminated with high levels of PCGs will be sent to a facility designed and permitted to accept this
type of waste. Remaining sediment will likely go to Toledo's Hoffman Road landfill.

Although discharges of toxic chemicals to the Great Lakes have been reduced in the  last 30 years, contaminants
persist in the  sediment of some rivers, harbors and bays as a "legacy" of urbanization and industrial activity.

Five Legacy Act cleanups have been completed. More than 900,000 cubic yards of sediment have been cleaned
up, removing 1.7 million pounds of contaminants. The total cost of the cleanups was $97 million, with $53 million
coming from Great Lakes Legacy Act funds and $44  million from nonfederal sources. Key to the success of the
projects has been the strong partnerships that have developed between EPA and otherfederal, state, local and
private entities.

More information is available at http://www.epa.gov/glla/ottawa/index.html

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