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MEDIA ADVISORY: EPA and Partners Finish Ottawa River Legacy Act Cleanup

Release Date: 12/09/2010
Contact Information: CONTACT: Peter Cassell, 312-886-6234, [email protected]

For Immediate Release No. 10-OPA148

MEDIA ADVISORY: EPA and Partners Finish Ottawa River Legacy Act Cleanup

(CHICAGO – Dec. 9, 2010)

WHO:

· Cameron Davis, Senior Advisor to the EPA Administrator (Great Lakes).
· Ohio State Rep. Matt Szollosi.
· Chris Korleski, Director, Ohio EPA.
· Charlie Wooley, Deputy Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Midwest Region.

WHAT: Announcement of the completion of the Ottawa River cleanup.

WHEN: Monday, Dec. 13, at 11:30 a.m.

WHERE: Ottawa River Yacht Club, 5844 Edgewater Drive, Toledo, Ohio.

BACKGROUND: The Great Lakes Legacy Act project to clean up a 5½-mile stretch of the Ottawa River and Sibley Creek is finished.

The completion of this project marks further progress in the cleanup of the Maumee River Area of Concern, a key priority under the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.

For more information on this project, please visit: https://www.epa.gov/glla/ottawa/.

For more information on the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, please visit: http://greatlakesrestoration.us.

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