EPA

Beginning in 2010, EPA awarded a total of $5.2 million from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative to restore the Manistique River AOC.

The Manistique River Public Advisory Council is a group of citizens and government agency personnel which guides pollution cleanup, prevention and resource conservation in the AOC for long-term protection of the Manistique River ecosystem.

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MDEQ is responsible for executing many of the remedial actions that have occurred at Deer Lake. Additionally, they publish the remedial action plan documents.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is also contributing to cleanup efforts. The administration’s marine debris removal project is being funded by Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.

USGS is determing the quanity of exposure and effects of both historical and new contaminants at AOCs across the Great Lakes.