Dredging, seawall and sediment remediation completed in Menekaunee Harbor in the fall of 2014.

Sediment remediation at the Ansul arsenic site is scheduled for completion along with the first two phases of fish passage project.

• Ansul arensic site

Remediation of the WPSC coal tar site is completed, reducing levels of PAHs in the Menominee River. 

• WPSC Marinette MGP site

Results of the fisheries data roundup are published, which is critical in identifying specific restoration projects to be implemented. 

• Lower Menominee River Fisheries Data Roundup (PDF) (52 pp, 2.9 MB) ExitFebruary 2013

A update to the second stage of the remedial action plan is published. 

• Stage II RAP Update (PDF)(66 pp, 2.7 MB Exit December 2012

Stage II of the remedial action plan was published. 

• Stage II Remedial Action Plan (PDF) (81 pp, 2.6 MB)  Exit December 2011

WDNR and MDEQ published a habitat management and restoration plan for fish and wildlife populations. 

• Fish and Wildlife Population and Habitat Management and Restoration Plan (PDF) (25 pp, 1.6 MB, About PDF) Exit December 2011

The first beneficial use impairment is removed, which allows recreational activity to resume in the river.

• Beach Closings

MDEQ released an updated delisting guide for each of the BUIs in the Michigan Areas of Concern. 

• Delisting Guide (PDF) (18 pp, 158 K, About PDF) Exit April 2010

Upgrades to the wastewater treatment plants in Marinette and Menominee greatly reduce pollution inflows into the AOC. There are currently no direct combined sewer overflows or sanitary sewer overflows in Menominee.

EPA's Superfund program completes the discovery phase at the WSPC Marinette coal tar site. Instead of being added to the National Priorities List, it is named a Superfund Alternative Site. It will still essentially follow the Superfund process.

A navigational dredging project is conducted by the city of Menominee to allow oceangoing vessels to access the lower part of the river.

An update to the remedial action plan was released. 

• Lower Menominee River RAP Update (PDF) (177 pp, 7.8 MB, About PDF) Exit February 1996

Paint sludge removal operations are completed along Green Bay, resulting in the excavation of more than 10 million pounds of hazardous waste.

An additional 20 million pounds of contaminated sediments are removed as part of an enforcement order issued to the Lloyd Flanders Furniture Company in Menominee.

1990

Stage I of the Lower Menominee RAP is published.

• Lower Menominee River Remedial Action Plan (PDF) (228 pp, 8.9 MB, About PDF) Exit September 1990