Restoring Milwaukee Estuary AOC (timeline)

Year	Critical Actions
2015	Wisconsin DNR issues a Remedial Action Plan update. January 2015 WDNR RAP Update (PDF) (63 pp, 2.1 MB, About PDF) Exit
2013	A Remedial Action Plan update is published. December 2013 Remedial Action Plan Update for the Milwaukee Estuary Area of Concern (PDF) (112 pp, 2.7 MB, About PDF) Exit
2012	A Remedial Action Plan update is published. Remedial Action Plan Update for the Milwaukee Estuary AOC (PDF) (151 pp, 3 MB, About PDF) Exit December 2012 140,000 pounds of contaminated sediment is removed which marks the completion of a second Great Lakes Legacy Act project in the AOC. About 5,000 pounds of PCBs and 4,000 lbs of PAHs have been removed in the Milwaukee River and Lincoln Creek since 2011. Lincoln Creek & Milwaukee River Channel Legacy Act
2009	The Kinnickinnic River Legacy Act project begins and is completed by the end of the year. About 167,000 lbs of contaminated sediment is removed, which contained mostly PCBs and PAHs. Kinnickinnic River Legacy Act Dredging Project
2008	Delisting targets for each of the BUIs in the Area of Concern are published. Delisting Targets (PDF) (58 pp, 361 K, About PDF) Exit
2005	WDNR completes a sediment remediation study at Estabrook Impoundment, which concludes that it contributes the greatest mass loading of PCBs into the Milwaukee River and Harbor. Estabrook Impoundment Sediment Remediation Pre-Design Study
2003	The federal Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Act of 2000 begin to be implemented. WDNR gives grants to communities to monitor beach water for elevated bacterial levels. About the BEACH Act
2000-2001	Mercury Marine removes approximately 14,000 tons of contaminated sediment as part of the Cedar Creek remediation project. Cedar Creek Superfund Alternative Site
1999	A brief RAP update is published, which notes that progress has been made on 93 percent of the recommendations listed in the 1994 Remedial Action Plan. Milwaukee Estuary RAP Progress Update (PDF) (4 pp, 75 K, About PDF) Exit
1994	An update to the remedial action plan is completed. Milwaukee Estuary RAP Update
1991	The Stage I Remedial Action Plan is published. Milwaukee Estuary RAP Stage I