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Office of Coastal Management

• Focus on Protection, Management, and Enhancement (Functional Restoration) of Coastal Resources

• Nonpoint Pollution, Nutrient and Sediment loadings• Technical Assistance and Guidance (Shore Structures)• Streamlined Regulatory Processes (Permitting)• Public Access• Grant Programs (CELCP and State Pass Through)• Collaborative Programs with Core Partners

– Ohio Sea Grant (Ohio State University)– Old Woman Creek NERR– Ohio Lake Erie Commission– NOAA (CSC, GLERL)

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Lake Erie Challenges• Changing water levels

over a range of scales– Long-term– Seasonal– Short-term

• Climate change impacts– Water levels– Storm frequency and

magnitude– Temperature– Timing

• Impacts of water level regulation

• Harmful Algal Blooms• Loadings and water

quality degradation• Habitat loss and

degradation• Invasive species• Land-use change and

shoreline development• Erosion and irreversible

lakebed downcutting• Sand management• Public access

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Current Priorities

• Nutrient and sediment loading into the State’s waterways (nonpoint pollution)– Harmful algal blooms (HABs)– Clean Lakes Initiative (ODNR, OEPA, ODA)– “4R” program (source, rate, time, place)– Healthy Lake Erie Fund ($10 million)– Minimize open-lake disposal of dredge material

(promote beneficial use of dredge material)– Restoration of natural flow regimes (control drainage

devices)• Habitat Loss and Degradation

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OCMP Products and Services• Ohio Coastal Atlas

• Ohio Coastal Design Manual/CEA Program

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OCMP Products and Services

• Lake Erie Shore Erosion Management Plan– Coastal reaches identified by shoreline

characteristics and erodibility. – Provides information to coastal property

owners and guidance as to appropriate methods of erosion control by coastal reach.

• Lake Erie Shoreline and Tributary Access Guides– 324-page guidebook highlighting 164 publicly

accessible locations along Ohio’s 312-mile shore

– Online companion guidebook also available via OCM website

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Technical Assistance – Site Visits

• Coastal Erosion• Shore Protection• Sand Resource Management• Drainage/Groundwater Issues• Coastal Resiliency

– Green Infrastructure– Coastal and Nearshore Habitat

Enhancement– Adaptation Planning– Storm Recovery/Planning– Partnership with State and Local EMAs

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Discussion Topics• Great Lakes Water Levels

– Climate Variability and Adaptation– Coastal Resiliency

• Nutrient and sediment loading into the State’s waterways (nonpoint pollution)– Harmful algal blooms (HABs)– Healthy Lake Erie Fund ($10 million)– Minimize open-lake disposal of dredge material (promote

beneficial use of dredge material)

• Ohio Clean Marinas Program

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Management of Dredge Material

• Port of Toledo– 800,000 cubic yards/year currently placed in

the open lake– Resuspension and P loading concerns

• Port of Cleveland– 250,000 cubic yards/year currently placed in

confined disposal facilities (CDF)– CDF capacity issue. USACE promoting open

lake disposal – are sediments clean enough?

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Beneficial Use – Sediment RemediationMaumee River

CDF 3

CDF 18

Beneficial Use – Alternative PlacementMaumee River

Beneficial Use – Bedload InterceptionCuyahoga River

• Bedload interception technology– Remove up to 45,000 cy/year clean sand

before enters shipping channel– Beach nourishment, beneficial public uses– Offset costs

• Sediment processing/remediation CDF 10B– Restore capacity– Offset costs

• Habitat creation/rehabilitation

Bedload Interception

• Proposed location adjacent to existing sand/gravel operation

• Passive collection system

• Minimize fish impacts and WQ degradation

Cleveland Harbor CDFs

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• Began in 2004• 44 Ohio Clean Marinas

– 71 BMPs/marina

• 33 Pledged Marinas• >1,500 Clean Boaters• Shrink Wrap Recycling

• >100 marinas participate• Average annual savings: $700 /

marina• Over 2.2 million lbs recycled since

2006• Enough guard rail blocks to protect

over 350 miles of highway

Ohio Clean Marinas Program

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Questions?

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Office of Coastal Management105 West Shoreline Drive

Sandusky, OH 44857419-626-7980

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