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Goal:Accelerate the pace of
sediment remediation in
U.S. Areas of Concern (AOCs)
Mechanism:Use partnerships as aninnovative approach to
achieving
sediment cleanups
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Old First WardCommunity Center
Old First WardCommunity Center
ValleyCommunity Center
Erie Basin Marina
Ohio St.Park
Smith St. Park
Bailey Ave. Park
Bualo River Area o Concern (AOC)
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Bualo River Timeline
2010
Jan Feb Mar April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec2011
Jan Feb Mar April May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
Summer 2010: Buffalo River Brownfield Opportunity Area(BOA)
planning process begins
Green Energy Pilot Plant Childs St
Biomass storage and handling terminal Childs St
Phase 1 construction commences on
River Fest Park on Ohio Street
RiverBend Planning Process begins
Summer 2010:Great Lakes Legacy
Act Project (May Aug)
Remedial design underway
Feasibility study availablefor public comment
Sampling of sediments to further
delineate contamination
2010-2011Great Lakes Restoration Initiative:
Dredging will occur in the Navigation Channel by theU.S. Army
Corps of Engineers during this timeframe
(dredging will stop over the winter months)
Summer 2011: Biomass storage and handling
Concrete Central (tentative)
Rail yard improvements
Ohio St Yard (pending funding)
2010 (Jan Oct):Great Lakes Restoration Initiative:
Project planning and National Environmental Policy Act
review of the Buffalo Harbor dredging project in the
Navigation
channel by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo
District
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The Bualo River Restoration PartnershipIntroductionDecades o
industrial and municipal discharges have polluted the river, and
the subsequent decline
o industry le t the region with abandoned, contaminated
properties and deteriorating acilities.
The Bualo River restoration partnership is poised to address
these environmental challenges so
that the Bualo River can once again add to a vibrant revitalized
Bualo.
The Bualo River restoration partners, including the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency,
Bualo Niagara RIVERKEEPER (BNR), Honeywell, New York State
Department o Environmental
Conservation (NYSDEC), and the United States Army Corps o
Engineers (USACE) have been
collaborating or several years on plans to clean up the Bualo
River to acilitate ecological
restoration and economic development around this natural urban
resource.
Projects to restore the Bufalo River Great Lakes Restoration
Initiative (GLRI)
Great Lakes Legacy Act (GLLA)
Browneld Cleanups
Combined Sewer Overfows (CSOs) and Water Quality
Redevelopment Bualo Browneld Opportunity Area ( BOA)
Green Energy Corridor
RiverBend
Erie Canal Harbor
Greenway Trail and Public Access
Photo courtesy of Patricia Manley
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Sediment
Compaction
Water
Water Level Inside CDF
Sand
Filter
Lake Erie
Water Level
Outside CDF
Sheet Pile
Bulkhead
Bualo River Dredging and CDF
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SideSlopes
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Navigation Channel
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GLRI Sediments
Legacy ActSediments
Legacy ActSediments
Confned Disposal Facility (CDF) #4 Cross Section Bualo River
Planview
Bualo River Cross-Section
