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Toledo Harbor Planning Group & Strategy
1994
Issue 9 – Dredged Disposal
Description:
The Toledo Harbor Planning Group established a 30-year plan to address the longterm
sediment management for the Toledo Harbor. This plan of action addresses:
- Elimination of open-lake dumping
- Expansion of present confined disposal facilities
- Reuse of confined sediments
- Implementation of erosion-control measures in the Maumee watershed
- Environmental restoration/shoreline protection
- Actively managing sediment dewatering in CDFs
This plan led to the creation of the Long-Term Sediment Management Strategy &
Committee.
Lead Organization:
Collaborator(s):
Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority
ACOE, Ohio DNR, Ohio EPA, USDA NRCS, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Michigan
DEQ, Maumee RAP, Hull & Associates, Inc.
Long-Term Sediment Management Strategy & Committee
1994-Present
Description:
The Long Term Sediment Management Study Committee is investigating and
implementing various steps to address Maumee River dredge disposal. The
committee has adopted a 3-prong approach to this issue: 1) soil erosion control, 2)
recycling and reuse and 3) capacity expansion. A Phase IV Report was finalized in
2001, which would maintain the existing programs and identify a preferred alternative
for long-term capacity.
Dredge Material Reuse
The Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority (TLCPA), in cooperation with the ACOE, has
investigated a variety of Recycling Programs to reuse material dredge from the
Maumee River federal navigation channel. The Port Authority’s recycling/reuse efforts
have been underway since 1986 and was expanded in 1999 to allow three companies
to each use 33 acres at the Port’s confined disposal facility (CDF) (Facility #3) to
demonstrate their recycling techniques. This one-year demonstration has been
extended through June of 2001. Following the demonstration period it is hoped that
successful demonstration programs can be expanded and additional material will be
recycled providing additional capacity for future dredging.
In addition to the Port Authority’s efforts, the ACOE has demonstrated the ability to
recycle dredge material using various yard waste and compost materials. As the
ACOE moves forward with its demonstration program, land will be made available by
the Port Authority to accommodate this demonstration.
Capacity Expansion
The final and most pressing issue to be addressed is that of capacity expansion. This
effort is broken into two separate steps: 1) enhanced management of existing
capacity and 2) construction of a new or expanded CDFs. Better management will
Activities and Accomplishments
in the Maumee Area of Concern
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Issue 9: Dredged Disposal