Separate Storm and Sanitary Sewers!

Whether you live in the watershed for Lake St. Clair, Saginaw Bay or western Lake Erie, there’s a lesson for us all in the experience of people in Erie PA.

Presque Isle Bay / Erie PA

The Erie Times-News said in an August 21, 2015 editorial about algal blooms near Toledo OH the previous year:

“The city of Erie spent millions separating its storm and sanitary sewers, while many Great Lakes communities still haven't done it. The effect on [Presque Isle Bay’s] water quality has been so profound that we now have an annual swim to mark its improvement, and it has been removed from the Great Lakes Area of Concern List.”

http://www.goerie.com/article/20150821/OPINION01/308219982/our-view-algae-blooms-aptly-prompt-alert-on-lake-erie

http://www.greeneriepa.org/water/delisting-presque-isle-bay

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PR for Saginaw Area Dioxin Clean-Up

The following shows how well EPA (Region 5) handles public relations concerning a Superfund dioxin clean-up in the Saginaw-Midland, Michigan area:

The next meeting of the Saginaw-Tittabawassee Rivers Contamination Community Advisory Group will be from 6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., Monday, July 20 at the Tittabawassee Township Memorial Park Building, 150 Park Street, Freeland. An optional new member orientation will be held at 5:00 p.m. for new or interested CAG members.

The CAG meets to discuss issues related to the Superfund site and its cleanup. These meetings are open to the public and are mostly held on the third Monday of every other month. The group was established to represent the interests of the community and to share information and make recommendations to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on the cleanup of the rivers and bay. Learn more at www.saginawcag.org.

If you have questions please contact Diane Russell, at 989-401-5507 or russell.diane@epa.gov.

You may also call Region 5 toll-free at 800-621-8431, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., weekdays. More information is at www.epa.gov/region5/cleanup/dowchemical

Agenda

• 5:00 PM New Member Orientation (optional)
• All are welcome to attend, we did not conduct one last year
• 6:00 PM Introductions

Agenda Review

• Check in with public
• 6:10 PM CAG Updates
• 2015 New Member Introductions
• EPA Community conference August 2015
• Possible additional Fall meeting
• Other comments
• 6:30 PM Project updates
• 7:00 PM Institutional Controls Overview and Q&A
• 8:15 PM Public questions and comments
• 8:30 PM Adjourn