Beneficial Use of Great Lakes Dredged Material

The report contains a series of 18 recommendations, a section on different beneficial use applications with examples throughout the Great Lakes basin, a section on innovative technologies for treating contaminated dredged material, and profiles of the regulatory framework for beneficial use of dredged material for each of the Great Lakes states. The GLDT has selected five of the recommendations for highest priority action and has developed an implementation strategy for these five items. Actions are underway to pursue the strategy. The Great Lakes Commission has formally adopted two resolutions calling for beneficial use of dredged material as a priority management option, increased federal research and funding, and expanded Corps authorities for beneficial use.