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Indiana Harbor and Canal,
Northwest Indiana
Summary of TOSC assistance
On February 12th, 2003, TOSC and the Grand Calumet Task Force conducted a kick-off meeting with the community on the Indiana Harbor and Canal Project. During the meeting, TOSC discussed the assistance it will provide to address community concerns, including independent scientific review of data.
Kirk Riley, TOSC Program Manager opened the meeting with an overview of the TOSC program. To view his power point presentation click here. Dr. Milind Khire, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Michigan State University gave a review of Confined Disposal Facility and addressed the community concerns regarding construction of CDF. To view his slides on the Presentation, click here. To view the Agenda for the meeting, click here.
The following morning the nwitimes.com published an article describing the meeting. To view this article, click here.
On June 2nd, 2004, TOSC held a meeting to present the results of its review of the Corps's Dredging Alternatives Analysis. Dr. Danny Reible and Dr. Peter Orris presented their work to community members. Click here to view Dr. Reible's presentation. The agenda for TOSC's meeting may be found here and TOSC's review of the Corps's plans may be found here.
TOSC handed out a factsheet on "Contaminated sediments in the Great Lakes" and a glossary of technical terms relevant to the dredging project. To view the factsheet, click here and to view tthe glossary, click here.
The following news articles were published about the meeting:
The Midwest Hazardous Substance Research Center, Michigan
State University.
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