Spirit Lake Great Lakes Legacy Act Cleanup Photos 2021
2021 Photos by Week:
- Dec. 13, 2021
- Dec. 6, 2021
- Nov. 29, 2021
- Nov. 22, 2021
- Nov. 15, 2021
- Nov. 8, 2021
- Nov. 1, 2021
- Oct. 25, 2021
- Oct. 18, 2021
- Oct. 11, 2021
- Oct. 4, 2021
- Sept.13 and 27, 2021
- Aug. 30, 2021
- Aug. 16 - Aug. 23, 2021
- Aug. 2 - Aug. 9, 2021
- Earlier work
Background
The purpose of the Spirit Lake Legacy Act Cleanup project is to address chemical constituents of concern, primarily polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, or PAHs, and associated heavy metals including lead, copper and zinc in the Spirit Lake area. The large environmental cleanup includes dredging, capping and monitoring impacted sediment. The cleanup will support the eventual delisting of the St. Louis River AOC and will result in benefits to people and the ecological system. The cleanup operations began in October 2020. They are being performed by contractors to EPA and U.S. Steel.