List of Great Lakes AOCs

Map of U.S. Great Lakes Areas of Concern

This table is sortable by AOC, state, lake, contact estimated year of management actions completed and year of AOC delisting. Estimated year of management actions completed and year of AOC delisting are a "best case scenario" projection. Some of the AOCs may proceed faster than expected, while some may experience delays due to weather, construction complications, and/or the discovery of contamination in unexpected areas. 

Remediation and Restoration Project Table 

Area of Concern	State	Lake	Contact
Ashtabula River	Ohio	Erie	Gerardo Caballero Manriquez  (caballeromanriquez.gerardo@epa.gov) 312-353-1739
Black River	Ohio	Erie	Julie Carter  (carter.julie@epa.gov)  312-886-7899
Buffalo River	New York	Erie	Christopher Seslar (Seslar.Christopher@epa.gov) 212-637-3810
Clinton River	Michigan	St. Clair, Erie	Kali Denis (denis.kali@epa.gov) 312-886-6746
Cuyahoga River	Ohio	Erie	Suse La Gory (lagory.susanna@epa.gov) 312-886-5253
Deer Lake	Michigan	Superior	Gerardo Caballero Manriquez  (caballeromanriquez.gerardo@epa.gov) 312-353-1739
Detroit River	Michigan	Erie	Amber Falkner (Falkner.Amber@epa.gov) 312-886-0217
Eighteenmile Creek	New York	Ontario	Christopher Seslar (Seslar.Christopher@epa.gov) 212-637-3810
Lower Green Bay & Fox River	Wisconsin	Michigan	Ben Klein (klein.benjamin@epa.gov) 312-886-1305
Grand Calumet River	Indiana	Michigan	Caitie Nigrelli (nigrelli.caitlin@epa.gov) 312-886-1430
Kalamazoo River	Michigan	Michigan	Crawford White  (white.crawford@epa.gov) 312-886-4698
Lower Menominee River	Michigan/Wisconsin	Michigan	Gerardo Caballero Manriquez  (caballeromanriquez.gerardo@epa.gov) 312-353-1739
Manistique River	Michigan	Michigan	Trent Henry (Henry.trent@epa.gov) 312-886-5031
Maumee AOC	Ohio	Erie	Leah Medley (medley.leah@epa.gov) 312-886-1307
Milwaukee Estuary	Wisconsin	Michigan	Kate Stephens  (stephens.katherine@epa.gov)  312-353-0201
Muskegon Lake	Michigan	Michigan	Mark Loomis (loomis.mark@epa.gov) 312-886-0406
Niagara River	New York	Erie, Ontario	Courtney Winter (winter.courtney@epa.gov) 312-353-5657 Christopher Seslar (Seslar.Christopher@epa.gov) 212-637-3810
Oswego River	New York	Ontario	Gerardo Caballero Manriquez  (caballeromanriquez.gerardo@epa.gov) 312-353-1739
Presque Isle Bay	Pennsylvania	Erie	Gerardo Caballero Manriquez  (caballeromanriquez.gerardo@epa.gov) 312-353-1739
River Raisin	Michigan	Erie	Meaghan Kern (Kern.Meaghan@epa.gov) 312-353-5784
Rochester Embayment	New York	Ontario	Christopher Seslar (Seslar.Christopher@epa.gov) 212-637-3810
Rouge River	Michigan	Erie	Julie Carter (carter.julie@epa.gov) 312-886-7899
Saginaw River and Bay	Michigan	Huron	Trent Henry (henry.trent@epa.gov) 312-886-5031
Sheboygan River	Wisconsin	Michigan	Meaghan Kern  (kern.meaghan@epa.gov) 312-353-5784 Kaitlyn Hines (hines.kaitlyn@epa.gov) 312-886-5357
St. Clair River	Michigan	Huron, St. Clair, Erie	Trent Henry (henry.trent@epa.gov) 312-886-5031
St. Lawrence River at Massena/ Akwesasne	New York	St. Lawrence River, Ontario	Daniel Gurdak (Gurdak.Daniel@epa.gov)  212-637-3634
St. Louis River	Minnesota/ Wisconsin	Superior	Leah Medley (medley.leah@epa.gov) 312-886-1307
St. Marys River	Michigan	Huron, Superior	Heather Williams (Williams.Heather@epa.gov) 312-886-5993
Torch Lake	Michigan	Superior	Heather Williams (Williams.Heather@epa.gov) 312-886-5993
Waukegan Harbor	Illinois	Michigan	Julie Carter  (carter.julie@epa.gov)  312-886-7899
White Lake	Michigan	Michigan	Gerardo Caballero Manriquez  (caballeromanriquez.gerardo@epa.gov) 312-353-1739