1910,
1922, 1929, 1930, 1935, 1937, 1960 - Congress authorizes Corps to construct
and maintain Indiana Harbor and Canal
1970
- USEPA established
1972 -
Corps' most recent dredge event; USEPA determined in that year that open
water disposal in Lake Michigan was no longer acceptable due to the polluted
character of the dredge material
1975 to
1992 - Corps works on formulating an environmentally acceptable and economically
feasible plan that is safe to human health for disposal of dredge material. HQUSACE recommends that a Comprehensive Management Plan
(CMP) be prepared as a decision document.
1975 to
present - Public meetings and information sessions held
1978 –
Under the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement of 1978, the USEPA identifies
IHC and the Grand Calumet River as a Great Lakes Area of Concern, and ranks
it #1 among these areas
1987 -
Community member suggests former ECI site as possible confined disposal site
1992 to
June 1993 - Draft CMP prepared
1993 –
USEPA and IDEM enter into a Memorandum of Agreement charging the 2 agencies
with the responsibility of ensuring the proper management of the trust.
1993 to
Oct 1995 - Joint USEPA-Corps Draft Environmental Impact Statement and CMP
are prepared
1994 –
The non-federal sponsor agency, East Chicago Waterway Management District
(ECWMD), was established by an Act of the Indiana General Assembly
Oct 1995
to Apr 1996 - Public and agency review and comment period
1996 –
ECWMD signs Interlocal Cooperation Agreement with City of East Chicago
Apr 1996
to Oct 1998 - Joint USEPA-Corps Final EIS and CMP prepared for public and
agency review
Oct 1998
to Nov 1998 - Public and agency review and comment period
Jan 99
- CMP, that is, the Final Feasibility Report and EIS, including analysis
of various disposal site alternatives, completed
2 Feb 99
- ASA(CW) approves CMP and signs Record of Decision
1999 - CG funds furnished for CDF construction; Corps initiates
design work
Mar 00
- Design Documentation Report (DDR) completed
Jul 00
– Non-federal sponsor’s financial capability analysis approved
7 Aug 00
- ASA(CW) executes Project Cooperation Agreement with the East Chicago Waterway
Management District as the non-federal sponsor
Sep 00
- Eddy pump dredging demonstration at Ispat-Inland site; one year of air
monitoring initiated in conjunction with the dredging
Dec 00
– Project receives National Performance Review Hammer Award, former Vice
President’s Al Gore’s special recognition to teams of federal employees and
their partners “whose work has resulted in a government that works better
and costs less.”
Jan 01
– Held Value Engineering Study to identify ways to reduce costs while maintaining
quality
Mar 01
- Non-federal sponsor places construction funds in escrow
30 Apr
01 - First annual New and Emerging Technology public information session
held
25 May
01 - Corps, East Chicago Waterway Management District, IDEM and USEPA Region
5 sign Memorandum of Agreement
May 01
– Assurance review completed of the Inspection Trench and Cutoff Wall plans
and specifications
31 July
01 – Corps establishes project webpage at Chicago District website; Corps
and ECWMD issue first quarterly newsletter
14 Aug
01 – Quarterly community project status information session held, hosted
by Grand Cal Task Force
31 Aug
01 – Plans and specifications for the Inspection Trench and Cutoff Wall (finalized
in June and July) made available to planholders for proposal preparation
30 Oct
01 – Proposals received for Inspection Trench and Cutoff Wall construction
5 to 9
Nov 01 – Evaluation board met to review Inspection Trench and Cutoff Wall
proposals and make selection
Nov 01
– Corps and ECWMD issue second quarterly newsletter
6 Nov 01
– Initiated long-term air monitoring at the CDF site
15 Nov
01 – Quarterly community project status information session held, hosted
by CARE
30 Nov
01 – All five long-term air monitoring stations—4 at the CDF site and one
at the high school football field—are in place