1996 Detroit River Remedial Action Plan Re~ort "Clean-up of the Detroit River depends on an in- volved citizenry in both the United States and Canada. Only with public interests and action, can we expect governments and industry to com- mit the resources necessary for clean-up. A river free of toxic chemicals with fish and wildlife habi- tat restored are goals worth working for. We hope this binational plan helps to move us quickly toward these goals". Mike Walsh, Chairperson, Binational Public Advisory Council Table of Contents Acronyms ........................................................................................................................................... xi Conversion Tables ..........................................................................................................................xvi .. Web Site Reference Guide ..........................................................................................................XVII ... Glossery ..........................................................................................................................................XVIH Chapter 1 RAP Strategies ..........................................................................................................................................1 Work Plan ..........................................................................................................................................................3 RAP Process ......................................................................................................................................................3 Chapter 2 Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................. 5 Description of the Detroit River Area of Concern ........................................................................... 7 Overview of Area of Concern Issues .................................................................................................. 7 Remedial Action Plan Process ............................................................................................................10 Detroit River RAP Process ...................................................................................................................10 Detroit River Technical Work Group Summary .............................................................................. 11 Beneficial Use Impairments/Water Use Goals ......................................................................................13 Primary Water Use Goal ......................................................................................................................13 General Water Use Goals .................................................................................................................... 13 Revisions to Beneficial Use Impairments Since Stage 1 Report .............................................15 Achievability of Restoring Impaired Beneficial Uses ..................................................................... 16 Priority Recommendations.......................................................................................................................... 17 Development of the Recommendations ..........................................................................................17 Detroit River RAP Implementation............................................................................................................ 21 Monitoring and Surveillance ............................................................................................................23 Chapter 3 Prioritization of Recommendations .................................................................................................. 25 RECOMMENDATIONS................................................................................................................................ 27 TWGs Development of Recommendations ....................................................................................27 Selection of Priority Recommendations........................................................................................... 29 Habitat Priority Recommendations ...........................................................................................................29 Programmatic Priority Recommendations .....................................................................................29 Outreach and Education Priority Recommendations.................................................................... 30 Monitoring and Modeling Priority Recommendations .................................................................32 Contaminated Sediments Priority Recommendations ..........................................................................33 Programmatic Priority Recommendations .......................................................................................33 Point Source/Non Point Source Priority Recommendations............................................................ 33 Programmatic Priority Recommendations .......................................................................................33 Outreach and Education Priority Recommendations.............................................................. 33 Pollution Prevention Priority Recommendations...................................... .. ................... 34 Monitoring and Modeling Priority Recommendations .................................................................34 Combined Sewer Overflows Priority Recommendations ....................................................................35 Programmatic Priority Recommendations .......................................................................................35 Pollution Prevention Priority Recommendations............................................................................ 37 Monitoring and Modeling Priority Recommendations .................................................................39 SECONDARYRECOMMENDATIONS ............................................................................................................. 40 Habitat TWG Secondary Recommendations.......................................................................................... 40 Programmatic .........................................................................................................................................40 Outreach and Education ....................................................................................................................40 iii Contaminated Sediments TWG Secondary Recommendations..................................................... 41 Programmatic .........................................................................................................................................41 Monitoring and Modeling ...................................................................................................................41 Point/Non Point Source TWG Secondary Recommendations ........................................................... 41 Programmatic ......................................................................................................................................... 41 Pollution Prevention .............................................................................................................................. 42 Monitoring and Modeling ..................................................................................................................42 Combined Sewer Overflow TWG Secondary Recommendations..................................................... 43 Programmatic .........................................................................................................................................43 Outreach and Education ...................................................................................................................... 43 Pollution Prevention .............................................................................................................................. 43 Monitoring and Modeling ................................................................................................................... 43 Chapter 4 Environmental Justice ...........................................................................................................................45 Background .............................................................................................................................................47 Environmental Justice & the Detroit River RAP .............................................................................. 47 Recommendations for Environmental Justice ................................................................................. 48 Chapter 5 Stage 1 RAP Update ............................................................................................................................49 Regulatory Programs ............................................................................................................................. 51 Description of the Area ........................................................................................................................ 51 Description of the Aquatic Ecosystem .............................................................................................. 52 Problem Definition ................................................................................................................................67 Pollutant