U.S. Great Lakes Areas of Concern (AOC) Conference

Beneficial Use Impairment Removal Documentation

For Additional information regarding Areas of Concern, visit: EGLE – Muskegon Lake AOC (michigan.gov)

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  • Target for Delisting the Degradation of Aesthetics Beneficial Use Impairment in the Muskegon Lake Area of Concern
  • Statewide Aesthetics Assessment Findings for Impaired AOCs, Office of the Great Lakes, Areas of Concern Program, 2012
  • Marine Debris As Built Plans, 2013
  • Amoco Peninsula Shoreline to Ruddiman, NOAA Fact Sheet, 2013
  • Amoco Peninsula and Ruddiman Creek Mouth Restoration As Built Plans, 2013
  • Grand Trunk, NOAA Fact Sheet, 2009
  • Grand Trunk Wetland Restoration, As Built Plans, 2009
  • Heritage Landing Fish Bay (aka Scrap Bay), NOAA Fact Sheet, 2012
  • Heritage Landing, Rotary Park and Fish Bay (Scrap Bay), As Built Plans, 2012
  • Michigan Steel Hartshorn, NOAA Fact Sheet, 2013
  • Michigan Steel Hartshorn, As Built Plans, 2013
  • Ryerson Creek Hydrologic Study, 2002
  • Ryerson Creek , NOAA Fact Sheet, 2012
  • Ryerson Creek, As Built Plans, 2012
  • Zephyr Oil Refinery, EPA Fact Sheet, 2018
  • Marine Debris, Scrap Bay Ruddiman Creek Grand Trunk, As Built Plans, 2009
  • Fenner’s Ditch Oil Cap and Treat, MDEQ Newsletter, 2018
  • Fenner’s Ditch Oil Collection Plans and Permit, 2018

DEGRADATION OF AESTHETICS – Removed in 2024

  • Ryerson Creek at United Way, Saw Dust Removal-BOD
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  • Target for Delisting the Beach Closing Beneficial Use Impairment in the Muskegon Lake Area of Concern
  • EPA Approval Document Package
  • Ruddiman Creek Bacteria Source Tracking Plan, 2014
  • Environmental Canine Services Bacteria Source Tracking Report, October 2013
  • Ruddiman Creek Total Maximum Daily Load for E

BEACH CLOSINGS – BUI Removed 2015

  • EPA Approval Document Package
    • EPA Approval to Remove Beach Closings Beneficial Use Impairment, August 2015
    • Office of the Great Lakes Recommendation, July 2015
    • Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Recommendation, May 2015
    • Storm Water System Map, 2010
    • Muskegon County Wastewater Management System Map with Years of Improvements, June 2010
    • Muskegon Lake Watershed Partnership Recommendation, September 2014
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  • Target for Delisting the Degradation of Benthos Beneficial Use Impairment in the Muskegon Lake Area of Concern
  • Ryerson Creek, Biological and Sediment Contaminant Surveys, MDNR, 1989
  • Status and Trends of Benthic Populations in a Drowned River Mouth, 2006
  • Biological Survey of the Lower Muskegon River Watershed, MDNRE, 2006
  • Benthos Rating Data for Muskegon Lake Tributaries, AWRI GVSU, Rediske et
  • Biological Assessment of the Muskegon River Watershed Basin, MDEQ, 2011 Data, Published 2012
  • Impacts of Mill Debris on Benthic Communities, AWRI GVSU, 2018
  • Muskegon Lake Habitat Focus Area, Macrophyte and Invertebrate Assessment, AWRI GVSU, Steinman et

DEGRADATION OF BENTHOS

  • Biological and Water Chemistry Surveys of the Muskegon River Watershed Basin, EGLE, 2016 Data, NOT AVAILABLE AS OF 6/19/19
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  • Impacts of Mill Debris on Benthic Communities, AWRI GVSU, 2018
  • Mill Debris Fact Sheet
  • Mill Debris Poster Muskegon Lake
  • Amoco Shoreline As Built Plan, 2012
  • Amoco North Mill Debris Removal As Built Plans, 2018
  • GL&V Mill Debris As Built Plans, 2013
  • GL&V Dredging Map, 2016
  • GL&V Mill Debris As Built Plans, 2018
  • Mill Debris Monitoring Report South Shore, Progressive AE, 2018
  • Letter to MDNR regarding Lake Sturgeon, 2018
  • Mill Debris Removal Impact to Juvenile Sturgeon, AWRI GVSU, Ruetz, 2017
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  • Division Street Outfall, GreatLakesMud.org
  • Division Street Outfall EPA Fact Sheet, 2011
  • Zephyr Oil Refinery EPA Fact Sheet, 2018
  • Remediation of the Ruddiman Creek, Main Brand and Pond, Great Lakes Legacity Act Program, EPA, 2011
  • Sediment TMDL Ruddiman Creek, AWRI GVSU, 2013
  • Ryerson Creek Sediment Remediation MLIVE 2018
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  • Biological and Water Chemistry Surveys of Selected Stations in the Ruddiman Creek Watershed, MDEQ WRD, June 2009

TRIBUTARY BIOTA SURVEY REPORTS

  • Little Bear Creek and Unnamed Tributary (GVSU-Rediske)
  • Muskegon River-South, Near Getty Street (GVSU-Rediske)
  • Muskegon River-North, Near Mouth to Lake (GVSU-Rediske)
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  • Target for Delisting the Restrictions on Dredging Activities Beneficial Use Impairment in the Muskegon Lake Area of Concern
  • EPA Approval Document Package
  • US Army Corps of Engineers, Muskegon Harbor Fact Sheet, 2019

RESTRICTIONS ON DREDGING ACTIVITIES – BUI Removed 2011

  • EPA Approval Document Package
    • EPA Approval to Remove Restrictions on Dredging Beneficial Use Impairment, September 2011
    • Office of the Great Lakes Recommendation, September 2011
    • Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Recommendation, June 2011
    • Muskegon Lake Watershed Partnership Recommendation, August 2011
    • Muskegon Lake Watershed Partnership Public Meeting Minutes, July 2011
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  • Target for Delisting the Restrictions on Drinking Water Consumption or Taste and Odor Problems Beneficial Use Impairment
  • EPA Approval Document Package

RESTRICTIONS ON DRINKING WATER CONSUMPTION OR TASTE AND ODOR PROBLEMS – BUI Removed 2013

  • EPA Approval Document Package
    • EPA Approval to Remove Restrictions on Drinking Water Consumption or Taste and Odor Problems Beneficial Use Impairment, February 2013
    • Office of the Great Lakes Recommendation, December 2012
    • Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Recommendation, August 2012
    • Muskegon Lake Watershed Partnership Recommendation, June 2012
    • Muskegon Lake Watershed Partnership Public Meeting Minutes, May 2012
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  • Target for Delisting the Eutrophication and Undesirable Algae Beneficial Use Impairment in the Muskegon Lake Area of Concern
  • Muskegon Lake Long Term Monitoring Program, Water Quality Dashboard, AWRI-GVSU
  • Assessment of Cyanobacteria and Associated Toxins in West Michigan Lakes, AWRI GVSU, 2007
  • Bear Lake TMDL Reevaluation Phosphorous Load Reductions, 2015, AWRI GVSU
  • Bear Lake Nutrient Study, Cadmus, AWRI GVSU, 2007
  • Phosphorous TMDL Bear Lake, MDEQ, 2008
  • Internal Phosphorous Loading Bear Creek and Bear Lake, AWRI GVSU, 2013
  • Algal Toxin Monitoring in Michigan Inland Lakes, MDEQ, 2016
  • Bear Creek Hyrdologic Reconnection and Habitat Enhancement Project Pre Restoration Monitoring Report, AWRI GVSU, December 2016
  • Bear Creek Hyrdologic Reconnection and Habitat Enhancement Project Post Restoration Monitoring Report, AWRI GVSU, January 2018
  • Bear Creek Hydrologic Reconnection and Habitat Enhancement Project Post Restoration BUI Report, AWRI GVSU, June 2019
  • Bear Creek 319 Implementation Projects 2014
  • Bear Creek Bear Lake 319 Implementation Projects, 2010 2014
  • Bear Creek Bear Lake 319 Implementation Projects, 2004 2007
  • Ribe Drain Wetland Project, 2018
  • Stormwater Poster, 2018
  • Bear Creek Habitat Water Quality Post Restoration Monitoring, GVSU, 2020 2021
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  • Target of Delisting the Restrictions on Fish Consumption Beneficial Use Impairment in the Muskegon Lake Area of Concern
  • EPA Approval Document Package
  • Fish Contaminant Assessment of White, Muskegon, and Pentwater Lakes, AWRI GVSU, May 2012

RESTRICTIONS ON FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSUMPTION – BUI Removed 2013

  • EPA Approval Document Package
    • EPA Approval to Remove Restrictions on Fish and Wildlife Consumption Beneficial Use Impairment, February 2013
    • Office of the Great Lakes Recommendation, December 2012
    • Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Recommendation, July 2012
    • Muskegon Lake Watershed Partnership Recommendation, July 2012
    • Muskegon Lake Watershed Partnership Public Meeting Minutes, July 2012
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  • Target – Fish and Wildlife Habitat Restoration and Beneficial Use Impairment Removal Strategy, 2008
  • Muskegon Lake Area of Concern Remediation & Restoration Map
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  • Muskegon Lake AOC Habitat Restoration Project 2012 Fish Assessment, AWRI GVSU, Ruetz, 2013
  • Target – Fish and Wildlife Habitat Restoration and Beneficial Use Impairment Removal Strategy, 2008
  • MarshMonitoring Amphibian Populations Diversity Bar Chart 2021
  • Evaluating Targets Fish Habitat and Populations for Delisting Index of Biotic Integrity, AWRI GVSU, Ruetz, 2011
  • Muskegon River Veteran’s Memorial Park Fisheries & Water Quality Monitoring AWRI GVSU, Ruetz, 2018
  • Habitat Focus Area Vegetative Monitoring Report, GEI 2019
  • Habitat Focus Area Macrophyte Invertebrate, GVSU AWRI, 2018

DEGRADATION OF FISH AND WILDLIFE POPULATIONS – BUI Removed 2023

  • Lake Wide Fish Study, AWRI-GVSU, Ruetz, 2019 – Pending
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  • Muskegon Lake Area of Concern Habitat Restoration Database: 2013 Partnership
  • Bear Creek Reconnection
  • Edgewater
  • Grand Trunk
  • GL &V Lakeside Dock
  • Ruddiman Creek Mouth
  • Amoco Peninsula
  • Amoco Habitat Restoration
  • Lakeshore Trail
  • Centerpoint Bay
  • Hartshorn Peninsula and Michigan Steel
  • Hartshorn Peninsula East
  • Heritage Landing Circle Bay
  • Heritage Landing East
  • Heritage Landing and Rotary Park
  • Lower Muskegon River
  • Mill Debris
  • Muskegon Lake Nature Preserve
  • Pointe Marine
  • Ryerson Creek and Shoreline Drive
  • Richard’s Park Muskegon River South Branch
  • Veterans Memorial Park Muskegon River

Contact Information

Fallon Chabala
Program Manager
(231) 722-7878 ext. 130