The NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) has released an update on the construction work being carried out as part of the remediation of the Onondaga Lake Bottom, a subsite of the Onondaga Lake Superfund site. Current activities include preparation for the construction of the water treatment plant and the Sediment Consolidation Area (SCA) on Wastebed 13 in the Town of Camillus. When operational, the SCA will hold most of the contaminated soils dredged from the lake bottom.
During the rest of this year, work will continue on constructing the water treatment plant, the SCA, and various support structures. Another construction project scheduled for this year is the sediment slurry pipeline, which will pump a mixture of water and dredged sediment from the lake to the SCA.
For more information about these activities, check out the NYSDEC’s fact sheet. Many other public documents related to the remediation of the lake bottom are available on NYSDEC’s website.
Click here to see a copy of the Onondaga Lake 2011-12 Construction Community Health and Safety Plan. You can also visit Honeywell’s website to see results of air quality monitoring at the perimeter of the work zone.
