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Fond du Lac Reservation 



Natural Resource Program 



105 University Road 



Cloquet, MN 55720 



(218) 879-4593 ext.62 



TO: U.S Environmental Protection Agency 

 Great Lakes National Progreun Office 

 77 West Jackson Boulevard 

 Chicago, IL 60604 



FROM: Larry Schwarzkopf 

 Program Manager 

 Fond du Lac Natural Resource Program 



DATE: December 8, 1992 



RE: Demonstration Project for Sediment Contaminant 

 Mitigation 



The Fond du Lac Natural Resources Program in 

 cooperation with the University of Minnesota-Duluth, the 

 University of Wisconsin-Superior, and the Environmental 

 Research Laboratory-Duluth proposes the Demonstration 

 Project for the Sediment Contaminant Mitigation to the Great 

 Lakes National Program Office. , 



The St. Louis River and Lake Superior continues to be 

 an important aquatic resource of the Fond du Lac Band of 

 Lake Superior Chippewa. The continuing problem of toxic 

 contaminants which prevents the safe consumption by our band 

 members and the general public needs to be addressed. We 

 have conducted cooperative research with UMD and the 

 EPA/ERL-Duluth to quantify mercury concentrations in the 

 fish, plankton, sediments, and water on the St. Louis River 

 watershed. In addition to our current proposal we are 

 mailing a copy of our September 1992 report, Mercury 

 Concentrations in Fish. Plankton, and Water f rom the St. 

 Louis River Watershed Including Reservoir Lakes . In order 

 to remedy this situation we feel that research is needed to 

 find an efficient means to remediate the toxic sediments to 

 prevent uptake of mercury into the aquatic food chain. This 

 innovative approach to remediating toxic sediments could be 

 replicated in similar situations in other Areas of Concern 

 in the Great Lakes. 



