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EPA official details Great Lakes Restoration Initiative projects and funding in Ohio
Summary
Todd Niedesheim, deputy director of EPA’s Great Lakes National Program Office, summarized GLRI results to the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee: nearly 9,000 projects and more than $4.5 billion funded since 2010, with almost 500 projects in Ohio totaling nearly $1 billion and major sediment and dam‑removal projects underway.
An EPA official told the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee that federal investments through the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) have supported thousands of projects and delivered measurable environmental and economic benefits across the basin.
Todd Niedesheim, deputy director of the EPA Great Lakes National Program Office, said the GLRI began in 2010 and has funded "almost 9,000 projects" totaling more than…
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