Onondaga Lake Cleanup Plan Finalized 

New York DEC has announced that the state has finalized the cleanup plan for Onondaga Lake , which will be one of the largest environmental cleanup projects in state history.   

The NY DEC has signed the Record of Decision (ROD) for the remedial effort. The project will include dredging up to 2.65 million cubic yards of sediment from the bottom of the lake, capping an estimated 579 acres of the lake bottom, performing a pilot study to introduce oxygen in the lake, lake and tributary monitoring, and habitat restoration. The ROD also calls for the coordination with remedial activities at upland sites to ensure that the latter do not continue to contaminate the lake. 

http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/environmentdec/2005b/onondaga080105.html