An Environmental Protection Agency task force is working to address stamp sand erosion along Lake Superior in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
The Daily Mining Gazette reports that the sands are leftover waste from a stamp mill in Gay.
The Department of Natural Resources spent nearly $250,000 this year to dredge 9,000 cubic yards (about 6880 cubic meters) of sand that was threatening to close off the Grand Traverse Harbor, which is located off Sherman Township. But a Lake Superior storm undid much of the work.
The cooperative task force is seeking a more permanent solution. The task force includes representatives from the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Army Corps of Engineers and the Department of Environmental Quality.
It will hold a meeting Dec. 5 to discuss the issue.
