MoreOn Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010, the EPA published in the
Federal Register its draft Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL)
for nutrients and sediment in Chesapeake Bay. The final regulation will likely
affect numerous industries within the massive, multi-state watershed, and
provide a case study for expected agency actions on nutrient (nitrogen and
phosphorus) control in other watersheds across the United States.
The agency is proposing to establish TMDLs for each of the 92 segments in the tidal portion of the Chesapeake Bay watershed, so the regulation will contain at minimum 92 segment specific-point (wasteload) and non-point (load) allocations for nitrogen, phosphorous and sediment
The agency will hold a series of informal public meetings for stakeholders. Persons wishing to comment on the information contained in the TMDL are invited to do so in writing from Sept. 24, 2010 to Nov. 8, 2010.
Check out the agency's Chesapeake website for more info.
SOURCE: Federal Register: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-23678.htm
The agency is proposing to establish TMDLs for each of the 92 segments in the tidal portion of the Chesapeake Bay watershed, so the regulation will contain at minimum 92 segment specific-point (wasteload) and non-point (load) allocations for nitrogen, phosphorous and sediment
The agency will hold a series of informal public meetings for stakeholders. Persons wishing to comment on the information contained in the TMDL are invited to do so in writing from Sept. 24, 2010 to Nov. 8, 2010.
Check out the agency's Chesapeake website for more info.
SOURCE: Federal Register: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-23678.htm
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