Download or read book Review of the Effects of Nonpoint Source Pollution in Coastal Areas written by Webster E. Lineback and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Nonpoint Source News notes written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Clean Coastal Waters written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2000-08-17 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Environmental problems in coastal ecosystems can sometimes be attributed to excess nutrients flowing from upstream watersheds into estuarine settings. This nutrient over-enrichment can result in toxic algal blooms, shellfish poisoning, coral reef destruction, and other harmful outcomes. All U.S. coasts show signs of nutrient over-enrichment, and scientists predict worsening problems in the years ahead. Clean Coastal Waters explains technical aspects of nutrient over-enrichment and proposes both immediate local action by coastal managers and a longer-term national strategy incorporating policy design, classification of affected sites, law and regulation, coordination, and communication. Highlighting the Gulf of Mexico's "Dead Zone," the Pfiesteria outbreak in a tributary of Chesapeake Bay, and other cases, the book explains how nutrients work in the environment, why nitrogen is important, how enrichment turns into over-enrichment, and why some environments are especially susceptible. Economic as well as ecological impacts are examined. In addressing abatement strategies, the committee discusses the importance of monitoring sites, developing useful models of over-enrichment, and setting water quality goals. The book also reviews voluntary programs, mandatory controls, tax incentives, and other policy options for reducing the flow of nutrients from agricultural operations and other sources.

Download or read book Guidance Specifying Management Measures for Sources of Nonpoint Pollution in Coastal Waters written by United States. Environmental Protection Agency and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 848 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Theory Modeling and Experience in the Management of Nonpoint Source Pollution written by Clifford S. Russell and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nonpoint-source pollution (NPSP) poses a special challenge to society's ability to manage its collective environmental good - especially surface and groundwater quality. Since there is no `point', such as an outfall pipe, from which the pollution is being discharged and can be measured, pollution can reach the ambient environment without being monitored. Since management of air and water polution requires the definition and enforcement of limits on discharges or the imposition of fees on those discharges, inability to measure limits our ability to manage this environmental problem. This book presents a state-of-the-art review and discussion of economists' efforts to resolve this major problem and attempts to provide a way of working around it. The book sets forth the theoretical issues, modeling, and the actual programs set up to confront this issue.

Download or read book Coastal Pollution written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Review the Impact of Wetlands and Nonpoint Source Pollution Regulations on Agricultural Land written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Environment, Credit, and Rural Development and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distributed to some depository libraries in microfiche.

Download or read book Georgia Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program Analysis of Full Approval Decision written by and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In 1990, Congress enacted Section 6217 of the Coastal Zone Act Reauthorization Amendments (CZARA), entitled 'Protecting Coastal Waters' to help address the problem of non point source pollution and its effect on coastal waters. Section 6217, jointly administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), was designed to strengthen the links between federal and state coastal zone management and water quality programs, as well as to enhance state and local efforts to manage land use activities that degrade coastal waters and habitats. Only coastal states that choose to participate in the voluntary National Coastal Zone Management Program pursuant to Section 306 of the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA) are required to develop coastal nonpoint pollution control programs (or coastal nonpoint programs) under section 6217 of the CZARA.1 On March 8, 1996, NOAA published a programmatic environmental impact statement (PEIS) that assessed the environmental impacts associated with the approval and implementation of state and territory (state) coastal nonpoint programs developed in accordance with Section 6217 of CZARA. These coastal nonpoint programs implement management measures identified by the USEPA and referred to as 6217 (g) management measures, to protect coastal waters from nonpoint source pollution. The PEIS analyzed three alternatives: program disapproval, approval, and approval with conditions, and concluded that neither of the approval options (with or without conditions) would result in any significant adverse environmental impacts. The PEIS concluded that both approval alternatives would have an overall beneficial effect on the environment by facilitating, in each state, a program designed to reduce adverse impacts of coastal nonpoint pollution. The PEIS indicated that NOAA would prepare EA's to assess any specific impacts of approval of individual state programs. On September 26, 2001, NOAA issued an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the approval of the coastal nonpoint program submitted to NOAA and the USEPA by the State of Georgia on December 1, 1999. NOAA also issued a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI), were made available for public comments. On June 4, 2002, NOAA and the USEPA approved the Georgia coastal nonpoint program, with conditions. For the conditional approval findings, see https://coast.noaa.gov/czm/pollutioncontrol/media/6217ga_fnl.pdf. Since that time, Georgia has undertaken a number of actions to satisfy the conditions of approval on its coastal nonpoint program and submitted associated information to NOAA and the USEPA in support of its program. Most recently, on September 23, 2016, Georgia provided NOAA and USEPA with the last submittals describing how the State has met the conditions placed on its program. Based on NOAA and the USEPA's review of all information Georgia has submitted, the agencies propose to find that the State has now satisfied all conditions of approval on its coastal nonpoint program. The federal agencies have prepared a findings document (findings) that outlines the basis for their proposed findings that Georgia has now satisfied all conditions of approval on its coastal nonpoint program. The final findings will be issued after a public comment period ends and NOAA finalizes its National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documents for the proposed action. This document analyzes the PEIS and Georgia specific EA to determine whether any additional NEPA analysis is necessary based on new information or a change in the proposed action"--Introduction.

Download or read book Strategies for Assessing Nonpoint Source Pollution Impacts on Coastal Watersheds written by U. S. Government Printing Office (Gpo) and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-06 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States Government Printing Office (GPO) was created in June 1860, and is an agency of the the U.S. federal government based in Washington D.C. The office prints documents produced by and for the federal government, including Congress, the Supreme Court, the Executive Office of the President and other executive departments, and independent agencies. The Coastal Zone Information Center (CZIC) collection provides access to nearly 5,000 coastal related documents that the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) received from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Central Library. The collection provides almost 30 years of data and information crucial to the understanding of U.S. coastal management and NOAA's mission to sustain healthy coasts. This is one of their documents.

Download or read book California s Living Marine Resources written by William S. Leet and published by University Of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources; Califorinia Sea Grant. This book was released on 2001 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 592-page spiral-bound reference provides a baseline of information for all those involved with managing living marine resources in California and chronicles changes that have occurred in many of the state’s fisheries. Organized by marine ecosystems: bays and estuaries, nearshore and offshore. Includes illustrated species descriptions with details of biological knowledge, fishery history, landings data, population status and references. Also includes sections on marine birds and mammals and appendices containing management considerations (by species), a glossary of technical terms and acronyms and fishing gear illustrations. Jointly produced by the California Sea Grant Extension Program and the California Department of Fish and Game following the passage of the Marine Life Protection Act in January 1999.

Download or read book Perspectives on Nonpoint Source Pollution written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book State of Ilinois Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control Program written by Rebecca L. Feldman and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this programmatic environmental assessment (PEA), the action is the review of the Illinois coastal nonpoint program to determine whether the program satisfies the statutory mandates of section 6217 and provides for implementation of management measures that are consistent with guidance established by EPA (in consultation with NOAA and other federal agencies) to protect coastal waters from nonpoint source pollution. Illinois' coastal nonpoint program includes management measures for urban, marinas and recreational boating, and hydromodification nonpoint source categories, and for wetlands, riparian areas, and vegetated treatment systems. The program would be implemented in the Illinois coastal nonpoint management area, which has the same boundaries as the Illinois coastal zone. NOAA and EPA jointly reviewed the proposed Illinois coastal nonpoint program and find the program meets many, but not all, of the requirements of section 6217 and related subsequent agency guidance. Therefore, NOAA and EPA's preferred alternative is to approve the program with conditions. This PEA describes the conditions Illinois would need to meet to receive full approval of its coastal nonpoint program.

Download or read book Managing Wastewater in Coastal Urban Areas written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1993-02-01 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Close to one-half of all Americans live in coastal counties. The resulting flood of wastewater, stormwater, and pollutants discharged into coastal waters is a major concern. This book offers a well-delineated approach to integrated coastal management beginning with wastewater and stormwater control. The committee presents an overview of current management practices and problems. The core of the volume is a detailed model for integrated coastal management, offering basic principles and methods, a direction for moving from general concerns to day-to-day activities, specific steps from goal setting through monitoring performance, and a base of scientific and technical information. Success stories from the Chesapeake and Santa Monica bays are included. The volume discusses potential barriers to integrated coastal management and how they may be overcome and suggests steps for introducing this concept into current programs and legislation. This practical volume will be important to anyone concerned about management of coastal waters: policymakers, resource and municipal managers, environmental professionals, concerned community groups, and researchers, as well as faculty and students in environmental studies.

Download or read book Protecting Coastal Waters from Nonpoint Source Pollution written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Proposed Guidance Specifying Management Measures for Sources of Nonpoint Pollution in Coastal Waters written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Coastal Pollution without special title written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Environmental Science in the Coastal Zone written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1994-02-01 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book assesses the dimensions of our scientific knowledge as it applies to environmental problems in the coastal zone. The volume contains 10 papers that cover different aspects of science, management, and public policy concerning the coastal zone. A consensus is presented on several key issues confronting science for developing a more holistic approach in managing this region's intense human activities and important natural resources.