Download This PaperConsequences for Cleanup: EPA Gets Serious About Weak Watershed Improvement Plans
Center for Progressive Reform Issue Alert #1405, July 2014.
17 Pages Posted: 3 Jul 2014
Date Written: July 1, 2014
Abstract
In a landmark series of reports issued on June 26, 2014, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) put the seven jurisdictions that pollute the Chesapeake Bay on notice that their plans for reducing nitrogen, phosphorous, and sediment fall short of where they must be to make cleanup by 2025 a reality. By EPA’s reckoning, Pennsylvania and Delaware were furthest off the mark, but Maryland, New York, Virginia, and West Virginia face EPA action if they fail to substantially improve their plans. Of the seven jurisdictions, only Washington, D.C. escaped serious criticism.
Keywords: Chesapeake Bay, stormwater management, interstate agreements, pollution
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