Consequences for Cleanup: EPA Gets Serious About Weak Watershed Improvement Plans

Center for Progressive Reform Issue Alert #1405, July 2014.

U of Maryland Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2014-31

17 Pages Posted: 3 Jul 2014

See all articles by Rena I. Steinzor

Rena I. Steinzor

University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law; Center for Progressive Reform

Anne Havemann

Center for Progressive Reform

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

Suggested Citation

Steinzor, Rena I. and Havemann, Anne, Consequences for Cleanup: EPA Gets Serious About Weak Watershed Improvement Plans (July 1, 2014). Center for Progressive Reform Issue Alert #1405, July 2014., U of Maryland Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2014-31, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2461425 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2461425

Rena I. Steinzor (Contact Author)

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Center for Progressive Reform ( email )

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Anne Havemann

Center for Progressive Reform ( email )

500 West Baltimore Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
United States

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