Posts by Tag: epa
EPA Action Plan for Great Lakes Funded at $475 Million per Year
Posted on Mar 01, 2010 by Scott James.
Last year President Obama, who knows the Great Lakes well having started his political career in Chicago, proposed a clean-up plan for the Great Lakes. This week the EPA met with governors of Great Lakes border-states to outline an “action plan” for 2010 through 2014 that focuses on eliminating invasive species, cleaning up pollution and remediating wetlands. The action plan will provide $475 million per year in funding for improving the Great Lakes ecosystem, and Obama added another $300 million to the program for next fiscal year.
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$10 million In EPA Grants to Measure Beach Water Quality
Posted on Jan 12, 2010 by Scott James.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will provide close to $10 million in grants to help monitor beach water quality. The funds will be available to 37 eligible coastal and Great Lakes states, territories and tribes to monitor beach water quality and alert the public to unsafe swimming conditions. The grant program is part of the BEACH Act of 2000, and has enabled states and territories to more than double the number of beaches that are monitored.
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56% of U.S. Lakes Called “Good” In EPA Survey
Posted on Dec 28, 2009 by Scott James.
Last week the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the most detailed and comprehensive lake survey on the ecological and water quality of U.S. lakes that has ever been carried out. The survey compiles data on 1,028 lakes from state, tribal and internal sources. Just over half of the U.S.’s lakes are rated as “good,” which is either good or bad news, depending on if you are a glass half empty or glass half full kind of person.
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22,000 US Lakes in Poor or Fair Condition According to EPA
Posted on Dec 21, 2009 by Jennifer Lance.
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released a draft study finding 44% of US lakes over ten acres are in fair or poor condition amounting to 22,000 lakes. This study follows earlier news this year that 20,000 US beaches have been closed due to pollution. Just like beaches, “degraded lakeshore habitat” is one of the “most significant of the problems assessed”.
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New EPA Rules To Annually Keep 4 Billion Pounds of Sediment From Polluting Water
Posted on Dec 04, 2009 by Scott James.
The Environmental Protection Agency issued a set of new rules this week aimed at reducing water pollution from construction sites around the country. The effluent limitations guidelines (ELG) and new source performance standards (NSPS) are intended to control the discharge of pollutants from construction sites. This is the first time the EPA has created national monitoring requirements and enforceable limitations on stormwater drainage from construction sites.
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