Future research directions for the Great Waters program

Conference · Sat Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1994

OSTI ID:197498

McCullough, M W ^[1]

---

1. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC (United States)

The 1990 Report to Congress contained Section 112(m), requiring the assessment of the deposition of air pollutants to the Great Lakes, Lake Champlain, Chesapeake Bay and coastal waters. This program, called the Great Waters program, is required to have a report to Congress in 3 years and every 2 years thereafter. The first Report to Congress is to be released this spring. With the completion of the first Great Waters report and the ensuing discussions within the EPA, it is now appropriate to assess the future needs and direction of the program. One knows where one stands in terms of the state of the knowledge, and what kinds of efforts are needed to provide a comprehensive picture of atmospheric deposition of toxics to aquatic ecosystems. Given that the problem is a vastly complex one, and that research in this area is extremely expensive, the EPA must now determine where efforts are best spent to collect the most important information to meet the mandate of Section 112(m) of the Clean Air Act. The EPA is working on a program strategy to target those most-effective efforts. This paper will describe the strategy and the rationale for its design.

• OSTI ID: 197498
• Report Number(s): CONF-9405167--
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AIR POLLUTION
CHESAPEAKE BAY
CLEAN AIR ACTS
COASTAL WATERS
DEPOSITION
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
GREAT LAKES
INFORMATION NEEDS
LAKES
POLLUTANTS
WATER POLLUTION