Monitoring, research, and surveillance plan for the 106-mile deepwater municipal sludge dump site and environs. Final report

Technical Report · Fri Nov 30 23:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:6400972

In 1988, Congress passed the Ocean Dumping Ban Act of 1988 (ODBA) to end the practice of ocean dumping of sewage sludge and industrial waste by December 31, 1991. OBDA also required that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in cooperation with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the United States Coast Guard (USCG), design a monitoring program for the 106-Mile Site and the environs that may be impacted by the dumping of sewage sludge. In addition to requiring increased monitoring of the area, the joint Monitoring Plan required by ODBA was to include (1) sampling of an appropriate number of fish and shellfish species and other organisms to assess the effects of environmental conditions on living marine organisms in the areas of interest and (2) use of satellite and other advanced technologies in conducting the program.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (United States). Office of the Assistant Administrator for Water
• OSTI ID: 6400972
• Report Number(s): PB-93-207744/XAB; EPA--503/4-91/001
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540350* -- Environment
Aquatic-- Site Resource & Use Studies-- (1990-)
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
ATLANTIC OCEAN
ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
BIOLOGICAL WASTES
COASTAL REGIONS
CONTAMINATION
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
FISHES
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
LONG-RANGE TRANSPORT
MANAGEMENT
MARINE DISPOSAL
MASS TRANSFER
MATERIALS
MID-ATLANTIC BIGHT
MONITORING
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NEW YORK BIGHT
PLANNING
POLLUTANTS
POLLUTION
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SAMPLING
SEAS
SEDIMENTS
SEWAGE
SEWAGE SLUDGE
SLUDGES
SURFACE WATERS
SURVEILLANCE
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
US EPA
US NOAA
US ORGANIZATIONS
VERTEBRATES
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WATER POLLUTION