Defining the extent of Chesapeake Bay toxics problems: Findings from the basin-wide strategy reevaluation
- Environmental Protection Agency, Annapolis, MD (United States). Chesapeake Bay Program
The Chesapeake Bay Program`s Toxics Subcommittee conducted an comprehensive reevaluation of the 1989 Basin-wide Toxics Reduction Strategy during 1992-1993. The objectives of this strategy reevaluation were to define what was known about the nature, extent, and magnitude of Bay toxics problems; what steps needed to be taken to reduce and prevent impacts from toxics; and what information still needed to be determined to support management decisions for taking additional reduction and prevention actions. The Toxics Subcommittee investigated and evaluated the complex nature of the Bay`s toxics conditions and problems through a two-year schedule of meetings, research workshops, and information-gathering forums. Key to building a technical consensus on the nature and extent of the Bay`s toxics conditions and problems was a series of seven critical issue forums. The major findings from these critical issue forums and the overall strategy reevaluation included documentation of severe localized toxicity problems, evidence of toxic effects in areas previously through to be uncontaminated, and widespread low levels of toxics in all Bay habitats sampled. These findings have resulted in a revised basinwide strategy focused on pollution prevention, regulatory program implementation, regional problem areas, and directed toxics assessments.
- OSTI ID:
- 40130
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9410273-; TRN: IM9520%%325
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 15. annual meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), Denver, CO (United States), 30 Oct - 3 Nov 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 15th annual meeting: Abstract book. Ecological risk: Science, policy, law, and perception; PB: 286 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Similar Records
Chesapeake Bay regions of concern: Geographical targeting protocol for remediation, reduction, prevention and assessment actions
Local government pollution prevention Toolkit: Tools and models to help local governments implement pollution prevention (p2) and protect the Chesapeake Bay, its rivers and streams