On
January 13, 2003, Administrator Christine Todd Whitman announced the
issuance of the final water quality trading policy by stating that,
"the most effective and economical way to reduce pollution is
to provide incentives to encourage action by those who can achieve
reductions easily and cost-effectively”. The policy supports
the trading of nutrients and sediments within a watershed. Additonally,
the USEPA is providing $800,000 to support 11 projects around the country.
The following links provide more information.
EPA Water Quality Trading page
- State and Individual Trading Programs page
Regulations and Documents
A
Summary of U.S. Effluent Trading and Offset Projects (1999). Environomics for US EPA Office of Water (pdf), page with web links.
Results
of Water-Based Trading Simulations (1999). Chuck Marshall for Office of Science and Technology (PDF).
U.S.
EPA Final Water Quality Trading Policy (2003) - Federal
Register Issuance of Final Policy
U.S.
EPA Watershed Based NPDES Permitting: website
Case studies:
General
Permit for Nitrogen Discharges, Long Island
Sound
Final
Permit, Rahr Malting Company, MN
Final
Permit, Neuse River Compliance Association,
NC
Tualitan
River Watershed (OR) NPDES Permits
Permitting
Approach, Clean Water Services, Hillsboro,
OR
U.S.
EPA Water Quality Trading Assessment Handbook (nov 2004)
Water Quality Trading Toolkit for Permit Writers (Aug. 2007) - Link
Farm
Bill
Website
Resources,
Northeast Midwest Institution
EPA Webcast seminar: Introduction to Trading for Water Quality Protection (Dec 14, 2005)
EPA Water Quality Trading Newsletters
Wetlands and Water Quality Trading: Review of Current Science and Economic Practices with Selected Case Studies - US EPA Report (EPA/600/R-06/155 - July 2007)
Targeted Watershed Program
- TWG Program home page
- 2007 Funding available for Water Quality Trading Projects - link to EPA web page.
2005
Targeted Watershed Grants
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For
2005, the 12 Targeted Watersheds were awarded over $9 million
in total. Market-based and/or trading programs were featured
4 of these watersheds, including Vermillion River (MN), Tuttle
Creek Lake (NE, KS), Willamette River (OR), and Skagit River
(WA)
(source:
USEPA)
Link to 2005 TWG web page.
TWG 2005 Annual Report. |
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On
July 19, 2004 the USEPA announced its Targeted Watersheds under
the 2004 program. Trading was featured in five of the fourteen
targeted watersheds. These watersheds include the Lake Tahoe (CA/NV),
Bear River (ID, UT, WY), Kalamazoo
River (MI), Cape Fear (NC) and Passaic River (NJ).
Read
a summary of each trading project (PDF).
Link to the 2004 TWG web page. |
Conferences
US
EPA Sponsored National Forum on Water Quality Trading, Chicago, IL. July 22 & 23,
2003.
US EPA 2nd National Water Quality Trading Conference. Pittsburg, PA, May 23-25, 2006.
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