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State Programs and Rules
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State
trading programs
- Legislation: Public
Act 01-180 : An Act Concerning Nitrogen Reduction in Long
Island Sound (2002)
- Report of the Nitrogen Credit Advisory Board (2003) - pdf
- State
of Connecticut Nitrogen
Program Fact Sheet
- Long Island Sound- General Permit for Nitrogen Discharges (dec 2005)- pdf
- Long
Island Sound Program links - Long
Island Sound Factsheet
- Inland Bays Watershed - Pollution Control Strategy allowing trading
- Watershed-based nutrient trading factsheet - 'An industry in a Bind' factsheet : Delaware Department of Natural Resources
- "Water
Quality Trading in the Lower Delaware River Basin: A Resource
for Practitioners": a Report to the William Penn Foundation by the Institute
for Environmental Studies, University of Pennsylvania (March
2006)
- Lake
Allatoona Watershed: A framework for trading phosphorus credits in the Lake Allatoona Watershed - River Center website.
- Water Quality Trading feasibility papers: "An evaluation of Water Quality Trading for Georgia Watersheds" (2005) working paper and conference proceedings- "A feasibility analysis of applying water quality trading in Georgia Watersheds" (2005) link to pdf - "Building a foundation for water quality trading in Georgia (2006) link to pdf - "Water Quality Trading: Addressing two potential impediments to success" (2005) pdf
- Piasa Creek Watershed Project (Illinois-American Water Company) - AWWA Journal (Dec. 2005), Great Rivers LandTrust website.
- Maryland Nutrient Trading Program Exploration - MDE webpage
- Nitrogen Credit Trading in Maryland: A market analysis for establishing a statewide framework (2002). WERF report - link to abstract
- Legislation: Water quality trading rule development page - MPCA
Phosphorus Strategy
Minnesota
River Basin General Phosphorus Permit
phase 1.
- A 2006 USDA-Conservation Innovation Grant entitled, "Improving Conservation & Ag Economics with WQ Credit Trading & the BMP Challenge" uses trading and a BMP risk guarantee to improve the usage of conservation practices by corn producers and late adopters. The BMP Challenge is being implemented in 12 states and the combination with trading in MN and PA. See BMP Challenge.
A Preliminary Draft White Paper examines MN agricultural participation in credit trading.
- Rahr
Malting/Lower Minnesota River info - permit factsheet (MPCA) - "Pollutant trading to Improve Riparian Habitat" article (2006)
- Watershed-Based Permitting Case Study: Final permit Rahr Malting - EPA factsheet
- Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative - PCA newsrelease
- 2004 Minnesota River Summer Low Flow DO TMDL
- Vermillion River Targeted Watershed Grant (thermal credit trading system) - Dakota County
- Truckee
River
- Lake Tahoe:
- "Market Based Tools for Air and Water Pollutant Load Reduction to Protect Lake Tahoe Clarity" Proposal to EPA (2004, CA Regional Water Quality Control Board)
- EPA Targeted Watershed Annual Report 2005
- Passaic
River Basin: Factsheet, Water
quality trading program webpage (Rutgers Cook College)
- Phosphorus Offset Pilot Program - regulations (see page 100)
- Legislation: DEP Nutrient Trading web page, final policy and guidelines
- DEP News Releases: State's Nutrient Trading Program Garnering Attention (Aug 14, 2006), First Credit Sale (Nov 2, 2006)
- Nutrient Credit Trading for Watershed Improvement, PA Discussion Paper (2003) - pdf
- DEP Chesapeake Bay webpage: includes link to "Trading of Nutrient and Sediment reduction credits- Policy and Guidelines", information from the trading workgroup and all documents related to the Chesapeake Bay.
- Conestoga Watershed - Nutrient Trading Pilot presentation
- Red Barn Trading Co - website - Red Barn Trading/MWN win certification approval,
- Articles: Nutrient Trading Program helps developer build homes (Nov 8, 2006), Ready to trade: PA approves policy to exchange nutrients (Bay Journal, Feb 2007).
- Water Quality Nutrient Trading Guide (May 2006) by McNees, Wallace & Nurick LLC - pdf.
- A Primer on Water Quality Trading in the Mid-Atlantic Region (2006)- pdf
- Legislation:
Virginia DEQ Permit program page (see Watershed General VPDES Permit for Nutrient discharges to the Chesapeake Bay)
VPDES Watershed Permit Regulation for TP and TN discharges and Nutrient Trading in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed (pdf) - Sept 2006
DEQ Chesapeake Bay Program: web page
- Chesapeake Bay Nutrient and Sediment Reduction Tributary Strategy for the James River, Lynnhaven, and Poquoson Coastal Basin (2005) (pdf) - Link to other statewide tributary strategies.
- Water Quality Trading Suitability Analysis - Spokane River Watershed Final Report (2005) - Ross & Associates - pdf.
- The Potential for Water Quality Trading to help implement the Cheat Watershed acid mine drainage TMDL in West Virginia - Downstream Strategies
- Completed and Future Projects on the Cheat River and use of TMDL Trading (2003) - pdf
- Water Quality Trading Stakeholder Committee - West Virginia DEP webpage - includes links to final report (2004).
Interstate
programs
Chesapeake
Bay
- Program factsheet (also
contains information on Conestoga River)
- Nutrient trading webpage (www.chesapeakebay.net)
- "Nutrient Trading to maintain the nutrient cap in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed" Workshop proceedings (1998)
- Nutrient Trading In the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Public Workshop Proceedings (Jan 2001) pdf - Public Comments Summary
- "Chesapeake Bay Program Nutrient Trading Fundamental Principles
and Guidelines" document (March 2001) - Endorsement of the Principles (pdf)
- Nutrient Trading for the Chesapeake Bay (April 2001) - Presentation and report by A.Wiedeman
- Chesapeake Bay Watershed Nutrient Credit Trading Exchange Program
- Virginia DEQ presentation (June 2005)
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Trading
programs - other countries
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- South
Nation River Watershed, Ontario, Canada
- Can Water Quality Trading help to address agricultural sources of pollution in Canada? Policy Research Initiative Final report.
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The
Dutch Nutrient Quota System:Presentation by Dr. Ada Wossink, Report by Dr. Ada Wossink
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