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"Beyond Compliance" Principles of Environmental Stewardship
The Future of Nonpoint Source Pollution Control: Evolving Tools to Meet The Challenge (PDF) (5 pp, 32K, About PDF)
Elizabeth River project awarded $1.8M
DC Reduces Stormwater runoff
Landmark settlement with Allegheny County Sanitary Authority (ALCOSAN)
New limits set for wastewater plant in District of Columbia
EPA signs Clean Bays Agreement with Perdue

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"Beyond Compliance" Principles of Environmental Stewardship - New Agreement to Reduce Environmental Footprint of Ready Mixed Concrete Operations - On March 9, Regional Administrator, Don Welsh and Water Protection Division Director, Jon Capacasa signed a Memorandum of Agreement with the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association (NRMCA) during a ceremony at their annual meeting. Through this agreement, EPA and NRMCA agree to work together to develop and promote environmental management "tools" to assist ready mixed concrete plants across the country in their efforts to comply with their Clean Water Act obligations, including an environmental certification course and the Green-Star Program. Green-Star is an Environmental Management System based program developed specifically for the ready mix industry. This agreement will also further the goals of the regional Healthy Waters Priority and the Green Highways Partnership’s “beyond compliance” principles of environmental stewardship. Learn more (PDF) (2 pp, 634K, About PDF).

The Future of Nonpoint Source Pollution Control: Evolving Tools to Meet The Challenge (PDF) (5 pp, 32K, About PDF) by Jon M. Capacasa, EPA Region 3, Director, Water Protection Division, February 2008

The Elizabeth River Project is Awarded $1.18 M - The Elizabeth River Project has been selected to receive both a Targeted Watersheds Grant and a Community Action for a Renewed Environment Grant with a total funding amount of $1,186,125. For more than 10 years, the Elizabeth River Project has existed as a non-profit, community-based watershed group, bridging gaps among public and private entities in the lower Elizabeth River area of Virginia to affect environmental improvements. The group is helping to restore the Elizabeth River, a tributary to the Chesapeake Bay and one of the world’s largest natural harbors used for military and commercial shipping. These grants will fund projects designed to reduce toxics and restore water quality through innovative methods including a "living cap," a sediment removal and treatability project constructed of wetlands and oyster reefs. The 6.3 acre shallow area is an important tidal estuarine habitat for blue crabs, striped bass, and other keystone species. EPA press release

District of Columbia Reduces Stormwater Runoff - EPA and the District of Columbia Department of the Environment have agreed to major Green Infrastructure enhancements to protect the Potomac and Anacostia Rivers from the detrimental effects of stormwater runoff. The enhancements will include the use of trees, green roofs and vegetated buffers. Learn more.

ALCOSAN - In a landmark settlement with federal, state, and county authorities, the Allegheny County Sanitary Authority (ALCOSAN) has agreed to a comprehensive plan to greatly reduce the annual discharge of billions of gallons of untreated sewage into local waterways. Under the entered consent decree, ALCOSAN has agreed to a multi-year strategy to upgrade the sewage systems serving Pittsburgh and 82 surrounding municipalities. The settlement also requires ALCOSAN to pay a $1.2 million penalty for past Clean Water Act violations, and to undertake $3 million in environmental projects. EPA press release

Blue Plains Wastewater Plant - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has set new limits on the amount of nitrogen that can be legally discharged by the Blue Plains wastewater treatment plant to help improve water quality in District of Columbia waters and the Chesapeake Bay. The nitrogen reduction from 8.5 million pounds per year to 4.7 million pounds per year is part of a modification to the facility’s operating permit. To meet the new limits, the D.C. Water and Sewer Authority, which owns the plant, will need to upgrade the facility under a timeline outlined in a forthcoming consent agreement with EPA. This action is part of EPA’s Chesapeake Bay initiative to reduce the amount of nitrogen, phosphorous and sediments entering the bay.

Perdue - EPA Signs Clean Bays Agreement With Perdue - EPA and Perdue Farms Inc. signed an agreement (PDF) (5 pp, 224K, About PDF) that will set up a program to help minimize the environmental impact that poultry farms have on the Chesapeake Bay and coastal bays around the Delmarva peninsula. The program initially focuses on the largest farms that supply Perdue with chickens.