SAS Project: Model Trash Ordinance Dissemination
This page profiles an individual project associated with the Trash Free Waters South Atlantic Strategy (SAS). For additional information about this effort, or to get involved, please reach out to the project contact identified below.
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Key Information
Project Title: Model trash ordinance dissemination
SAS Goal: Goal 5: Ensure that communities enact and enforce laws that prevent and reduce littering and illegal dumping.
SAS Action: 5.2.2
Project Status: Proposed
Project Timeline: Anticipated Fall 202
Project Location: State-wide
Funding Amount: Not specified.
Funding Sources: Not specified.
Project Contact
Name: Matt Irwin
Title: Environmental Consultant
Affiliation: Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Email: matt.irwin@epa.gov
Detailed Project Information
Description: The NPDES Stormwater Program is seeking to identify and/or develop a model trash ordinance, or ordinances, that can be tailored to local conditions and address trash impacts on stormwater system and downstream waterbodies. This will be disseminated as a resource for municipalities through teleconferences and other forms of outreach.
Project Partners: Not specified.
Current Project Outcomes: Not specified.
Long-Term Project Outcomes: Awareness of model ordinances if/when municipalities identify the need.