Northeast States’ Clean Water Act Section 319(d) Petition and Management Conference

Overview

A Clean Water Act Section 319(g) Management Conference took place on June 22-23, 2010, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Management Conference was convened by EPA in response to a Clean Water Act Section 319(g) petition from the Northeast states. Under Section 319(g), a state may petition EPA to convene an interstate management conference if the state is not meeting water quality standards in whole or in part as a result of nonpoint source pollution from another state.

• Clean Water Act Section 319(g) Petition from Northeast States and Northeast Regional Mercury Total Maximum Daily Load (pdf) (2.88 MB)
• Announcement of Clean Water Act Section 319(g) Management Conference on June 22-23, 2010, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (pdf) (1.59 MB)
  Memorandum signed by Denise Keehner, April 26, 2010
• EPA Response to Northeast States’ Petition, April 2010 (pdf) (37.47 KB)
• Conference Agenda (pdf) (21.22 KB)
• Meeting Summary (pdf) (318.8 KB)
• Participant List (pdf) (367.98 KB)
• The Northeast Regional Mercury TMDL and the 319g Petition (pdf) (790.06 KB)
  Presentation by Beth Card and Susy King, New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission.
• Determination of Mercury Deposition Contributions from States Outside the Northeast (pdf) (0 bytes)
  Presentation by R. Dwight Atkinson, US EPA Office of Water.
• Controlling Mercury Air Emissions: Successes and Challenges (pdf) (0 bytes)
  Presentation by Ellen Kurlansky, US EPA Office of Air and Radiation.
• Mercury Reduction in the Northeast: Successes and Challenges (pdf) (506.14 KB)
  Presentation by Mark Smith, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection.
• Summary for Northeast States (pdf) (307.26 KB)
• Summary for Eleven States Named in Petition (pdf) (0 bytes)