MONITORING, RESEARCH, AND SURVEILLANCE PLAN FOR THE 106-MILE DEEPWATER MUNICIPAL SLUDGE DUMP SITE AND ENVIRONS; FINAL REPT

In 1988, Congress passed the Ocean Dumping Ban Act of 1988 (ODBA) to end the practice of ocean dumping of sewage sludge and industrial waste by December 31, 1991. OBDA also required that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in cooperation with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the United States Coast Guard (USCG), design a monitoring program for the 106-Mile Site and the environs that may be impacted by the dumping of sewage sludge. In addition to requiring increased monitoring of the area, the joint Monitoring Plan required by ODBA was to include (1) sampling of an appropriate number of fish and shellfish species and other organisms to assess the effects of environmental conditions on living marine organisms in the areas of interest and (2) use of satellite and other advanced technologies in conducting the program.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Prepared in cooperation with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Rockville, MD., and Coast Guard, Washington, DC.
• Corporate Authors:

  Environmental Protection Agency Office of the Assistant Administrator for Water.

  Washington, DC  United States 

  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

  6010 Executive Boulevard
  Rockville, MD  United States  20852

  United States Coast Guard

  2100 Second Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20593
• Publication Date: 1990-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 128 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Animals; Bights; Habitat (Ecology); Monitoring; Pollutants; Sludge (Deposit); Waste disposal; Water pollution; Water quality management
• Uncontrolled Terms: Sewage sludge
• Geographic Terms: New York (New York); New York Bight
• Old TRIS Terms: Long-range transport; Marine disposal; Sludge disposal; Water pollution effects(Animals); Water pollution monitoring
• Subject Areas: Environment; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00666571
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: EPA/503/4-91/001
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 3 1994 12:00AM