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With all of the discussion about one cleanup effort or another, or lack thereof, here is the article from the BOAT US magazine.
Pretty sad.
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) is suing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over the agancy's failure to meet deadlines to clean up the Chesapeake Bay. The move comes in response to the EPA admitting it wouldn't be able to meet the agreements of its 2000 promise to reduce nutrient pollution in the Bay by 2010. "The bottom line is the bay is still on the federal dirty-waters list and that's a national disgrace," said Will Baker, CBF president. "They want to move the deadline back another 10 years."
This is not the EPA's first time to miss a crucial dealine in the life of the Chesapeake Bay.
In 1983, the EPA signed an agreement with Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia, recognizing that they needed to clean up the Bay. They signed an agreement in 1987 that required a 40% reduction in nutrient pollution in the Bay by 2000. That agreement was reiterated in 1992. However, when that deadline wasn't met, a third agreement known as the Chesapeake 2000 Agreement was signed, with a goal of improving Bay water quality sufficiently to get it off the Clean Water ACt dirty-waters list by 2010.
Two years ago the EPA admitted that the terms of the 2000 agreement wouldn't be met by the 2010 deadline. The EPA admits that goal will likely not be met until 2020 or later, something the CBF says is unacceptable. Joining ranks against the EPA are the Virginia State Waterman's Association, Maryland Watermen's Association, Maryland Saltwater Sportsfishermen's Association, and many prominent local politicians. The CBF wants the court to impose a legally binding requirement to enforce terms of the Clean Water Act and ultimately bring it to a level where it can be removed fromthe impaired-waters list. -AD
Makes you wonder what the Bay would be like now if that had met the original goal of the 40% reduction by 2000.
Chris
Pretty sad.
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) is suing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over the agancy's failure to meet deadlines to clean up the Chesapeake Bay. The move comes in response to the EPA admitting it wouldn't be able to meet the agreements of its 2000 promise to reduce nutrient pollution in the Bay by 2010. "The bottom line is the bay is still on the federal dirty-waters list and that's a national disgrace," said Will Baker, CBF president. "They want to move the deadline back another 10 years."
This is not the EPA's first time to miss a crucial dealine in the life of the Chesapeake Bay.
In 1983, the EPA signed an agreement with Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia, recognizing that they needed to clean up the Bay. They signed an agreement in 1987 that required a 40% reduction in nutrient pollution in the Bay by 2000. That agreement was reiterated in 1992. However, when that deadline wasn't met, a third agreement known as the Chesapeake 2000 Agreement was signed, with a goal of improving Bay water quality sufficiently to get it off the Clean Water ACt dirty-waters list by 2010.
Two years ago the EPA admitted that the terms of the 2000 agreement wouldn't be met by the 2010 deadline. The EPA admits that goal will likely not be met until 2020 or later, something the CBF says is unacceptable. Joining ranks against the EPA are the Virginia State Waterman's Association, Maryland Watermen's Association, Maryland Saltwater Sportsfishermen's Association, and many prominent local politicians. The CBF wants the court to impose a legally binding requirement to enforce terms of the Clean Water Act and ultimately bring it to a level where it can be removed fromthe impaired-waters list. -AD
Makes you wonder what the Bay would be like now if that had met the original goal of the 40% reduction by 2000.
Chris
