"Without improved management, coordination and accountability, EPA will not succeed in achieving the results intended for the AOC program," the report, EPA Needs a Cohesive Plan to Clean Up the Great Lakes Areas of Concern, said.Nora Macaluso...
The Buffalo River in Western New York was designated as one of the Areas of Concern by the Great Lakes Water Quality Board of the International Joint Commission due to its poor water quality and contaminated sediments. Cazenovia Creek is... T Tang,K. Irvine,M Greer,... 被引量: 0发表: ...
gathering lines have been lower-pressure, lower risk, smaller-diameter lines, typically situated in lesser-populated, rural areas. With the increase in hydraulic fracturing (fracking) over the last 15 years, the volume of gas extracted and transported through...
(PCBs), mercury, and dioxins. The Great Lakes Basin 2020 Action Plan of Environment Canada's Great Lakes Programs is working on the same problems. The International Joint Commission has designated forty-two areas of concern (AOCs) or pollution hot spots in the Great Lakes region. EPA ...
The counties in nonattainment included most of California, a ring of states around the Great Lakes, and a concentration of states in Northeast from Washington, D.C., to Boston as well as eastern Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina and the Dallas and Houston areas in Texas. ...
“Using wastewater nitrate means we also have to remove the contaminant from surface and groundwater. Over time, this means the process may simultaneously help correct for industrial waste and runoff water and rebalance the nitrogen cycle, particularly in rural areas which may experience economic disa...
Electric power generation is not the only source of such particulates in urban and suburban areas. Vehicle emissions from gasoline and diesel engines are also significant contributors. The ash residual from burning coal is often suitable for the production of road surfaces, some forms of concrete, ...
Completion of this study will satisfy Great Lakes Legacy Act requirements to move this project forward to the final design, permitting andremediation phases that will support the delisting of beneficial use impairments in the Cuyahoga River Area of Concern.Cleveland...
EPA says although toxic pollutant releases into the Great Lakes have gone down significantly over the past several years, only one of the 31 toxic "hot spots" identified as areas of concern in the U.S. more than 20 years ago has been fully restored.Pam Hunter...
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