Effluent trading framework issued by EPA tackles nonpoint sources

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The EPA's 'Draft Framework for Watershed-based Pollutant Trading' received praise from environmentalists who see it as a big improvement over previous effluent trades in regulating nonpoint sources of pollution. The draft requires trading programs to exhaust all approaches to ensure that pollutant reduction would result from the trade. It is only the third effluent trading program that has been released by the EPA and observers see the move as a signal of the EPA's intention to making trade a part of the permitting process.

Laws, regulations and rules, Emissions credit trading, Emissions trading, Watershed management

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Project XL founders in Minnesota; critics call for national legislation

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Participants in a Project XL proposal at a 3M Co. plant in Hutchinson, MN, are calling for increased support from the EPA to ensure the project's success. The 3M proposal allows the company to revise existing environmental regulations if this will lead to superior environmental performance. In their negotiations, 3M requested the EPA to relax requirements for XL permits and to allow waivers from environmental regulations. It also asked EPA to clarify the definition and its expectations of superior environmental performance.

Books, Book Review, Book reviews, Project XL Founders in Minnesota; Critics Call for National Legislation (Book)

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National "environmental indicators" issued by EPA to track health of U.S. waters

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The EPA has issued a list of environmental indicators to serve as a tool for identifying problems or inconsistencies in water quality in accordance with the requirements of the Clean Water Act. Released in June 1996 at the Watershed '96 conference, the 'Environmental Indicators of Water Quality in the Unite States' are expected to lead to new water quality standards and to increase the emphasis on the use of biological indicators for monitoring water quality.

Management, Measurement, Water quality, Biological monitoring

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