Deposition of Air Pollutants to the Great Waters

By Allan, Mary Ann

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Title:	Deposition of Air Pollutants to the Great Waters
Author:	Allan, Mary Ann
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Language:	English
Subject:	Ecology, Natural resource issues, Environemtal protection
Collections:	Environmental Awareness Library Collection
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Publisher:	United States Environmental Protection Agency


Citation APA MLA Chicago Allan, M. A. (n.d.). Deposition of Air Pollutants to the Great Waters. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

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Excerpt: The report was prepared by the Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards of the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The Project Leads were Gail Lacy and Dale Evarts. Completion of this report could not have been possible without significant contributions fromthe wider community of scientists and environmental experts involved with the programs and issues described in the report. In particular, EPA would like to thank those persons who provided peer review of the draft report:

Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i LIST OF TABLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii LIST OF FIGURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv I. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I-1 A. Overview of the Great Waters Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I-3 Definition of Great Waters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I-3 Program Participants and Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I-3 Government Goals Supported by the Great Waters Program and Its Partners . . . . . . . I-6 B. Pollutants of Concern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I-7 C. Goals of the Third Report to Congress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I-13 II. ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II-1 Pollutant-Specific Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II-3 Mercury and Compounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II-4 Other Metals (Lead and Cadmium) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II-19 Combustion Emissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II-31 Nitrogen and Compounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II-40 Banned and Restricted Use Substances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II-58 Cross-Pollutant Trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II-67 Fish Consumption Advisories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II-68 Water Quality Assessments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II-69 NOAA’s National Status and Trends Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II-70 National Sediment Quality Survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II-73 Chesapeake Bay Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II-73 Lake Champlain Sediment Toxics Assessment Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II-75 San Francisco Estuary Regional Monitoring Program for Trace Substances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . II-76