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RECORD NUMBER: 553 OF 1147Main Title | Proximity of New York Sanitary Landfills to Wetlands and Deepwater Habitats: Statewide Results. | |||||||||||
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Author | Moerlins, J. E. ; Herndon, R. C. ; Lambou, V. W. ; Gebhard, R. L. ; | |||||||||||
CORP Author | Florida State Univ., Tallahassee. Center for Biomedical and Toxicological Research and Hazardous Waste Management. ;National Wetlands Inventory, St. Petersburg, FL.;Environmental Monitoring Systems Lab., Las Vegas, NV. | |||||||||||
Publisher | Dec 89 | |||||||||||
Year Published | 1989 | |||||||||||
Report Number | EPA-CR-815139010; EPA/600/4-89/046A; | |||||||||||
Stock Number | PB90-155649 | |||||||||||
Additional Subjects | New York ; Earth fills ; Sanitary engineering ; Waste disposal ; Rivers ; Streams ; Deep water ; Maps ; Sites ; Regulations ; Graphs(Charts) ; Wetlands ; Ecosystems ; Habitats ; Path of pollutants | |||||||||||
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Collation | 33p | |||||||||||
Abstract | Sanitary landfills can cause considerable harm to sensitive ecosystems if they are not properly located, designed, and managed. The purpose of the reports are to summarize the proximity of sanitary landfills in New York to wetlands and deepwater habitats (i.e., rivers, lakes, streams, bays, etc.) and present data on the individual landfills. The sanitary landfills were identified on U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's National Wetlands Inventory maps. The nearness or proximity of the sanitary landfills to wetlands and deepwater habitats was determined by drawing three concentric regions around the point representing the location of each landfill. These facilities have the potential to adversely affect sensitive ecosystems, such as wetlands and deepwater habitats, either through habitat alterations or through the migration of contaminants from sanitary landfills. |