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Main Title Total Maximum Daily Loads of Nitrogen and Phosphorus for the Marshyhope Creek, Dorchester and Caroline Counties, Maryland.
CORP Author Maryland Dept. of the Environment, Baltimore.; Environmental Protection Agency, Philadelphia, PA. Region III.
Year Published 2001
Stock Number PB2013-107901
Additional Subjects Water quality ; Nitrogen ; Phosphorus ; Streams ; Maryland ; Clean Water Act ; Nonpoint sources ; Nutrients ; Point sources ; Water pollution control ; Total maximum daily load(TMDL) ; Marshyhope Creek ; Dorchester County(Maryland) ; Caroline County(Maryland)
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NTIS  PB2013-107901 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation 80p
Abstract
Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (the Act) directs States to identify and list waters, known as water quality limited segments (WQLSs), in which current required controls of a specified substance are inadequate to achieve water quality standards. For each WQLS, the State is to establish a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) of the specified substance that the water body can receive without violating water quality standards. The Marshyhope Creek was identified on the States 1996 list of WQLSs as impaired by nutrients. This report proposes the establishment of a phosphorus TMDL for the Marshyhope Creek. Once the TMDLs are approved by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) they will be incorporated into the States Continuing Planning Process, pursuant to Section 303(e) of the Act. In the future, the established TMDLs will support point and nonpoint source (NPS) control measures needed to restore water quality in the Marshyhope Creek.