Overview
A Clean Water Act Section 319(g) Management Conference took place on June 22-23, 2010, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Management Conference was convened by EPA in response to a Clean Water Act Section 319(g) petition from the Northeast states. Under Section 319(g), a state may petition EPA to convene an interstate management conference if the state is not meeting water quality standards in whole or in part as a result of nonpoint source pollution from another state.
You may need a PDF reader to view some of the files on this page. See EPA’s About PDF page to learn more.- Clean Water Act Section 319(g) Petition from Northeast States and Northeast Regional Mercury Total Maximum Daily Load (PDF)(237 pp, 3 MB)
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Announcement of Clean Water Act Section 319(g) Management Conference on June 22-23, 2010, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (PDF)(3 pp, 2 MB)
Memorandum signed by Denise Keehner, April 26, 2010
- EPA Response to Northeast States’ Petition, April 2010 (PDF)(4 pp, 38 K)
- Conference Agenda (PDF)(2 pp, 22 K)
- Meeting Summary (PDF)(17 pp, 326 K)
- Participant List (PDF)(4 pp, 377 K)
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The Northeast Regional Mercury TMDL and the 319g Petition (PDF)(23 pp, 809 K)
Presentation by Beth Card and Susy King, New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission.
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Determination of Mercury Deposition Contributions from States Outside the Northeast (PDF)(9 pp)
Presentation by R. Dwight Atkinson, US EPA Office of Water.
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Controlling Mercury Air Emissions: Successes and Challenges (PDF)(14 pp)
Presentation by Ellen Kurlansky, US EPA Office of Air and Radiation.
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Mercury Reduction in the Northeast: Successes and Challenges (PDF)(18 pp, 518 K)
Presentation by Mark Smith, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection.
- Summary for Northeast States (PDF)(13 pp, 315 K)
- Summary for Eleven States Named in Petition (PDF)(23 pp)