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Nutrient
and Bacteria Pollution Panel
Chair: Don Pryor (Brown University)
Staff Support: Tom Getz (RIDEM)
Purpose: Address nutrient and bacteria pollution
reduction within the Bay and its watershed, particularly with regard
to wastewater (namely, CSOs, municipal wastewater treatment facilities,
septic systems and cesspools); stormwater runoff; and boater discharges.
Short-term
Charges:
- By March
2004, as part of the Commission’s Phase I Strategic Plan,
develop an initial nutrient and bacteria reduction strategy, addressing
all major sources, that identifies the initial steps necessary
to meet the following long-term goals:
- By 2010,
reopen 25 percent of areas now closed to swimming; By 2010, reduce
the number and frequency of beach closures by 50 percent;
- By 2010,
reduce the number of days shellfish areas are closed by 50 percent,
and reopen 2,000 acres;
- By 2015,
restore Greenwich Bay and the Blackstone, Woonasquatucket, [and
Wood-Pawcatuck] Rivers to fishable and swimmable condition; and
- By 2020,
restore the Seekonk, Moshassuck, Providence, and Pawtuxet Rivers,
Upper Bay, and Mount Hope Bay to fishable and swimmable condition.
Panel Members
Don Pryor Brown
Tom Getz RIDEM
Barry Costa-Pierce RI Sea Grant
Ernest Julian RI DOH
Art Gold URI
Steve Hamburg Brown
Cathleen Wigand EPA
Chris Deacutis NBEP
Virginia Lee CRC
Angelo Liberti RIDEM
Russ Chateauneuf RIDEM
Thomas Brueckner NBC
Ken Kubic RIMTA
Cynthia Giles MA DEP
Richard Pastore RP Engineering
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