Tag: Nutrients
Hypoxia Task Force Revises Goals
Twelve states, including Kentucky, are working on strategies to reduce nutrients in waterways. According to a recent EPA news release, the states are devising new strategies to reduce nutrients. Kentucky’s planned strategy can be found here. The states have revised goals of reducing nutrients loads 20% by 2025 and shrinking the hypoxia zone in the Gulf by about 4,000 […]
Kentucky to Receive $4.4 Million to Reduce Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Sediment Loadings from Agricultural Operations
Over the next five years, Kentucky will receive $4.4 million from the Regional Conservation Partnership Program, with the goal of improving water quality by reducing nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment loadings from agricultural operations. The program aims to reduce loadings by providing producers with technical and financial assistance to develop Agriculture Water Quality and Nutrient Management […]
EPA Recognizes Market-Based Nutrient Trading Program
The EPA, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the White House Council on Environmental Quality recently recognized a market-based nutrient trading program run by the Commonwealth of Virginia. The nutrient trading program works to offset increases in phosphorus loads by creating a market supply and demand for land capture and storage of nutrients. For […]
Nutrients Not Going Away Any Time Soon
Recently I shared a presentation titled “Potential Impacts of Kentucky’s Nutrient Strategy” at the Environmental Permitting and Reporting Conference. In general, nutrients come from two sources: point and non-point discharges. Point source discharges are easy to identify and usually have a KPDES permit. Right or wrong, it is these facilities that will sources will bear […]
SMG Provides Strong Content to the Kentucky Chamber's Environmental Permitting Conference
On August 19 and 20, 2014, SMG addressed the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce’s 17th Annual Permitting Conference with multiple presentations. A link to each of the presentations can be found below: Impacts of the “Waters of the U.S.” Proposed Rule (presented by Kori Andrews) The Endangered Species Act: How can you stay ahead of the […]