Description
Main TitleReappraisal: Shellfish Growing Area 44-45, Peck Beach to Brigantine, 1992-1996
PublisherNew Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
Date Created1998
Subject (Geographic)Shellfish Growing Area 44-45
Subject (Geographic - Hierarchical)
Country: United States
State: New Jersey
Subject (Topical)water quality; marine biotoxins; hydrography; meteorology; stormwater discharges; sampling stations; climatological data; Peck Beach; Brigantine
DescriptionThis Reappraisal finds the current Sanitary Survey for this region to be representative of conditions. In particular, the report recommends continuation of the 390 acre and 3,600 acre Prohibited areas surrounding the ocean discharging storm water outfalls and the Atlantic County Utilities Authority’s outfall, respectively.
NoteThis report was funded by a State General Appropriation and the Federal Clean Water Act.
NoteThe Attachments, "ACUA's WWTP Checklist" and "Bacteriological Data Listing," are not included in this document, because they were not available online.
NotePurpose: This report is part of a series of studies having a dual purpose. The first and primary purpose is to comply with the guidelines of the National Shellfish Sanitation Program (NSSP) that are established by the Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference (ISSC). The second purpose is to input the State Water Quality Inventory Report, which is prepared pursuant to Section 305(b) of the Federal Clean Water Act (P.L. 95-217). The information contained in the growing area reports is also used for the New Jersey State Water Quality Inventory Report (305b) which provides an assessment to Congress every two years of current water quality conditions in the State's major rivers, lakes, estuaries, and ocean waters.
Data Life Cycle Event(s)
Date: 1999-09-07 00:00:00.0
Creator: Collins, Elizabeth
Organization NameNew Jersey Environmental Digital Library
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