Advances in water quality trading as a flexible compliance tool
Subtitle: a special publication
Publisher: Water Environment Federation
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Alexandria, VA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9781523102921; 9781572783157; 9781572783232
Subjects: Water quality management; Water quality trading; Case studies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Intro; title: Title Page; title: Copyright; title: Contents; title: List of Figures; title: List of Tables; title: Preface; title: Chapter 1 Introduction, History, and Concept G. Tracy Mehan, III; title: 1.0 INTRODUCTION; title: 1.1 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's 2003 Water Quality Trading Policy; title: 1.2 Water Environment Federation's 2006 Water Quality Trading Guide; title: 1.3 Why Another Volume on Water Quality Trading Now? A Preview; title: 1.4 Challenges to Adoption and Implementation of Water Quality Trading; title: 1.5 A Pressing Need for Water Quality Trading; title: 2.0 A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE TRADING CONCEPT; title: 2.1 Water Markets in the West; title: 2.2 Acid Rain Trading and Phase-Out of Lead in Gasoline; title: 3.0 GENERAL CONCEPTS OF RELEVANCE TO WATER QUALITY TRADING; title: 3.1 Sound Program Design and Implementation; title: 3.2 Multiple Environmental Benefits and Water Quality Trading; title: 3.3 Hope, Realism, and Managing Expectations; title: 4.0 REFERENCES; title: Chapter 2 Elements Affecting the Water Sector of Water Quality Trading-Point Sources and Nonpoint Sources Charles Logue, P.E. and Brent Fewell; title: 1.0 HISTORY OF POINT- AND NON-POINT-SOURCE TRADING; title: 1.1 History of Water Pollutant Trading; title: 1.2 Federal-State Partnership; title: 1.2.1 1996 and 2003 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Policy; title: 1.2.2 U.S. Department of Agriculture Efforts; title: 1.2.3 State Policies and Regulations; title: 2.0 WATER QUALITY TRADING FRAMEWORK; title: 2.1 Types of Trading Programs/Partners; title: 2.2 Regulatory Drivers; title: 2.3 Elements of Enforceable Trade; title: 2.3.1 Compliance with the Clean Water Act; title: 2.3.2 Quality and Duration of Credits; title: 2.3.3 Baseline Concept and Its Importance; title: 2.3.4 Trading Ratios; title: 3.0 BENEFITS AND RISKS OF TRADING PROGRAMS; title: 3.1 Benefits of Trading; title: 3.2 Risks of Trading; title: 4.0 INSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGES AND BARRIERS; title: 4.1 Strict Compliance Versus Maximum Extent Practicable; title: 4.2 Actual Load Reductions Versus Modeled Load Reductions; title: 4.3 Risk-Averse Nature of Public Utilities and Local/State Governments; title: 4.4 Equitable Considerations; title: 5.0 REFERENCES; title: 6.0 SUGGESTED READING; title: Chapter 3 Current Policy Directions Cy Jones and Mindy Selman; title: 1.0 INTRODUCTION; title: 2.0 FEDERAL WATER QUALITY TRADING POLICY AND GUIDANCE, 2013-2014; title: 2.1 National Policy Development; title: 2.1.1 2011-2012 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regulatory Review; title: 2.1.2 Other Current Activity; title: 2.1.2.1 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Agriculture Memorandum of Understanding, 2013; title: 2.1.2.2 Office of Environmental Markets, U.S. Department of Agriculture; title: 2.1.2.3 New Stormwater Rule and Trading; title: 2.2 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Policy Development; title: 2.2.1 Sector Load Growth Demonstration; title: 2.2.2 Accounting for Uncertainty in Offset and Trading Programs; title: 2.2.3 Components of Credit Calculation; title: 2.2.4 Local Water Quality Protection When Using Credits for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit Issuance and Compliance