Catalog of Environmental Programs 2012
| Federal agencies that contribute to EPA's environmental goals, and how they make a difference. |
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Programs by EPA Strategic Goal 1. Climate Change and Improving Air Quality 2. Protecting America's Waters 3. Cleaning Up and Sustainable Development 4. Safety of Chemicals and Preventing Pollution |
Programs by Agency AID, ARC, CNCS, CPSC, CSB, DHS, DOC, DOD, DOE, DOI, DOJ, DOL, DOS, DOT, ED, FHFA, GSA, HHS, HUD, NASA, NRC, NSF, OSTP, SBA, TVA, USDA, USPS, USTR, VA |
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EPA Goal 2: Protecting America’s Waters |
Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment
Purpose
The Center for Coastal Monitoring and Assessment within NOAA monitors, surveys,
and assesses coastal environmental quality, habitats, and resource distribution.
The Center manages the National Status and Trends Program which conducts long-term
contaminant monitoring at more than 350 estuarine and coastal sites. Information
from the Center's monitoring and assessment studies are synthesized and evaluated
to determine the impacts of contaminant exposure and changes in coastal habitats
on the distribution and abundance of living marine resource.
Source(s) of Information
1. NOAA: CCMA
Related EPA Program(s)
National Estuary Program/Coastal Waterways:
Grants and technical assistance to the National Estuary Program and to other coastal watersheds. The goal of this program is to restore
the physical, chemical, and biological integrity of the national estuaries and coastal watersheds by protecting and enhancing water
quality and living resources.
Authorizing Legislation
• Clean Water Act, sections 320 and 104
• 1990 Great Lakes Critical Programs Act
• 2002 Great Lakes and Lake Champlain Act
• Estuaries and Clean Waters Act of 2000
• Protection, and Restoration Act of 1990
• North American Wetlands Conservation Act
• Water Resources Development Act
• 1909 The Boundary Waters Treaty
• 1978 GLWQA
• 1987 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement
• 1987 Montreal Protocol on Ozone Depleting Substances
• 1996 Habitat Agenda
• 1997 Canada-U.S. Great Lakes Bi-national Toxics Strategy
• Coastal Wetlands Planning
Other Programs under Goal 2
Other Programs from DOC
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