Catalog of Environmental Programs 2012
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EPA Goal 2: Protecting America’s Waters |
Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Purpose
The U.S. Geological Survey's Coastal and Marine Geology Program began
studying the Long Island Sound region in the 1980s.
The Long Island
Sound Environmental Studies program, initiated in 1995, was designed
to understand three main points:
1) the modern sedimentary processes
that control the transport of bottom processes and the formation of
related habitats, 2) to identify and define benthic habitats throughout
the region for future studies and management decisions, and 3) to
understand the distribution, transport, and fate of contaminants
in sediments of the Sound.
Other USGS studies have focused on
the behavior of water and contaminants in the watersheds that
discharge into the Sound, and on coastal wildlife. Additional
studies have been undertaken in collaboration with the States
of Connecticut and New York, the EPA, NOAA, the Corps of Engineers,
and academic institutions in the region.
Source(s) of Information
1. USGS Studies in Long Island Sound
2. USGS: Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Related EPA Program(s)
Geographic Program: Long Island Sound:
Oversee implementation of the Long Island Sound Study Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan by
coordinating the cleanup and restoration actions of the LISS Management Conference as authorized under
Sections 119 and 320 of the Clean Water Act.
Authorizing Legislation
• Clean Water Act Sections 119 and 320
Other Programs under Goal 2
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