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Legal Tools for Communities

July 2018 |
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Keeping an ear to the ground is key, through this you can contact local officials and get on mailing lists, monitor county hearing calendars, and set up Google...
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Public Participation in Maryland’s NPDES Permitting Program, a Training Toolkit

July 2018 |
MD-NPDES-Guide-Toolkit-1.pdf 1.13 MB
This toolkit is a companion document to our Maryland NPDES Permitting Citizen Guide. The toolkit explains how to use the guide to train your community to address water...
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About the Chesapeake Legal Alliance

July 2018 |
About-the-Chesapeake-Legal-Alliance-1.pdf 1.34 MB
Our Mission: To use the law to protect and restore the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed by providing pro bono legal assistance through a network of volunteer attorneys. 
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Nutrient Trading in Maryland

July 2018 | Choose Clean Water Coalition
Nutrient-Trading-In-Maryland..pdf 290.06 KB
“Trading“ allows an entity that can reduce one or more pollutants more cheaply than another to install pollution control measures that provide a greater reduction than required by...
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Understanding How State Environmental Rights Amendments May Help Protect the Chesapeake Bay

March 2018 | Martin R. Siegel & Mary S. Clemmensen
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What is an Environmental Rights Amendment? State constitutional provision that provides certain rights, duties, or policy statements related to managing or protecting quality of the environment or addressing...
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Water Quality: Wading into Trading

November 2017 | Ridgway Hall
Water-Quality-Wading-Into-Trading-1.pdf 82.28 KB
For over 20 years EPA has been promoting water quality trading – with particular emphasis on nutrients and sediment – as a way to improve water quality at...
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Amplifying Citizen Voices on Maryland NPDES Permits

November 2017 | Jill Grant
Amplifying-Citizen-Voices-on-Maryland-NPDES-Permits-1.pdf 2.50 KB
Clean Water Act Section 402 prohibits the discharge of pollutants by point sources into waters of the United States without an NPDES permit. 
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How Citizen Involvement Can Improve Development

July 2017 |
How-Citizen-Involvement-Can-Improve-Development-1.pdf 75.87 KB
This page includes links to useful resources such as Statutory and Regulatory Material as well as design manuals and other information. 
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How to Control Development

July 2017 | Russ Stevenson
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Citizens should become involved in development to protect the quality of life and the environment and make sure development follows the law.
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Basics of the Clean Water Act

July 2017 | Nizanna Bathersfield and Mary Clemmensen
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The 1948 Federal Water Pollution Control Act (FWPCA) was the first major U.S. law to address water pollution, it authorized the Surgeon General, along with other Federal, state...
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