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RCED-92-171R 1 (1992-05-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobackbc0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division B-248231 May 19, 1992 146685 The Honorable Alfonse M. D'Amato United States Senate Dear Senator D'Amato: This letter responds to your October 7, 1991, request that we examine water quality problems in Long Island Sound and the strategies designed to address them. In response to the water pollution caused by excessive nitrogen, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the states of New York and Connecticut agreed in 1991 to implement a strategy to prevent net increases of nitrogen in the Sound. In addition, EPA, the states, and others are considering what further actions may be needed in the future to reduce nitrogen levels to restore water quality. Given the potential economic impact of these strategies, you asked us to provide information on (1) the sources of the nitrogen entering Long Island Sound and (2) the costs associated with the no-net-increase strategy. We are also providing information on the strategies under consideration to reduce nitrogen loadings (discharges) into the Sound. In summary, sewage treatment plants are the primary source of the nitrogen produced from human activities that enters the Sound. In general, treatment plants are not designed to remove nitrogen. Although implementing the no-net- increase strategy will impose some costs on municipal sewage treatment facilities, EPA and state officials believe that the strategy can be implemented with available funds. However, other strategies under consideration to reduce nitrogen discharges from treatment facilities could cost as much as $6.5 billion. Given the potential costs and political sensitivity of the various strategies, EPA and the states have solicited public participation to ensure that the views of affected parties are represented. GAO/RCED-92-171R, Nitrogen Pollution in Long Island Sound

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