ISSUE


PLACE IN FOOD CYCLE

Natural Resourse Base

POLICY

Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL)

POLICY TOOL

Water Quality Permits Financial incentives: subsidies & loans, technical assitance for best management practices

SCALE

Regional, State & Local

ACTORS

Federal- EPA
Regional- Lake Champlain Basin Program
State-Water Quality Division
Local-Farmers & Champlain lovers

PROBLEMS ADDRESSED

Reduce manure & fertilizer run off to minimize or eliminate phosphorus in Lake Champlain

POLICY GOALS IMPLICATED

Security & efficiency

TOOL CHARACTERISTICS

Very visible. Somewhat coersive. Very direct. Somewhat automatic.

EXTENT POLICY SUPPORTS/HINDERS

Seems to hinder more than support. Demands expensive physical plant changes with little economic insentive.

ADDITIONAL LINKS

http://www.anr.state.vt.us/dec/waterq/lakes/docs/lp_lctmdl-factsheet1.pdfLake Champlain Phosphorus TMDL Factsheet
TMDL to Address Biological Impairment http://www.anr.state.vt.us/dec/waterq/stormwater/docs/sw_pot_tmdl_final_EPA_submittal.pdfin Potash Brook
Lake Champlain Basin Program
http://www.lcbp.org/research.htm