Appendix A: Chesapeake Bay Watershed Chemicals of Concern as of September 26, 2000 (14 KB)

Publication date: 12/1/2000 | Type of document: Fact Sheet

Chemicals of concern include chemical contaminants identified in the 1999 Toxics Characterization that are at levels that may cause toxic impact, chemical contaminants responsible for listing waterbodies as impaired or threatened, and chemical contaminants responsible for finfish and shellfish consumption advisories.

Contaminants in Chesapeake Bay Sediments 1984-1991

Publication date: 5/1/1996 | Type of document: Report

The primary objectives of this report are to describe the spatial patterns in the distribution of sediment chemical contaminants in Chesapeake Bay and to compare sediment chemical contaminant concentrations in Chesapeake Bay to sediment quality guidelines in order to identify areas where sediment chemical contaminants may adversely impact

Contaminants and the Chesapeake

Publication date: 4/1/2000 | Type of document: Fact Sheet

This is a fact sheet on contaminants and other Bay-related issues

Chesapeake Bay Chemical Contaminant Geographic Targeting Protocol-Chesapeake Bay Basinwide Toxics Reduction and Prevention Strategy-commitment Report

Publication date: 3/1/1995 | Type of document: Report

The purpose of this document is to present a geographical targeting approach for focusing chemical contaminant remediation, reduction, prevention, protection, and assessment actions within the Chesapeake Bay basin.

Chesapeake Bay Basin Toxics Loading and Release Inventory (2.22 MB) (Order hard-copy)

Publication date: 5/1/1999 | Type of document: Report

Toxics 2000 Strategy: A Chesapeake Bay Watershed Strategy for Chemical Contamination Reduction, Prevention and Assessment (99 KB)

Publication date: 12/1/2000 | Type of document: Agreement

This strategy commits to voluntary efforts that build on the successes of the state and federal regulatory programs and go beyond compliance /existing regulatory point and nonpoint source programs to preclude the need for costly regulations and remediation in the future

Toxics 2000 Strategy - Executive Summary (80 KB)

Publication date: 12/1/2000 | Type of document: Fact Sheet

This document summarizes the Toxics 2000 Strategy

Chemical & Toxicological Characterization of Tidal Freshwater Areas in the James river, VA from Jamestown Island to Jordan Point (17.67 MB)

Publication date: 7/1/2002 | Type of document: Report

This report represents the coordinated effort of a team of scientists from various institutes, who continue a long series of studies aimed at toxicological and chemical characterization of the Chesapeake Bay.

Chesapeake Bay Regional Action Plans Development Guidelines

Publication date: 4/1/1997 | Type of document: Report

A geographical targeting approach for focusing chemical contaminant remediation, reduction, prevention, protection, and assessment actions within the Chesapeake Bay basin.

Chesapeake Bay Toxics Reduction and Prevention Strategy - Chesapeake Executive Council (31 KB)

Publication date: 1/1/1994 | Type of document: Report

In January 1989, the Chesapeake Executive Council adopted the Chesapeake Bay Basinwide Toxics Reduction Strategy in fulfillment of the 1987 Chesapeake Bay Agreement commitment and pledged to reevaluate the Strategy in 1992. The Strategy used the requirements of the 1987 Clean Water Act as a foundation for action and initiated a multi-jurisdictional effort to better define the nature, extent, and magnitude of toxics problems.

Chesapeake Bay Basinwide Toxics Analytical Capabilities Survey and Assessment

Publication date: 12/1/1990 | Type of document: Report

This project was undertaken to provide the Chesapeake Bay Program with an assessment of chemical analytical capabilities currently available in the Bay region and to provide guidance on how to proceed with toxics analysis in the future.

Chesapeake Bay Basin Toxics Loading and Release Inventory Appendices (1014 KB)

Publication date: 5/1/1999 | Type of document: Report

This document contains the appendices to the Chesapeake Bay Basin Toxics Loading and Release Inventory point source loadings chapter. The appendices highlight the point source loads by facility, the chemical categories reported by SIC code.        

Chesapeake Bay Regional Action Plans Development Guidelines-Appendices

Publication date: 4/1/1997 | Type of document: Report

The purpose of this document is to present a geographical targeting approach for focusing chemical contam8inant remediation, reduction, prevention, protection, and assessment actions within the Chesapeake Bay basin.

Targeting Toxics: A Characterization A Tool for Directing Management and Monitoring Action in the Chesapeake Bay Tidal Rivers - A Technical Workplan (4.41 MB)

Publication date: 6/1/1999 | Type of document: Report

This is a report on targeting toxics, a technical work plan

Ambient Toxicity and Chemical Characterization of Four Bayside Creeks of the Eastern Shore

Publication date: 1/1/2001 | Type of document: Report

An assessment of ambient toxicity of Delaware public peninsula creeks where agriculture is the dominant land use. The assessment evaluates potential persistent impacts and potential intermittent or pulsed impacts. Three watershed assessments have plastic culture practices.

Targeting Toxics: A Characterization Report A Tool for Directing Management and Monitoring Actions in the Chesapeake Bay's Tidal Rivers (2.07 MB)

Publication date: 6/1/1999 | Type of document: Report

This work contains the following themes as they relate to the Chesapeake Bay: Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability of the Bay/Stewardship

Chesapeake Bay Water Column Contaminants Critical Issue Forum Proceedings

Publication date: 7/1/1993 | Type of document: Report

Representatives from the Bay basin jurisdictions presented findings from their respective water column contaminant monitoring programs, with emphasis on concentration ranges observed at Bay tidal water stations.

Chesapeake Bay Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Water Quality and Habitat Based Requirements and Restoration Targets: A second Technical Synthesis

Publication date: 9/1/2000 | Type of document: Report

The second SAV Technical Synthesis revises and updates the first synthesis, by providing new light requirements for SAV through the water column and at the leaf surface, providing diagnostic tools for their application and interpretation, and identifying preliminary sets of physical, chemical, and other biological habitat requirements.

Contaminant Trace Element Loads at the Susquehanna River Fall Line During the Spring 1993 High Flow Event

Publication date: 1/1/1994 | Type of document: Report

Addendum to the Fall Line Toxics 1992 Final Report

Setting Goals to Prevent and Reduce Toxics to the Chesapeake Bay: A Working Session for Industrial, Federal and Wastewater Treatment Plant Facilities (134 KB)

Publication date: 7/21/1999 | Type of document: Report

This document summarizes the ideas and goals from this working session. These ideas and goals will be considered for the Toxics Strategy (2000) and the Chesapeake Bay Agreement(2000).