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By THOMAS P. EICHLER
EPA Regional Administrator
The Environmental Protection Agency’s research and water quality management study of the Chesapeake Bay had been anticipated by many citizens as a possible solution to the environmental problems facing the Bay. Nowr that the study is finished, it is clear that the Bay Program is not a solution in itself, but rather a blueprint of what might be the solution in the years to come. The completion of the study is not an end, but rather a beginning of our efforts to revive the Chesapeake Bay.
The solution calls for the development of a new regional management ethic which requires the genuine cooperation of Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, the District of Columbia and the federal EPA; but the results will affect more than just the participants. The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States. It produces the largest oyster harvest in the nation, the largest blue crab harvest in the world and more than half the total soft shell clam catch in this country. In addition to its direct impact on Bay waterman and the seafood industry, the Bay Program will show whether we can solve environmental problems in other similar bodies of water.
The problems of the Chesapeake reflect the problems of other estuaries. When EPA began its study seven years ago, ten major problem areas were identified by a coalition of government, industry and citizens acting through advisory committees to the Bay Program’s management team. Because of time and funding
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