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Actions Suggested
in the Maumee RAP
Recommendations
Report
ISSUE 20: COMPREHENSIVE FISHERIES
MANAGEMENT PLAN
Action
Reduce water quality problems caused
by nonpoint source pollution related to
agricultural practices including silt,
nutrients (phosphates, nitrates, etc.),
$
herbicides and insecticides. (2.3.1.2)
Close controls should be instituted
regarding the use of herbicides and
insecticides. (2.3.1.2)
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Improved agricultural land management
practices must occur throughout the
Maumee River drainage basin. (2.3.1.2)
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All toxicants if persistent (including
acids, alkalines, heavy metals, oil,
PCBs, etc.) must be eliminated from all
Activity
Maumee
RAP
Involvement
Date
Beneficial
Use
Affected
See
Page
See Issue 1 - Agriculture Runoff for projects 3, 14 68
Certified Crop
Advisor
None
1995-
Present
3, 14 74
See Issue 1 - Agriculture Runoff for projects 3, 14 68
Ohio EPA Programs
to Eliminate/Reduce
Toxicants
discharges. (2.3.1.2)
$ See Issue 2 – Landfills and Issue 10 – Industrial
Discharger for additional projects
Municipal waste treatment systems
must control or eliminate nutrients
(phosphates, nitrates, ammonia) and
toxicants placed in their systems by
industrial operations. (2.3.1.2)
$
Municipal Waste
Treatment of
Nutrients and
Toxicants for Control
or Elimination
See Issue 11 – Waste Water Treatment Plants
for additional projects
None Ongoing 222
3, 14
80, 194
None Ongoing 222
New toxic landfills must not be allowed
to develop and existing toxic landfills
must be removed (2.3.1.2)
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Aquatic habitats must be protected from
extensive dredging and dredged
material disposal caused by commercial
shipping and recreational boating
developments (2.3.1.2)
$
3, 14
See Issue 9 - Dredged Disposal for projects 3, 14 190
The conversion of aquatic habitats into
confined dredge disposal areas and
non-water related landfill developments
must be eliminated. (2.3.1.2)
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Swan Creek
Streambank
Stabilization Project
198
Lead 1996 76
Reasonable shore erosion protection
practices should be continued only to
maintain water area integrity. (2.3.1.2)
$
Toussaint River
Streambank
Stabilization Project
NatureWorks Swan
Creek Watershed
Project
Coastal
Management
Program
Lead 1998 68
None
None
1996-
1998
1997-
Present
3, 14
75
142
Activities and Accomplishments
in the Maumee Area of Concern
56
Issue 20: Comprehensive Fisheries
Management Plan