Peconic
Estuary
Program
CCMP
i
TABLE
OF
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
ONE:
OVERVIEW
PLEDGE
FOR
THE
PECONIC
ESTUARY..........................................................................
1­
1
GOALS
................................................................................................................................
1­
2
INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................
1­
3
THE
PECONIC
ESTUARY
PROGRAM..............................................................................
1­
5
Geographic
Scope
of
the
Program................................................................................
1­
6
PECONIC
ESTUARY
MANAGEMENT
ISSUES................................................................
1­
6
Brown
Tide
.................................................................................................................
1­
7
Nutrient
Pollution
........................................................................................................
1­
8
Habitat
and
Living
Resources
....................................................................................
1­
10
Pathogens
and
Closed
Shellfish
Beds
.........................................................................
1­
13
Toxics
.......................................................................................................................
1­
15
Critical
Lands
Protection
...........................................................................................
1­
17
Public
Education
and
Outreach
..................................................................................
1­
18
Financing...................................................................................................................
1­
19
Plan
Implementation
and
Post­
CCMP
Management
...................................................
1­
20
Environmental
Monitoring
Plan.................................................................................
1­
21
CCMP
ORGANIZATION
..................................................................................................
1­
22
Management
Actions
.................................................................................................
1­
22
Action
Costs
..............................................................................................................
1­
23
Status
........................................................................................................................
1­
24
Timeframe.................................................................................................................
1­
24
Cost...........................................................................................................................
1­
24
CHAPTER
TWO:
BROWN
TIDE
MANAGEMENT
PLAN
OBJECTIVES.......................................................................................................................
2­
1
MEASURABLE
GOALS......................................................................................................
2­
2
INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................
2­
3
The
Brown
Tide
Organism...........................................................................................
2­
5
BROWN
TIDE
BLOOMS
IN
THE
PECONIC
ESTUARY
SYSTEM...................................
2­
6
Contributing
Factors
....................................................................................................
2­
8
Chemicals
and
Trace
Metals...............................................................................
2­
8
Meteorological
and
Climatological
Factors.........................................................
2­
8
Dissolved
Inorganic
and
Organic
Nitrogen
.........................................................
2­
8
Other
Factors
.....................................................................................................
2­
9
Public
Comments
...............................................................................................
2­
9
RESEARCH
EFFORTS......................................................................................................
2­
10
Brown
Tide
Monitoring
Network...............................................................................
2­
10
Other
Suffolk
County
Capital
Programs
.....................................................................
2­
11
Brown
Tide
Research
Initiative..................................................................................
2­
12
Brown
Tide
Steering
Committee
and
Workplan
.........................................................
2­
12
MANAGEMENT
ACTIONS..............................................................................................
2­
13
Benefits
of
the
Brown
Tide
Management
Actions
......................................................
2­
15
Costs
of
the
Brown
Tide
Management
Actions...........................................................
2­
15
Brown
Tide
Actions
Summary
Table
.........................................................................
2­
16
Status
...............................................................................................................
2­
16
Timeframe
.......................................................................................................
2­
16
Cost
.................................................................................................................
2­
16
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Estuary
Program
CCMP
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CHAPTER
THREE:
NUTRIENTS
MANAGEMENT
PLAN
OBJECTIVES......................................................................................................................
3­
1
MEASURABLE
GOALS.....................................................................................................
3­
2
INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................
3­
3
CHARACTERIZATION
OF
THE
ESTUARY
SYSTEM.....................................................
3­
4
Characterization
Studies..............................................................................................
3­
4
PEP
Hydrodynamic
and
Eutrophication
Model............................................................
3­
5
Key
Findings
Related
to
Nutrients
in
the
Estuary
System............................................
3­
7
SOURCES
AND
LOADINGS
OF
NUTRIENTS
IN
THE
SYSTEM....................................
3­
8
ENVIRONMENTAL
CRITERIA
AND
RECOMMENDED
GUIDELINES.........................
3­
9
Dissolved
Oxygen.......................................................................................................
3­
9
Nitrogen
....................................................................................................................
3­
11
OVERALL
QUALITY
AND
USE
IMPAIRMENTS...........................................................
3­
13
Mitigation
Priority
Waters..........................................................................................
3­
13
Stressed/
Threatened
Waters
.......................................................................................
3­
14
Preservation
Priority
Waters.......................................................................................
3­
15
MANAGEMENT
STRATEGY...........................................................................................
3­
15
Existing
and
Emerging
Management
Programs
..........................................................
3­
16
Additional
Planning
and
Management
Based
on
PEP
Characterizations......................
3­
17
Modeling
and
Nitrogen
Loading
Workgroups
............................................................
3­
18
MANAGEMENT
ACTIONS
..............................................................................................
3­
19
Benefits
of
Management
Actions
...............................................................................
3­
39
Costs
of
Management
Actions....................................................................................
3­
39
Nutrients
Actions
Summary
Table..............................................................................
3­
40
Status
...............................................................................................................
3­
40
Timeframe........................................................................................................
3­
40
Costs
................................................................................................................
3­
40
CHAPTER
FOUR:
HABITAT
AND
LIVING
RESOURCES
MANAGEMENT
PLAN
OBJECTIVES......................................................................................................................
4­
1
MEASURABLE
GOALS.....................................................................................................
4­
2
INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................
4­
4
HABITAT
AND
LIVING
RESOURCES
OF
THE
PECONIC
ESTUARY
SYSTEM...........
4­
4
Deep
Water
Zone........................................................................................................
4­
5
Finfish...............................................................................................................
4­
5
Shellfish
............................................................................................................
4­
5
Other
Invertebrates
............................................................................................
4­
5
Birds
.................................................................................................................
4­
5
Sea
Turtles
and
Marine
Mammals......................................................................
4­
6
Shallow
Water
Zone
...................................................................................................
4­
6
Finfish...............................................................................................................
4­
6
Shellfish
............................................................................................................
4­
7
Birds
.................................................................................................................
4­
7
Submerged
Aquatic
Vegetation
.........................................................................
4­
7
Intertidal/
Shoreline
Zone.............................................................................................
4­
9
Marshes.............................................................................................................
4­
9
Mud
and
Sand
Flats
and
Sandy
Beaches
...........................................................
4­
12
Coastal
Bluffs
and
Islands
................................................................................
4­
12
Peconic
River,
Freshwater
Wetlands,
and
Ponds.........................................................
4­
12
Terrestrial
Zone
.........................................................................................................
4­
13
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Estuary
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CCMP
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OVERALL
QUALITY
AND
USE
IMPAIRMENTS...........................................................
4­
14
Physical
Alteration
....................................................................................................
4­
14
Chemical
Contamination............................................................................................
4­
15
Invasive
Species
........................................................................................................
4­
15
Deep
Water
Zone.......................................................................................................
4­
15
Finfish..............................................................................................................
4­
15
Shellfish...........................................................................................................
4­
16
Birds
................................................................................................................
4­
16
Sea
Turtles
and
Marine
Mammals
....................................................................
4­
16
Shallow
Water
Zone
..................................................................................................
4­
17
Shellfish...........................................................................................................
4­
17
Submerged
Aquatic
Vegetation
........................................................................
4­
17
Intertidal/
Shoreline
Zone
...........................................................................................
4­
17
Peconic
River,
Freshwater
Wetlands,
and
Ponds
........................................................
4­
19
Terrestrial
Zone
.........................................................................................................
4­
20
MANAGEMENT
STRATEGY
AND
ACTIONS................................................................
4­
21
Critical
Natural
Resource
Areas
.................................................................................
4­
22
Habitat
Restoration
Work
Group................................................................................
4­
24
MANAGEMENT
ACTIONS..............................................................................................
4­
24
Benefits
of
the
Management
Actions..........................................................................
4­
68
Costs
of
the
Management
Actions..............................................................................
4­
69
Habitat
and
Living
Resources
Actions
Summary
Table
..............................................
4­
69
Status
...............................................................................................................
4­
69
Timeframe
.......................................................................................................
4­
69
Cost
.................................................................................................................
4­
69
CHAPTER
FIVE:
PATHOGENS
MANAGEMENT
PLAN
OBJECTIVES.......................................................................................................................
5­
1
MEASURABLE
GOALS......................................................................................................
5­
2
INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................
5­
3
ENVIRONMENTAL
CRITERIA
.........................................................................................
5­
3
QUALITY/
IMPAIRMENTS.................................................................................................
5­
5
Beach
Closures
............................................................................................................
5­
5
Shellfish
Bed
Closures.................................................................................................
5­
5
Harmful
Algal
Blooms.................................................................................................
5­
7
Paralytic
Shellfish
Poisoning
..............................................................................
5­
7
Pfiesteria............................................................................................................
5­
8
SOURCES
OF
PATHOGENS
IN
THE
PECONIC
ESTUARY
SYSTEM.............................
5­
9
Nonpoint
Sources
of
Pathogen
Contamination
.............................................................
5­
9
On­
site
Disposal
Systems
...................................................................................
5­
9
Stormwater
Runoff...........................................................................................
5­
10
Best
Management
Practices
..............................................................................
5­
11
Point
Sources
of
Pathogen
Contamination..................................................................
5­
11
MANAGEMENT
ACTIONS..............................................................................................
5­
13
Benefits
of
Management
Actions
...............................................................................
5­
37
Costs
of
Management
Actions
...................................................................................
5­
37
Pathogens
Actions
Summary
Table............................................................................
5­
38
Status
...............................................................................................................
5­
38
Timeframe
.......................................................................................................
5­
38
Cost
.................................................................................................................
5­
38
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Estuary
Program
CCMP
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CHAPTER
SIX:
TOXICS
MANAGEMENT
PLAN
OBJECTIVES......................................................................................................................
6­
1
MEASURABLE
GOALS.....................................................................................................
6­
2
INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................
6­
3
OVERALL
QUALITY
AND
USE
IMPAIRMENTS............................................................
6­
3
Environmental
Criteria
and
Standards
for
Toxic
Substances
........................................
6­
3
Surface
Water
Quality
Criteria
....................................................................................
6­
3
Groundwater
Quality
Criteria......................................................................................
6­
4
Sediment
Quality
Criteria/
Dredged
Material
Guidelines
..............................................
6­
4
Finfish,
Shellfish
and
Game
........................................................................................
6­
4
Criteria
for
Radioactive
Materials
...............................................................................
6­
4
Risk
Based
Criteria
.....................................................................................................
6­
5
SOURCES
OF
TOXIC
CONTAMINANTS
WITHIN
THE
PECONIC
ESTUARY
SYSTEM.........................................................................................................................
6­
5
Point
Sources
of
Pollution...........................................................................................
6­
5
Nonpoint
Sources
of
Pollution
....................................................................................
6­
7
Agricultural
Inputs
............................................................................................
6­
8
Suburban
and
Urban
Stormwater
Inputs.............................................................
6­
8
Golf
Courses
....................................................................................................
6­
11
Marinas
and
Boating.........................................................................................
6­
11
Marine
Engine
Wet
Exhaust
.............................................................................
6­
12
Treated
Lumber
in
the
Marine
Environment......................................................
6­
13
Atmospheric
Deposition
...................................................................................
6­
14
Dredged
Material
Placement.............................................................................
6­
14
Site
Specific
Concerns
...............................................................................................
6­
15
Sewage
Treatment
Plants..................................................................................
6­
15
North
Sea
Municipal
Landfill
Site,
North
Sea,
NY............................................
6­
15
Rowe
Industries
Site,
Sag
Harbor,
NY..............................................................
6­
17
Brookhaven
Laboratory
(
BNL),
Upton,
NY......................................................
6­
17
Actions
under
the
Superfund
Program...............................................................
6­
18
Navy
Weapons
Industrial
Reserve
Plant
(
NWIRP)
Site
(
Calverton,
NY)
...........
6­
20
The
(
Bulova)
Watch
Case
Factory
Site
(
Sag
Harbor,
NY)
.................................
6­
21
Plum
Island
Animal
Disease
Center
..................................................................
6­
21
CHARACTERIZATION
WITH
RESPECT
TO
TOXICS....................................................
6­
21
Surface
Water
Quality................................................................................................
6­
22
Sediment
Quality
.......................................................................................................
6­
22
Finfish,
Shellfish
and
Crustacean
Quality...................................................................
6­
25
Dredged
Material
Quality...........................................................................................
6­
26
Groundwater
Quality
.................................................................................................
6­
26
Environmental
Impacts
Associated
with
Brookhaven
National
Laboratory
.................
6­
28
MANAGEMENT
ACTIONS
..............................................................................................
6­
35
Benefits
of
Management
Actions
...............................................................................
6­
51
Costs
of
Management
Actions....................................................................................
6­
51
Toxics
Actions
Summary
Table
.................................................................................
6­
52
Status
...............................................................................................................
6­
52
Timeframe........................................................................................................
6­
52
Cost..................................................................................................................
6­
52
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Estuary
Program
CCMP
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CHAPTER
SEVEN:
CRITICAL
LANDS
PROTECTION
STRATEGY
OBJECTIVES.......................................................................................................................
7­
1
MEASURABLE
GOALS......................................................................................................
7­
2
INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................
7­
3
Rationale
for
Land
Protection
......................................................................................
7­
3
Public
Willingness
to
Preserve
Land
............................................................................
7­
4
Population
and
Land
Use
in
the
Peconic
Watershed
.....................................................
7­
5
Recreational
Use
and
Value
of
the
Watershed.....................................................
7­
6
Non­
Recreational
Use
and
Value
of
the
Watershed.............................................
7­
7
Criteria
for
Land
Protection
Priorities
..........................................................................
7­
7
Means
of
Achieving
Land
Protection
...........................................................................
7­
9
New
York
State
Land
Acquisition
Programs.......................................................
7­
9
Suffolk
County
Land
Acquisition
Programs........................................................
7­
9
Town
Community
Preservation
Fund
Project
Plans
..........................................
7­
11
Agencies
and
Organizations
that
Protect
Land
...........................................................
7­
11
Types
of
Protection
Tools
Available.................................................................
7­
12
MANAGEMENT
ACTIONS..............................................................................................
7­
13
BENEFITS
OF
MANAGEMENT
ACTIONS
.....................................................................
7­
24
COSTS
OF
MANAGEMENT
ACTIONS
...........................................................................
7­
24
TOXICS
ACTIONS
SUMMARY
TABLE..........................................................................
7­
24
Status
........................................................................................................................
7­
24
Timeframe.................................................................................................................
7­
24
Cost...........................................................................................................................
7­
25
CHAPTER
EIGHT:
PUBLIC
EDUCATION
AND
OUTREACH
MANAGEMENT
PLAN
OBJECTIVES.......................................................................................................................
8­
1
MEASURABLE
GOALS......................................................................................................
8­
2
INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................
8­
3
Citizen's
Advisory
Committee.....................................................................................
8­
3
Public
Education
and
Outreach
Strategy
......................................................................
8­
3
Public
Participation
for
Soliciting
Input
on
the
Draft
CCMP
........................................
8­
6
Public
Participation
Strategy
during
Implementation
of
the
CCMP
..............................
8­
7
MANAGEMENT
ACTIONS................................................................................................
8­
7
BENEFITS
OF
MANAGEMENT
ACTIONS
.....................................................................
8­
24
COST
OF
MANAGEMENT
ACTIONS
.............................................................................
8­
24
PUBLIC
EDUCATION
AND
OUTREACH
MANAGEMENT
PLAN
ACTIONS
SUMMARY
TABLE.....................................................................................
8­
25
Status
...............................................................................................................
8­
25
Timeframe
.......................................................................................................
8­
25
Cost
.................................................................................................................
8­
25
CHAPTER
NINE:
CCMP
FINANCING
OBJECTIVES.......................................................................................................................
9­
1
MEASURABLE
GOALS......................................................................................................
9­
2
INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................
9­
3
MANAGEMENT
STRATEGY.............................................................................................
9­
3
NEP
Dedicated
Funds
..................................................................................................
9­
3
New
York
State
Clean
Water/
Clean
Air
Bond
Act
.......................................................
9­
7
Base
Program
Funding.................................................................................................
9­
8
Additional
Funding
Sources.........................................................................................
9­
8
Action
Costs
................................................................................................................
9­
9
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Estuary
Program
CCMP
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MANAGEMENT
ACTIONS
..............................................................................................
9­
10
CCMP
Financing
and
Implementation
Management
Plan
Actions
Summary
Table.....
9­
27
COSTS
OF
MANAGEMENT
ACTIONS............................................................................
9­
33
CCMP
FINANCING
AND
IMPLEMENTATION
MANAGEMENT
PLAN
ACTIONS
SUMMARY
TABLE
....................................................................................
9­
33
Status.........................................................................................................................
9­
33
Timeframe
.................................................................................................................
9­
33
Cost
...........................................................................................................................
9­
33
CHAPTER
TEN:
POST­
CCMP
MANAGEMENT
OBJECTIVES.....................................................................................................................
10­
1
MEASURABLE
GOALS....................................................................................................
10­
2
INTRODUCTION...............................................................................................................
10­
3
INSTITUTIONAL
FRAMEWORK.....................................................................................
10­
3
Continuation
of
Existing
Management
Conference
Structure......................................
10­
3
Management
Responsibilities
...........................................................................
10­
4
Technical
Responsibilities
................................................................................
10­
4
Program
Administration
...................................................................................
10­
6
Administrative
Support.....................................................................................
10­
6
Benefits
of
Continuing
the
Existing
Management
Conference
Structure............
10­
6
Drawbacks
of
Continuing
the
Existing
Management
Conference
Structure
.......
10­
7
LONG­
TERM
MONITORING
...........................................................................................
10­
7
Monitoring
Priorities................................................................................................
10­
10
Additional
Natural
Resources
Research
and
Monitoring
Needs
................................
10­
11
Land
Use
Monitoring...............................................................................................
10­
11
Living
Resources
Monitoring
Coordinator
...............................................................
10­
12
Living
Resources
Research
Plan...............................................................................
10­
12
MEASURING
PROGRESS
OF
CCMP
IMPLEMENTATION..........................................
10­
12
Dual
Approach:
Reports
on
Outputs
and
Outcomes
..................................................
10­
12
Technical
Measures
.................................................................................................
10­
13
Non­
Technical
Measures..........................................................................................
10­
13
CCMP
Reporting
.....................................................................................................
10­
13
DATA
MANAGEMENT
..................................................................................................
10­
14
POST­
CCMP
MANAGEMENT
ACTIONS......................................................................
10­
15
COSTS
OF
MANAGEMENT
ACTIONS..........................................................................
10­
22
POST­
CCMP
MANAGEMENT
ACTIONS
SUMMARY
TABLE
....................................
10­
22
Status.......................................................................................................................
10­
22
Timeframe
...............................................................................................................
10­
22
Cost
.........................................................................................................................
10­
22
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Estuary
Program
CCMP
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LIST
OF
TABLES
Table
2­
1.
Brown
Tide
Management
Actions
............................................................................
2­
17
Table
3­
1.
Peconic
Estuary
Program
Total
Nitrogen
Loading
Estimates
....................................
3­
10
Table
3­
2.
Surface
Water
Characterization
and
Management
Hierarchy
....................................
3­
14
Table
3­
3.
Nutrients
Management
Actions
................................................................................
3­
41
Table
4­
1
Habitat
and
Living
Resources
Management
Plan
Actions
.........................................
4­
70
Table
5­
1.
Areas
Sampled
for
the
Presence
of
Pfiesteria
in
the
PEP
............................................
5­
8
Table
5­
2.
Sewage
Treatment
Plants
in
the
Peconic
Estuary
System..........................................
5­
12
Table
5­
3.
Clean
Vessel
Act
Grants
in
the
Peconics
..................................................................
5­
25
Table
5­
4.
Peconic
Estuary
Demonstration/
Implementation
Projects
 
Pathogen
Mitigation
......
5­
35
Table
5­
5.
Pathogens
Management
Actions...............................................................................
5­
39
Table
6­
1.
Toxics
of
Concern
in
the
Peconic
Estuary
System
......................................................
6­
6
Table
6­
2.
Summary
of
New
York
State
Health
Advisories
for
Chemicals
in
Sportfish
and
Game.........................................................................................
6­
23
Table
6­
3.
Pesticide
Chemicals
Detected
in
Suffolk
County
Wells
in
Two
Recent
Studies.........
6­
29
Table
6­
4.
Toxics
Management
Actions
....................................................................................
6­
53
Table
7­
1
Critical
Lands
Protection
Strategy
Actions
...............................................................
7­
26
Table
8­
1.
Public
Education
and
Outreach
Management
Actions
...............................................
8­
26
Table
9­
1.
Cost
Estimates
for
Implementing
Recommended
Actions
...........................................
9­
4
Table
9­
2.
Commitments,
Previous
Funding
Allocations
and
Available
Funding
to
Implement
the
PEP
CCMP.....................................................................................
9­
5
Table
9­
3.
CCMP
Financing
Management
Actions....................................................................
9­
34
Table
10­
1.
Environmental
Monitoring
Plan
...............................................................................
10­
9
Table
10­
2.
Post­
CCMP
Management
Actions
..........................................................................
10­
23
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Estuary
Program
CCMP
viii
LIST
OF
FIGURES
Figure
1­
1.
Study
Area
Boundaries..............................................................................................
1­
4
Figure
1­
2.
Land
Uses
in
the
Peconic
Estuary..............................................................................
1­
6
Figure
2­
1.
Areas
of
Brown
Tide
Occurrence
on
Long
Island
......................................................
2­
4
Figure
2­
2.
Bay
Scallop
Landings................................................................................................
2­
5
Figure
2­
3.
Brown
Tide
Organism...............................................................................................
2­
6
Figure
2­
4.
Flanders
Bay
Peak
Tide
Cell
Count
...........................................................................
2­
7
Figure
3­
1.
Location
of
Eelgrass
Beds
&
Routine
Marine
Surface
Water
Monitoring
Stations.....
3­
50
Figure
3­
2.
Regional
Planning
Area
Boundaries
.........................................................................
3­
51
Figure
3­
3.
Water
&
Sediment
Quality
Technical
Characterization
Framework...........................
3­
52
Figure
3­
4.
Routine
Marine
Surface
Water
Monitoring
Program.................................................
3­
53
Figure
3­
5.
Mean
Summer
Total
Nitrogen
Concentrations
..........................................................
3­
54
Figure
3­
6.
Average
Summer
Light
Extinction
Coefficients
........................................................
3­
55
Figure
3­
7.
Creek
Embayment
Mean
Summer
Total
Nitrogen
Concentrations.............................
3­
56
Figure
3­
8.
Routine
Marine
Surface
Water
Monitoring
Program
Summer
Dissolved
Oxygen
(
DO)
Conditions
 
Surface
Samples
............................................................
3­
57
Figure
3­
9.
Nitrogen
Loading
Trends..........................................................................................
3­
58
Figure
3­
10.
Land
Uses
in
Peconic
Estuary
Study
Area
(
1995)
.....................................................
3­
59
Figure
3­
11.
Total
Nitrogen
Load
by
Land
Use.............................................................................
3­
60
Figure
3­
12.
Estimated
Groundwater
Total
Nitrogen
Concentrations
Worst­
Case
Conditions................................................................................................................
3­
61
Figure
3­
13.
Western
Estuary
 
Potential
Worst­
Case
Groundwater
Degradation..........................
3­
62
Figure
3­
14.
Estimated
Groundwater
Total
Nitrogen
Concentrations
No
Open
Space
and
Worst­
Case
Conditions
......................................................................................
3­
63
Figure
3­
15.
Regional
Groundwater
Quality
.................................................................................
3­
64
Figure
3­
16.
Groundwater
Inflow
Budget
.....................................................................................
3­
65
Figure
3­
17.
Total
Nitrogen
Loading
to
Peconic
River
and
Flanders
Bay
......................................
3­
66
Figure
3­
18.
Total
Nitrogen
Loading
East
of
Flanders
Bay
...........................................................
3­
67
Figure
3­
19.
Surface
Water
Monitoring
Program
Percentage
of
Stations
with
Dissolved
Oxygen
(
DO)
Standard
Violations
vs.
Total
Nitrogen
(
TN)
Ranges
..........................
3­
68
Figure
3­
20.
Total
Nitrogen
(
TN)
and
Dissolved
Oxygen
(
DO)
Standard
Violations
Summer
Conditions..................................................................................................
3­
69
Figure
3­
21.
Location
of
Macroalgae
(
1994).................................................................................
3­
70
Figure
3­
22.
Proposed
Nitrogen
Management
Workgroups...........................................................
3­
71
Figure
4­
1.
Waterfowl
Breeding,
Migration,
and
Wintering
Areas
...............................................
4­
8
Figure
4­
2.
Eelgrass....................................................................................................................
4­
10
Figure
4­
3.
Tidal
Wetlands
.........................................................................................................
4­
11
Figure
4­
4.
PEP
Critical
Natural
Resource
Areas
(
CNRAS)........................................................
4­
23
Figure
5­
1.
Uncertified
Shellfish
Growing
Area
Acreage
in
the
Peconic
Estuary
System..............
5­
7
Figure
6­
1.
Toxic
Chemical
Monitoring
Stations
and
Potential
Toxic
Sources
............................
6­
16
Figure
6­
2.
Brookhaven
National
Laboratory's
Location
with
Respect
to
New
York
State
and
Long
Island........................................................................................................
6­
33
Figure
6­
3.
Brookhaven
National
Laboratory's
Six
Operable
Units
and
OU
V
Areas
..................
6­
33
Figure
6­
4.
BNL's
Sewage
Treatment
Plant
and
the
Sub­
Areas
of
Concern
within
the
Plant
.......
6­
34
Figure
6­
5.
Areal
Extent
of
Sediments
Contaminated
or
Potentially
Contaminated
with
Metals
Above
Toxicity­
Based
Cleanup
Goals
.................................................................
6­
34
Figure
9­
1.
Post­
CCMP
Management
Structure
..........................................................................
10­
5
Figure
9­
2.
Long­
Term
Monitoring
Candidates...........................................................................
10­
8
Peconic
Estuary
Program
CCMP
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APPENDICES
Appendix
A:
References...............................................................................................................
A­
1
Appendix
B:
Management
Conference
Structure
..........................................................................
B­
1
Appendix
C:
Management
Conference
Membership
.....................................................................
C­
1
Appendix
D:
Demonstration
and
Implementation
Projects
............................................................
D­
1
Appendix
E:
Brown
Tide
Research
Projects
.................................................................................
E­
1
Appendix
F:
Brown
Tide
Interim
Workplan
.................................................................................
F­
1
Appendix
G:
Peconic
Estuary
Program
(
PEP)
Library
Reports
.....................................................
G­
1
Appendix
H:
Agricultural
Environmental
Management
Strategy
..................................................
H­
1
Appendix
I:
Environmental
Monitoring
Plan
.................................................................................
I­
1
Appendix
J:
Federal
Consistency
Report
.......................................................................................
J­
1
Appendix
K:
Base
Program
Analysis............................................................................................
K­
1
Appendix
L:
Response
to
Public
Comments
.................................................................................
L­
1
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Estuary
Program
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Program
CCMP
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LIST
OF
ACRONYMNS
AEM
­
Agricultural
Environmental
Management
AMI
­
Association
of
Marine
Industries
ASMFC
­
Atlantic
States
Marine
Fisheries
Commission
BMP
­
Best
Management
Practice
BNL
­
Brookhaven
National
Laboratory
BTRI
­
Brown
Tide
Research
Initiative
BTSC
­
Brown
Tide
Steering
Committee
CAC
­
Citizen's
Advisory
Committee
CCMP
­
Comprehensive
Conservation
and
Management
Plan
CERCLA
­
Comprehensive
Environmental
Response,
Compensation
and
Liability
Act
of
1980
CNRA
­
Critical
Natural
Resource
Area
COP
­
Coastal
Oceans
Program
CVA
­
Clean
Vessel
Act
CZARA
­
Coastal
Zone
Act
Reauthorization
Amendments
DDT
­
Dichloro­
diphenyl­
trichloroethane
DIN
­
Dissolved
Inorganic
Nitrogen
DMR
­
Discharge
Monitoring
Report
DMS
­
Dimethyl
Sulfide
DNA
­
Deoxyribonucleic
Acid
DO
­
Dissolved
Oxygen
DON
­
Dissolved
Organic
Nitrogen
DPW
­
Department
of
Public
Works
EBPS
­
Environmental
Benefits
Permitting
Strategy
ECL
­
Environmental
Conservation
Law
EQIP
­
Environmental
Quality
Incentives
Program
EPF
­
Environmental
Protection
Fund
ER­
L
­
Effects
Range
Low
ER­
M
­
Effects
Range
Medium
FIFRA
­
Federal
Insecticide,
Fungicide,
and
Rodenticide
Act
HRWG
­
Habitat
Restoration
Work
Group
ISTEA
­
Intermodal
Surface
Transportation
Efficiency
Act
MAFMC
­
Mid­
Atlantic
Fishery
Management
Council
MSD
­
Marine
Sanitation
Devices
MTBE
­
Methyl
tert­
butyl
Ether
NDA
­
No
Discharge
Area
NEP
­
National
Estuary
Program
Peconic
Estuary
Program
CCMP
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NMFS
­
National
Marine
Fisheries
Service
NOAA
­
National
Oceanic
and
Atmospheric
Administration
NPS
­
Nonpoint
Source
NRCS
­
Natural
Resources
Conservation
Service
NWIRP
­
Navy
Weapons
Industrial
Reserve
Plant
NYS
­
New
York
State
NYSDEC
­
New
York
State
Department
of
Environmental
Conservation
NYSDOS
­
New
York
State
Department
of
State
NYSDOT
­
New
York
State
Department
of
Transportation
OMWM
­
Open
Marsh
Water
Management
OSDS
­
Onsite
Disposal
System
OU
V
­
Operable
Unit
V
PCBs
­
Polychlorinated
Biphenyls
PAH
­
Polynuclear
Aromatic
Hydrocarbon
PEP
­
Peconic
Estuary
Program
RI
­
Remedial
Investigation
SAV
­
Submerged
Aquatic
Vegetation
SCDHS
­
Suffolk
County
Department
of
Health
Services
SCWQCC
­
Suffolk
County
Water
Quality
Coordinating
Committee
SEQRA
­
State
Environmental
Quality
Review
Act
SPDES
­
State
Pollutant
Discharge
Elimination
System
SRS
­
Systematic
Random
Sampling
STP
­
Sewage
Treatment
Plant
TAC
­
Technical
Advisory
Committee
TCA
­
Trichloroethane
TCE
­
Trichloroethylene
TMDL
Total
Maximum
Daily
Load
TSCA
­
Toxic
Substances
Control
Act
USACE
­
United
States
Army
Corps
of
Engineers
USCG
­
United
States
Coast
Guard
USDA
­
United
States
Department
of
Agriculture
USDOE
­
United
States
Department
of
Energy
USEPA
­
United
States
Environmental
Protection
Agency
USDA­
FSA
­
United
States
Department
of
Agriculture
Farm
Services
Agency
USFDA
­
United
States
Food
and
Drug
Administration
USGS
­
United
States
Geological
Survey
UV
­
Ultra­
Violet
VOC
­
Volatile
Organic
Compound
