Update:

USDA-EPA Proposal on Land Based Pollution October 2002, Puerto Rico

1. USDA & EPA co-lead effort to address LBP, using existing tools for pollution control2. Form a Planning Committee3. Co-host regional workshops in Pacific & Caribbean/Atlantic

USDA-EPA Proposal

Purpose:

Coalesce on-going local efforts

Support local jurisdictions to develop & implement Local Action Strategies

Pacific Land-based Pollution (LBP) Planning Committee

• EPA Region 9• NRCS Hawaii and Guam• Guam• CNMI• Hawaii• American Samoa

Pacific Regional Workshop on Coral Reefs and Land Based Pollution

June 23-24, 2003 Field trip and Workshop in Honolulu

Held in conjunction with Climate Change Workshop and EPA’s Annual Pacific Islands Environmental Conference

Over 100 attended

Pacific Regional LBP Workshop

Topics Discussed: • Impacts of pollutants on Pacific coral reefs• Understanding and managing pollutant inputs• Local Action Strategies to reduce impacts• Success stories• Funding, common needs, and next steps

Larry Yamamoto, USDAWayne Nastri, EPA

Common Needs Identified at Workshop

• Enforcement of existing environmental laws• Increase local government capacity • Training local technical staff• Improved monitoring tools for assessing pollutant impacts & trigger levels for regulating sediments• Improve outreach and education to diverse ethnic groups

Field Trip at Kaneohe Bay

Visit Labs at Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology

Snorkel in patch reefs dominated by non-native macroalgae

Invasive Algae in Kaneohe Bay

Kappaphycus spp.

• Present LAS’s to Pacific Regional

Subcommittee at CRTF

• Support for implementation

• Atlantic/Caribbean workshop

Next Steps for Land Based Pollution

www.epa.gov/r09/x_pr/islands/conferences.html

Website for Pacific Regional Workshop on Land Based Pollution