MembersPublic Comments
As published in the Federal Register on November 23, 2007, the public was invited to comment on the Draft Gulf Hypoxia Action Plan 2008 for Reducing, Mitigating, and Controlling Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico and Improving Water Quality in the Mississippi River Basin (Draft 2008 Action Plan). The public comment period on the Draft 2008 Action Plan formally closed on January 4, 2008. The Task Force responded to these comments.
Comments Received on the 2008 Action Plan
- U.S. Department of Interior – Minerals Management Service (2 pp, 11KB)
- Missouri Departments of Natural Resources and Agriculture (3 pp, 140KB)
- Illinois Farm Bureau (2 pp, 11KB)
- Ohio Farm Bureau Federation (3 pp, 20KB)
- Mississippi River Water Quality Collaborative (4 pp, 39KB)
- World Resources Institute (6 pp, 66KB)
- Iowa State University of Science and Technology (2 pp, 113KB)
- The Fertilizer Institute (6 pp, 115KB)
- LimnoTech (2 pp, 121KB)
- American Farm Bureau Federation (3 pp, 43KB)
- Illinois EPA, Department of Agriculture, and Department of Natural Resources (3 pp, 33KB)
- Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (1 pg, 122KB)
- University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (3 pp, 25KB)
- Iowa Farm Bureau Federation (5 pp, 44KB)
- American Water Works Association (3 pp, 135KB)
- Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board (2 pp, 11KB)
- Louisiana Waterkeeper Alliance (3 pp, 16KB)
- Tennessee Department of Agriculture (1 pg, 11K)
- Ohio River Sub-Basin Steering Committee (3 pp, 144K)
- Louisiana Environmental Action Network (3 pp, 1.2MB)
- Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (2 pp, 14K)
- Upper Mississippi River Basin Association (3 pp, 159K)
- Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (5 pp, 268K) [UNABLE TO OPEN/LINK]
- Water Task Force of the Environmental Committee of the Ohio Electric Utility Institute (3 pp, 328K)
Individual Public Comments
The following document contains comments made by the following individuals:
| Tricia Molina Dr. David D. Dow John Kraeuter Richard Helm Carol Miller James Fouss John Olsen Jay Kiefer G. David Liu |
Lynn Henning Ken Ressler Thomas Kalahar Les Everett Curt Zingula Theo Brainerd Jean-Marie McDonnell Dr. Rachel Wisniewski Jakuba |
Individual Public Comments (PDF) (10 pp, 72K)
Form Letter
735 comments highlighted three areas: interim steps and increased accountability will be needed to make progress on the coastal goal, increased funding will be needed to implement the actions, and an increased focus on the implementation of numeric criteria for nitrogen and phosphorus in the MARB states. The following document represents these comments:
Form Letter (PDF) (1 pg, 12K)
Task Force Response to Public Comments
Task Force Response to Public Comments (PDF) (9 pp, 139K)