Death of the Chesapeake : a history of the military's role in polluting the bay /

• Main Author: Albright, Richard D.
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Salem, Mass. : Scrivener ; [2013]; Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, [2013]
• Subjects: Water > Pollution > Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.); Explosive ordnance disposal.; Military bases > Environmental aspects.; War > Environmental aspects.; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Environmental > General.; Water > Pollution.; Atlantic Ocean > Chesapeake Bay.; Electronic books.

Table of Contents:

• The Formation of the Bay and Its Drainage Area
• Nutrient Dynamics, Depletion, and Replenishment
• Safety Issues with Old Munitions
• Artillery Shells in the Bay
• Bombs in the Bay
• Mines and Torpedoes in the Bay
• Military Munitions and Explosives Factories
• Contamination from Military Constituents Leading to Environmental and Human Health Concerns
• Chemical Weapons Sites on Chesapeake Bay or in the Watershed
• Military Facilities Grouped by Specific Areas or on Specific Rivers
• Radioactive Contamination
• PCB and Other Ship Contamination
• Environmental Justice
• Cleaning Up the Bay's Munitons
• Appendix I: Executive Order and Comments
• Appendix II: Laws Protecting the Chesapeake Bay and Other Bodies of Water
• Appendix III: Military Facilities in the Norfolk, Virginia Area Coast Guard Restrictions Due to Military Operations
• Appendix IV: Listing of Related Defense and Chesapeake Bay Research
• Appendix V: Title 33 : Navigation And Navigable Waters
• Appendix VI: Federal Facilities Superfund Sites
• Appendix VII: 1994 Tri Data
• Appendix VIII: Installations within the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
• Appendix IX: Fish Advisories.