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Article: SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY DEVELOPMENT USING NUTRIENT CREDIT TRADING TO PROTECT WATER QUALITY

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January 11, 2008
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The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection issued the following news release:

Under a permit issued today by the Department of Environmental Protection, a planned resort community in Ararat Township, Susquehanna County, will reduce pollution to the Chesapeake Bay by using the state's innovative nutrient credit trading program.

The Preserve at Dunn Lake becomes the first new development project in northeastern Pennsylvania to use the cost-effective alternative.

"After thoroughly evaluating the factors associated with this National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit, the developers chose to apply for it using a cost-effective alternative to reducing pollution runoff," ...

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