NATIONAL ESTUARINE INVENTORY
               Handbook of  Descriptors
              DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ADMINISTRATION

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                NATIONAL ESTUARINE INVENTORY

                  Handbook of Descriptors
                        Prepared by

             T.A.  Wastier and L.C.  de Guerrero
                 U.S.  Department of the Interior
       FEDERAL WATER POLLUTION CONTROL ADMINISTRATION
Division of Technical  Services, Office of Estuarine Studies
                   Washington, D.C.  20242

                       June 1968

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      "In conducting the ... study, the Secretary
shall assemble, coordinate, and organize all existing
pertinent information on the Nation's estuaries and
estuarine zones. . ."

                Clean Waters Restoration Act of 1966
                          Section 5(g) (2)

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                            PREFACE
The National Estuarine Inventory,being conducted as part of the
National Estuarine Pollution Study,is a compilation of the avail-
able information on the coastal zones of the United States.

This inventory includes a broad spectrum of information ranging
from the economic and ecological values of each estuarine system
through the impact of man's use on each system to the needs for
waste treatment to enhance water quality.
The Handbook of Descriptors  presented here is the skeleton around
which the information of the Inventory is organized.  The Handbook
consists of a set of tables showing the organization of the informa-
tion together with descriptive material and information on precisely
what data are presented in each table.

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                            CONTENTS
Preface                                                        i


                            PART I

Introduction                                                   1

                            PART II

Guide for Data Collection and Tabulation                       3

   Estuarine Classification System                             3
   References                                                  4
   Dates of Information Used                                   4
   Supplemental Information                                    5
   Instructions for Completion of Tables                       5


                            PART III

Instructions and Illustrations                                 6

National Estuarine Inventory (Including Tables)                14

   1.  Identification of Estuarine Register Area               14
   2.  Area Description                                        19
   3.  Managing Entities                                       24
   4.  Hydrology                                               27
   5.  Stage of Development                                    32
   6.  Physical Oceanography                                   34
   7.  Water Quality                                           37
   8.  Sediments and Sedimentation                             40
   9.  Uses                                                    42
  10.  Sources of Pollution                                    52
  11.  Use Damages                                             60
  12.  Immediate Pollution Control  Needs                       70
  13.  Water Quality Standards                                 72
  14.  Past and Current Studies                                75


Reference Description                                          77
Appendix                                                       7^
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Figure A. - Map Depicting the Federal Water Pollution  Control Administration Coastal  Regional Offices
           and Laboratories


          Federal Water Pollution Control Administration

                          COASTAL  REGIONAL OFFICES AND LABORATORIES
                                                                            Regional Offices

                                                                          • Laboratories

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                         ILLUSTRATIONS
Figure A.    Map depicting Federal  Water Pollution Control
               Administration Coastal  Regional Offices and      iii
               Laboratories

Figure I-II. Drawings:

       I.(l) Depicting  three of the possible estuarine types
               which describe a smooth shoreline .......   7

               1.1.   Smooth Shoreline without Inlets
               1.2.   Smooth Shoreline with Inlets
               1.3.   Smooth Shoreline with Small Embayments

       I.(2) Depicting  two of the possible estuarine types
               which describe an indented shoreline; and a
               marshy shoreline 	  8

               2.1.   Indented Shoreline without Islands
               2.2.   Indented Shoreline with Islands
               3.     Marshy Shoreline

       I.(3) Depicting  an unrestricted river entrance and
               two types  of embayments 	   9

               4.     Unrestricted River Entrance
               5.1.   Embayment with Only Coastal Drainage
               5.2.   Embayment with Continuous Upland River
                       Inflow

       I.(4) Depicting  an embayment with emphemeral  river
               inflow and a fjord	10

               5.3.   Embayment with Ephemeral River Inflow
               6.     Fjord
       II.    Depicting an estuarine system which designates
               the subsystems	11
                              IV

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                         INTRODUCTION

As part of the National  Estuarine Pollution Study it is essential
to describe the national  estuarine system in terms of those para-
meters which are necessary to:  identify quantitatively the present
and potential uses of the estuarine resource; identify the present
extent of pollution damage to beneficial uses of estuarine zones;
and make possible quantitative summaries and comparisons among the
individual estuarine components of the national system.
The following factors have guided the selection of descriptors:
     1.  The descriptors used should be absolute.  The values
         of the descriptors from which ratios and percentages
         are formed are tabulated.  Ratios and percentages are
         not entered.  For example, instead of entering the per-
         cent of  area in oyster-producing grounds, the total
         area and the area of the oystering grounds  are entered.
         This approach permits flexibility  in manipulating the
         information in the  inventory.
     2.  The descriptors used should  be  conventional.  They
         should  be those which would  be  reported  normally  if
          information of a  specific  type  has  been  collected on a
          particular system.   For example,  for  systems  in which
          ports  are established,the  total  number  of ships  using

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     the port per year and the total  number of tons loaded
     and unloaded should be readily available; if a sanitary
     water quality survey has been made, information on D.O.,
     B.O.D., and waste discharge volumes and strengths would
     be expected.  Such an approach permits ready assimilation
     of the available information into the inventory.

3.    The descriptors must each describe some property of the
     estuarine zone which is related  to water pollution and/or
     resource value.  The information included must be broad
     enough to provide a thorough description of the national
     estuarine system as a water pollution problem and as a
     natural resource.
4.    The descriptors generally must be numbers or indices capable
     of summarization in tables or figures.  The total amount  of
     information to be obtained, stored, and used will be so
     large that automatic data processing techniques will have
     to be used.  It is necessary that all descriptors be amen-
     able to this type of operation.

5.    This inventory should provide a  foundation for a continuing
     national estuarine inventory.  The format in which the des-
     criptors are stored must be flexible enough to permit addi-
     tions and modifcations without major reworking of the system.

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                          GUIDE FOR
               DATA COLLECTION AND TABULATION
                          General
Estuarine Classification System

To form a basis for assembling and organizing information on the
estuaries and estuarine zones of the United States, the entire
coastal area of the Nation has been divided into Estuarine Register
Areas (ERA).

The object of this division has been to separate the coastal area
into units within which the available information may be organized inde-
pendently  of other areas.  The choice of boundaries for each system
was based on consideration of the water pollution and resource man-
agement aspects of the systems involved and does not necessarily
reflect a scientific or engineering classification of estuarine systems.

Each coastal system tributary to an ocean or sea is designated a pri-
mary system.  Estuaries tributary to a primary system are designated
as secondary systems; estuaries tributary to secondary^ systems are
tertiary systems; etc.  This identification scheme includes all coastal
waters of the United States from the oceans to the limit of tidal
effect.
Use 4  or 5-digit Standard  Industrial Classification (SIC) codes to
identify types of  industries where pertinent.

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 References







 A  reference  number  is  assigned  to  each  report  examined  for  this



 study.   No attempt  is  made  to arrange references  in any particular



 fashion  (i.e.,  alphabetically or chronologically); numbers  are



 assigned as  each  reference  is used.







 For numbering purposes,  to  avoid confusion among  regions, this



 system is used:



             RNE-1  (Reference, Northeast, Number 1)



             RH-1   (Reference, Headquarters, Number 1}



           RBOR-1   (Reference, Bureau of Outdoor  Recreation,



                    Number  1)



 The R designation is necessary to avoid confusion with the Estua-



 rine Register Area  (ERA) identification system.







 The last page of  this handbook provides space for briefly describing



 the references used.







 Dates of Information Used







Much of the data included in this compilation is contained in statis-



tical  summaries published by Federal agencies or private organizations,



Where such summaries are available, the statistics for each  year



since 1950 will  be  included as a separate tabulation.

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Data published as summaries for periods greater than one year should
be included for the years  since 1950.
All other data indicated should be included for whatever years are
available.
Supplemental  Information
Provide a map or other identification, where needed, of the ERA
showing the key sampling stations, waste outfalls which have an iden-
tifiable affect on the environment, and major circulation modifying
structures.
Special Symbols
Every blank should be filled in.   To avoid confusion with the use of
zero, use the following symbols:
    0 = Value is zero;
    X = Data  should be available  but has not been located;
    Y = No information is  available;
    -2-= Information is included elsewhere.  For example, fishing
        statistics for a subsystem may be included in available
        statistics for the primary system.
Instructions  for Completion of Tables
If necessary, additional information or comments may be included  on
the reverse of the page to which  it pertains.  For example, if addi-
tions to page 14, items 1.4. and  1.5.  were given, the following would
be shown:
         (1)   At the bottom of page 14, the notation "continued";
         (2)   On the reverse of page 14,
              Item 1.4._	
              Item 1.5.	
This information may be legibly handwritten rather than typed.

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                       INSTRUCTIONS  AND TABLES

1.1.  Name
      Identify each  system by name.   The  most common  name  in  local  use
      should be used;  if there is  none in use,  a  name descriptive of
      the Estuarine  Register Area  (ERA) should  be chosen.   If several
      names are used locally, use  the most common as  the preferred  name,
      and list others  after it in  parentheses.

1.2.  Number
      Use ERA number.
1.3.  Location of Entrance to the  Receiving System
      The coordinates  required are those  of the arbitrary  boundaries  of
      the ERA.  In Figures I and II, the  geographical coordinates of  the
      points A and B are the data  required.  In Figure II, for  H-l-2, the
      coordinates of points C and  D are the data  required; for  H-l-2-2,
      J and K are the appropriate points.
      All measurements of shoreline length begin  and  end at these points.

1.4.  Receiving Systems
      Give the names of the receiving systems  in order. In Figure  II,
      if u-i-2-2 is the ERA being tabulated, list the names of  H-l-2, H-l,
      and Ocean in order.

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Figure I.
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1.1.  Smooth Shoreline without Inlets
1.2.  Smooth Shoreline with Inlets
1.3.Smooth Shoreline with Small Embayments

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Figure I.   (2)
2.1.  Indented Shoreline without Islands
2.2.  Indented Shoreline with Islands
3.    Marshy Shoreline

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 Figure I.   (3)
 4.    Unrestricted River  Entrance
  5.1.  Embayment with Only Coastal Drainage
5.2.  Enibayraent with Continuous Upland  River  Inflow

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Flgure I.  (4)
5.3.  Embayment with Ephemeral River Inflow
6.    Fjord

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Figure II.-Estuar1ne System Designating Subsystem^,

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1.5.   Political  Subdivisions
      If the ERA is  international,  give  the other nation  in which it
      lies.   Then list each State,  County, and  Congressional District
      in which  the ERA lies.   For example, Maryland,  Charles, Prince
      Georges,  St. Marys,  1,4;  Virginia, King George, Westmoreland,
      3,4.

1.6.   General Description
      State  the general  configuration as shown  in the table below.   In
      Figure II, H-l  is an "elongated embayment", category number 5.2;
      H-l-2-3 is a "round  embayment", category  number 5.2; H-l-2-1-1 is
      a"sinuous river channel"  category  number  4.

      General Description  of  ERAS  (Figure I)

      1.  Smooth Shoreline
          1.1.   Without inlets
          1.2.  With  inlets
          1.3.  With  small  embayments

      2.  Indented Shoreline
          2.1.  Without islands
          2.2.  With  islands
      3.  Marshy Shoreline
      4.  Unrestricted River  Entrance

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5.   Embayment
    5.1.  With only coastal drainage
    5.2.  With continuous upland river inflow
    5.3.  With ephemeral  river inflow
6.   Fjord

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                                                            ERA_
                  NATIONAL ESTUARINE  INVENTORY
                                                                 Reference
                                                                   Number
1.  Identification of Estuarine Register Area:
    1.1  NAME.
    1.2  NUMBER.
    1.3  LOCATION OF ENTRANCE TO RECEIVING SYSTEM
           Latitude-
           Longitude.
    l.U  RECEIVING SYSTEMS:
    1.5  POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS:
    1.6  GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

             Category Number:

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2.1.  Straight Line Distance

      This is the straight line distance between  the  ERA boundary points
      shown in 1.3.  On Figure II, for H-l, the primary  estuary,  this
      distance is that from A to B; for H-l-2-3,  this distance  is that
      from L to P; for H-l-2, this distance is that from C to D.   In  each
      case the distance can be calculated from the latitudes and  longitudes
      of the respective points.

2.2.  Tidal Shoreline Length

      This is the shoreline length at WW from one entrance location  to
      the other entrace location, omitting lengths within subsystems.
      On Figure II, the tidal shoreline length of H-l is the sum  of the
      distances A to E; F to C; D to B.  For H-l-2 the tidal shoreline
      length is the sum of D to S; R to P; 0 to M; L  to K; J to H; and
      6 to C.  For H-l-2-3 the tidal shoreline length is the sum  of
      0 to M via N; P to W; and V to L.  For H-l-2-4  the tidal  shoreline
      length is the sum of T to S and R to U.
2.3.  Number of Entrances

      This is the total  number of water connections at MHW between this
      ERA and the one to which it is tributary.  On Figure II,  for H-l,
      there is one entrance; for H-l-2-3, there are two  entrances.

2.4.  Total Water Length Across Entrances

      This is the total water distance at the entrances  at MHW.  On Fig-
      ure II, this distance is the sum of the lengths C  to D and  E to F ;
      for H-l, and the sum of 0 to  Pand L to M for H-l-2-3.

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2.5.  Controlling Depth for Navigation at Entrance

      This Is the maintained channel depth in those cases where a dredged
      channel exists, or the sill  depth where no channel is dredged for
      navigational approach to the ERA.  Where more than one entrance exists,
      the controlling depth of the deepest channel should be given.
2.6.  Number of Subsystems

      This is the total number of subsystems tributary to the ERA being
      tabulated.  On Figure II, H-l has a total of 9 subsystems, 8 of which
      are ERA s; for example, H-l-2-2 has no subsystems.

2.7.  Number of Islands

      Count the total number of islands in the ERA, excluding those in
      subsystems which will  be tabulated separately.   Where an island forms
      part of the boundary between ERA s, either (1)  assign it to the
      lower order ERA, or (2) if the ERA s are of the same order, assign
      it to the one on which its uses have the greater impact.  In Figure II,
      the island is assigned to H-l-2.

2.8.  Total Area of Islands
      Include total  area of all  islands and island groups  in the ERA,  exclu-
      ding those in  subsystems.   Marsh areas not part of an island should be
      excluded under this heading.

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2.9.  Total  Water and Marsh Area

      This is the water area defined similarly to the Tidal  Shoreline (2.2.);
      i.e.,  subsystem areas are excluded.

      For ERAs opening into the ocean, assume their seaward extent to be
      the next fathom contour deeper than  the controlling depth for navi-
      gation, as  defined in Section 2.5.   For example, if the value for Sec-
      tion 2.5. is 35 feet, the seaward extent of the ERA is at the 6-fathom
      contour.

2.10. Maximum Length  and Width

      These  are approximations estimated from the overall  appearance of the
      ERA.   On Figure II,  H-l-2 is described by the lengths of the two lines
      intersecting at X.

2.11. Artificial  Circulation Modifying Structures Urthin  the Estuary

      The purpose of  this series of descriptors is to gain an idea of how
      much the circulation  of a system may have been changed by artificial
      structures.   In deciding whether to  include or exclude specific items,
      judgments must  be made as to  whether they are large  enough to have an
      effect on circulation.

      If the structures listed in 2.11.1,were  completed after 1949, include
      the year of completion.   If they were completed in  1949 or earlier,
      state  only  OLD  in the table.

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       In those cases where a crossing is composed partially of a
       causeway and partially of piers, include the approximate lengths
       of each, where possible.

       Total Buoyed Channels includes all channels in which  buoys are
       maintained for navigation channels, including those which require
       dredging.
       Dredged Channels includes the channel  segments maintained by  dredging.
       In Table 2.11.2, include  dates only for those areas  in which  (1) fil-
       ling was completed after  1949, or (2)  areas have been set aside for
       filling since 1P49.   For  fills having  completion dates earlier  than
       1950, state only OLD in the table.  For example, if  a spoil area of
       marshes on the shore was  authorized for use in 1925  and was completely
       filled by  1954, the first three columns in the table  would read 12,
       OLD, 1954.

2.1?.   Uncontrolled Changes
       Provide as much information as possible summarized in the categories
       listed.  Space is provided below the table (page 23)  to discuss the
       consequences of the changes, i.e., dollars of damage.

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                                                            ERA_
                                                                 Reference
                                                                   Number
2.  Area   Description

    2.1  STRAIGHT LINE LENGTH AT ENTRANCE TO RECEIVING SYSTEM:

         .	(Statute Miles, ft.)           	

    2.2  TIDAL SHORELINE LENGTH (ML¥, MLLW):

         	(Statute Miles, ft.)           •	

    2.3  NUMBER OF ENTRANCES TO RECEIVING SYSTEM:
    2.U  TOTAL LENGTH OF WATER DISTANCE ACROSS ENTRANCES:

                         	(Statute Miles, ft.)

    2.5  CONTROLLING DEPTH FOR NAVIGATION:

         	Feet

    2.6  NUMBER OF SUBSYSTEMS:

            a.  Register Area   	

            b.  Total	

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2.7  NUMBER OF ISLANDS:
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                                                            ERA
                                                                 Reference
                                                                   Number
2.8  TOTAL AREA OF ISLANDS:.
2.9  TOTAL WATER AND WETLAND AREA:

     A.  Km  (MHHW)	

     B.  MLW

     C.  MARSH.
     D.  AT FATHOM CONTOURS

         1.	
        UO.	



        80	

       100	

     > 100	

2.10   a.  Maximum Length.

       b.  Maximum VJidth  .
_(acres)
.(acres)
.(acres)
                                             .(acres)

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(
                                              acres)
                                             (acres)

                                             (acres)

                                              acres)

                                             (acres)

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2.11  Artificial Circulation-Modifying Structures within the ERA



2.11.1.  Structures
Type
Jetties, Dikes, and
Breakwaters
Causeways
Pier Bridges
Total Buoyed Channels
1. > 35 Ft. Depth
2. 12-35 Ft. Depth
3. < 12 Ft. Death
Dredged Channels
1. > 35 Ft. Depth
2. 12-35 Ft. Depth
3. < 12 Ft. Depth
Number of Canal and Cut
Referenc
Year
Completed













Length
(ft.)













^nt.ranre>s
•e Number .-

Reference
Number















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2.11.2. Fills
Type#













Year
Started













Ended













Area
Covered
(acres













Reference
Number













10  Spoil Area. Surrounded by Water
11  Spoil Area.  Contiguous to Shore
12  Spoil Area.  Onshore (including marsh)
21  Land Fill.  For land development (Reclamation)
22  Land Fill.  Garbage Disposal
23  Land Fill.  Industrial

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                                                               >\eference
2.12.  Uncontrolled Structural Changes                         Number

       a.  Natural Erosion or Accretion

           1.  Period	years                        	

           2.  Extent	(acres,s.mi)  (lost, gained)   	

           3.  Cause:	                   •      ——
       b.  Catastrophic (storms, earthquakes, tsunamis)

           1.  Time _	—	
           2.  Extent.

           3.  Cause:-

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3.    Managing Entities
3.1.  Political Entities

      Show the political entities in which each ERA lies, and the amounts
      of area (land and water)  actually owned and/or controlled.

3.2.  Special Districts and Management Compacts

      List any special  districts and management compacts having purposes
      or responsibilities related to the estuarine resource, e.g., soil
      conservation districts,  river basin compacts, zoning commissions,
      State-Federal management agreements, etc.
3.3.  Zoning and  Regional Planning

      Show the miles of shoreline which are presently subject to zoning
      and/or are  included in an area development plan.

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3.1.  Political  Entities
Political
Subdivisions
Nations - U.S.A.

States

Counties




Municipalities



Operating Facilities
(Acres )












Non-operating Facil-
ities (Acres) g
9
H












Ly-Owned
1?
I
1
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Reserved
3
*~*
1
H
•H
a
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Navigation Channels
(Acres )












Fisheries (Acres)












Wildlife Preserves
(Acres )












Zoned)
Mineral Recovery
(Acres )












Others












Reference Number












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3.2.  Management Compacts
                  Name
Membership
Purpose
Reference

Number
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3»3»  Zoning or Regional Development Plan


      Zoning	miles   (linear)


      Regional Plan	Square ml lea

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4-    Hydrology
4.1.  Flow of Rivers
      Describe only the hydrology of those rivers and streams entering the
      ERA directly.   Do not include any entering through a subsystem.  On
      Figure II,only the stream I is included in the tabulation for H-l-2;
      the single streams entering through the subsystems H-l-2-2 and H-l-2-1-1,
      for example, are listed in the tabulations for H-l-2-2 and H-l-2-1-1,
      respectively.
4.2.  Major Flow Regulation Structures
      This tabulation is to determine whether the discharge of inflowing
      streams is regulated, and, if so, how much control is exerted.
      There is no need to list all the flow-regulation structures on  a
      river.  The degree of regulation will be apparent from the information
      in Table 4.1.  For each river entering the ERA, information of  these
      types can be listed by number.
      Type of Structure:  1.  High Dams,   2.  Locks  and Dams,   3.   Low  Dams,
      4.  Pumped  Storage.  Show  numbers of all types present.

      Purpose of  Regulation
      1.  Water Supply,  2.   Low  Flow  Augmentation,   3.   Flood  Control,
      4.   Navigation,  5.   Power  Generation,  6.   Recreation,   7.   Sediment
      Control*   8.   Diversion.   For multi-purpose regulation,  show all
       numbers pertinent.

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      Actlve Storage
      This is the storage  available  in  the  reservoir, or  reservoir system
      for the design purposes of  the system.  Active storage  for  low dams
      is zero.

      Starting Date
      For structures completed  before 1950, state OLD in  the  Table.  For
      structures completed in 1950 or later,  include the  month  and year
      regulation began.

4.3.   Springs in the ERA
      Give the locations and estimated volumes  of any major springs entering
      the system directly.

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HYDROLOGY



U«l.  Flow of Rivers
Drainaee Are
River
Name












Total












i (mi2)
Below Head
of Tide












River Inflow (cfs}

Period
( veal's )












Mean
Annual












Annual Rano-R
Minimum












MtiTfunyjn













Reference
Number












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U.2 Major Flow Regulation Structures
River Name















Type of
Structure















Purpose of
Regulation















Active
Storage
(acre-feet)















Starting
Date
mo.















yr.















Operating
Aeencv















Reference
Number















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U.3.  Springs in the  EM
Location
Latitude






Longitude






Volume
(cfs)






Salinity
(ppt)






Reference
Number







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5.     Stage of Development
5.1.  Stage of Development  -  County Statistics
      List values for each  county  contiguous to  the  ERA.   (There will  be  dup-
      lication of county listings  where  there is more  than  one ERA  in a
      single county.)  Include  cities  not  in counties.   For example,  Balti-
      more City is governmentally  separate from Baltimore County.

5.2.  Urban Population :
      (a)   are those communities which are actually on the  shoreline  of
           the ERA;
      (b)   are those communities which are not  on  the  shoreline but which
           discharge wastes to  the ERA.   (Do not  include those communities
           which discharge  to a subsystem.  They will  be included  in  the
           description of the subsystem.);
      (c)   are small communities,  surburban areas,  etc., which are  not
           included as municipalities.
      The  object here is to obtain an  idea of how  heavily built up  an estu-
      ary  is, not how much  waste goes  into it.

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     5.  STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT

         5.1.  County Statistics
County
Name










Population










Value Added in
Manufacture










Shipping
Revenue










Truck and
Rail Freight
flevenue










Number
of Farms










Total
Acreage










Cropland
Acreaee










Irrigated
Acreage










Reference
Number










         5.2.   Urban Population



    Type


a*  Municipalities directly  on the estuaririe  systev

b.  Municipalities discharging wastes  to  the  estuarine  system

c.  Non-municipal directly on the system
                                           CO
                                           CO
                                            I
Population
Number of
Coimn unities

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                                                                 -34-
6.    Physical  Oceanography
      Type of tide means:   Equal  semidiurnal;  unequal  semidiurnal;  diurnal,
      or mixed.
      Tidal  prism at the entrance is  the difference in volume of the  system
      between MHW and MLW  (or MHHW and MLLW).
      Estimated  flows through the entrance are intended to provide  estimates
      of gross and net circulation through the system.  Values included in
      this table should be based  on actual data taken in the prototype; they
      should not be estimates based on estimates of river inflow and  volume
      of the system.  These values should each be averages over at  least one
      complete  tidal cycle.

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                                                  -35-
6.  PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY"
    6.1.  Type of Tide
    6.2.  Range at Entrance:  Mean
                              Spring

                              Neap
                     ft.

                     .ft.

                     ft,
    6.3.  Maximum Range:

            Location :
	miles from entrance

 Mean	ft.

                     ft.
                              Spring_

                              Neap	
    6.1*.  Currents at Entrance   (knots)_
                     ft.
                               ERA
                                    Reference
                                     Number

Flood: Maximum
Mean
Ebb: Maximum
Mean
Surface




Bottom









    6.5.  Tidal Prism at Entrance:
                              Mean
                               Spring,

                               Neap	
                     _ft.-
                     ft.'

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                                                  -36-
ERA
6.6.  Estimated Flow through Entrance
Date
Month







Tear







Rate of Flow (cfs)
inriow







outflow







Reference
Number







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                                                                -37-

7.    Water Quality

      A single  page  table  is  included for each water quality parameter.
      Those parameters  of  particular  interest are Temperature, Salinity,
      (or Conductivity  or  Chlorides), Dissolved  Oxygen, B.O.D., Coliform
      bacteria  (including  Fecal),  Suspended Solids, Phosphorus, Nitrogen,
      Chlorophyll, pH,  and Turbidity.  Any other parameters which are of
      significance for  a particular ERA should be included.  For example,
      "Remarks" may  include floating  debris, offensive odor, or color.
      Data at key sampling stations should be included.   Selection of these
      stations  is a  matter for individual judgment, and the number included
      for each  ERA will vary with  the size and complexity of the ERA ( and
      with the  number of locations sampled).  Suggested key stations are:
      a.   Entrance to lower order  system: On Figure  II,  for H-l-2, a
           station at the  Section  CD  would be appropriate; for H-l-2-2 a
           station at Section JK would be appropriate.

      b.   Near major waste outfalls:  On Figure II,  a station near outfall
           Z  would  be  a key station  for H-l-2;  a station near outfall Y
           would be  a key  station  for H-l-2-1.

      c.   Along a major axis of the  ERA:  If the ERA has an identifiable
           axis (such as H-l-2), several stations along this axis can be
           selected  as  key stations.
           All  locations should be expressed  in  terms of  latitude and longi-
           tude to a tenth of a minute when available.

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7.  WATER QUALITY
    7.1.  Annual Variation:  For year
a.  Parameter



b.  Units
Key Station
Location
Latitude Longitude
















Depth








Minimum








Mean /I








Maximum








Reference
Number








i
CO
00
           Remarks:
               Identify Type

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7.2.  Seasonal Values /I
                                              a.  Parameter


                                              b.  Units	
River
Discharge








Date








Tide
Range (ft.)








Location
Latitude








Longitude








Depth
(ft.)








Left
Side








Center








Right
Side








Reference
Number








                                                                                                              I
                                                                                                              CO
          Remarks :
                                                                                                            w
          /l^  Bimonthly means

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                                                                 -40-
8.    Sediments and Sedimentation
      Type of Bottom refers only to  permanently  submerged  areas.   (In  some
      cases unknown may include the  entire  bottom  area.)
      If estimates  are available for several  time  periods  since 1950,
      include a table for each period.
      Include separate tables on the distribution  of dredged materials only
      if the distribution has changed since 1950.

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                                                 -41-       ERA	

8.  SEDIMENTS AND SEDIMENTATION


    8.1.  Bottom Characteristics
                                                                 Reference
             Date of Estimate     	   Number

             Type of Bottom                	^_ L_	     	

          a.   Total Area (acres)
                                               % of Total Area
          b.   Hard (rock,  shell,coral,  gravel) 	

          c.   Sand or Clay                     ______________

          d.   Vegetation                       	

          e.   Muds and sludges                 _______________

          f.   Dredged                          	

          g.   Unknown                          	

    8.2.  Sediment Quantities                  _______________

              Date of Estimate
          a.  Total entering (tons/yr)

              (1)  Waste discharges

              (2)  Tributary runoff

              (3)  Ocean inflow

              (U)  Return of dredged material

              (5)  Natural local

              (6)  Local agricultural

              (7)  Local construction

              (8)  Others


          b.  Total deposited (tons/yr)


          c.  Dredged from navigation area

              (l)  Removed from system
              (2)  Deposited in on-shore spoil areas

              (3)  Redeposited in estuary      ____

#  Sediment density         (lbs/ft-3)

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                                                                 -42-
9.    Uses
      The statistics  listed  are  only for the ERA being tabulated.   Do
      not include use values  for subsystems.  For statistics obtained
      on a county basis,  include values  for the entire county contiguous
      to each  ERA.

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                                                 -43-
                                                  ERA
9.  USES
                                                       Reference
                                                       Number
    9.1.   Commercial Shipping for.
                                 .(year)
          a.   Imports plus exports (short tons).

          b.   Domestic traffic (short tons)	

          c.   Number of ships handled
          d.   Value of cargo earnings (dollars).
    9.2.
Commercial Fishing for	

a.  Fishing vessels (number)

b.  Fishing boats (number)	

c.  Fishing catch:
(year)
•type of Catch
Finfish: (1) Oceanic
entirely
(2} Transient
(2) Anadromous
(k) Resident
Shellfish: (1) Oysters
(2) Claras
(3) Shrimp
(41 Lobster
(5) Crabs
L§] gcallODS
(7) Other
Bait: (1) Fish
(2) Others
Total Annual Landings
Pounds













Value













Source of
Information














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                                                 -44-      ERA	


9.3.  RECREATION  for	(year)                             Reference
                     ——~~~"Number


      a.   Beaches


          (1)  Total length (acres)                     .  . _    	
          (2)  Public beaches  (acres)
          (3)  Usage (participation days)
      b.   Public access shoreline (linear st.  mi.)



      c.   Boating


          (1)  Boat launching ramps  (number)	
          (2)  Mooring facilities  (number of
               slips or moorages available)	


          (3)  Marinas  (number)	
               Boat registrations  (number)
      d.  Fishing


          (a)  Estimated fishermen  (Participation days)


          (b)  Annual expenditure for fishing (dollars)



      e.  Hunting


          (a)  Licenses sold  (number)
          (b)  Duck stamps sold  (number)


          (c)  Expenditure to hunt  (dollars)


          (d)  Number taken


               (1)  Birds	
               (2)  Furbearers^


               (3)  Others	
          (e)  Hunters  (part days).

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                                                -45-      ERA




9.U.  PORT FACILITIES OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR 	 (year)
Agency
Navy
Coast Guard
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Corps of Engineers
Other


Number of
Installations







Feet of
Dockage







Reference
Number







9.5.  AIRPORTS FOR
(year)
Type of Use
Seaplane landing
Approaches
Filled for airport
Reserved for expansion
Number of
Installations




Area
(acres)




Reference
Number




9.6.  PIPELINE CROSSINGS  (number)_



                          (year  )
9.7.   WATER SUPPLY WITHDRAWALS FOR
                (year)
Use
Industrial Process
Cooling
Desalination
Municipal Water Supply
Number
of Users




Total
Volume (mgd)




Reference
Number





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                                                -46-
                                                          ERA
9.8.  COMMERCIAL HUNTING AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
Year











Type /I











Areas (acres) Managed
Refuges











Commercial











Numbers
Caught











Annual Value or
Catch (dollars)











Reference
Number











/I  Identify species:  Furbearers (Muskrats, Nutria), Birds, Turtles,
                        Frogs, etc.
9.9.1.  PRESENT AQUACULTURE  (includes oyster leases)
Year







Type of Crop







Area
(acres)







Annual Value of
Crop (dollars)







Reference
Number








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9.9.2.  POTENTIAL AQUACULTURE
Type of Crop




Acres Available
at Present Water Quality




Acres Available
at WQS Level




Reference
Number




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                                               -48-
              ERA
9.10.   MINING AND MINERAL RECOVER? FOR




       a.  Dredging
(year)
Number of
Operations

Actual — — —


Potential



Type of
Material








Production
(short ton)








Value
(dollars)








Area Used
(acres, mi )








Reference
Number








     b.  Wells (other than water)
Number
Actual



Potential



•type of
Material








Production
(bbl)








Value
(dollars)








Water depth
at wells (ftO








Reference
Number









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                                                -49-
ERA
9.10.  cont'd.



       c.  Recovery of Minerals from "Water
Number of
Operations







Materials
Recovered







Volume of
Water Used
(mgd)







Production
(tons)







Annual
Value
(dollars)







Reference
Number







      d.  Mines
Number
Actual



Potential




Material
Recovered









Technique
Used









Production
(tons)









Value









Reference
Number










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                                                   -50-
                                          ERA
   9.11.  HABITAT FOR ESTUARINE-DEPENDENT SPECIES
a. Aquatic Biota

Finfish:
(1) Anadromous
(2) Transient
(3) Resident
Freshwater
Saltwater
Shellfish:
(1) Qysters
(2) Claras
(3) Scallops
(k) Spiny Lobsters
(?) Shrimp
(6) Crabs
(7) Other
Other /2 /3






Relative Abundance of /I
Eggs and
Larvae

















Juveniles

















Adults

















Reference
Number

















/£  Identify:




A  1 - Absent



    2 - Rare



    3 - Uncommon
k - Common



f> - Abundant
/3  Cyclical, for example

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                                                -51-
                                                          EHA
  9.11  contd.
D. ui/iMjra

(1) Waterfowl: /I


(a) Migratory Species
(b) Resident Species
(c) Endangered Species
(2) Furbearers /I
(3) Others /I
—




Area Under Mana
Federal State:










1









gement
^ocal










(acres)
Private










Current
Population
no. /acre











Reference
Number










/I  Identify species:








    (D   (a)





    (D   (b)





    (D   (c)






    (2)





    (3)

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                                                               -52-
10.   Sources of Pollution

10.1. River Inflow
      Give appropriate data  for each  river or stream not entering  through
      a subsystem.   If possible, give a  year-round  set of data,  and  bimonthly
      means if the  data base is adequate.

10.2. Municipal  and Domestic Wastes
      The summary table should  include all sources  of municipal  and
      domestic wastes  discharged directly to the ERA (not into a subsystem),
      and obviously must include rough estimates of the minor discharges.
      On Figure  I,  for H-l-2, the summary table will include outfall Z;
      but will not  include outfall  Y.

10.2b.Data Table for Major Waste Discharges
      Each major waste discharge should  be reported individually on  the
      data table.  Judgment  must be  exercised as to which waste  sources
      should be  reported individually; the reported dischargers  should
      account for over 90 per cent of the waste load entering an ERA.

10.3. Industrial Wastes
      The same general  comments in 10.2 also apply here.   Special  types
      of waste treatment should be identified separately.   These tabulations
      should include process wastes only, vf cooling water discharges can
      be tabulated separately.   Otherwise all plant wastes are included
      here.

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                                                                 -53-
10.4  Agricultural  Land  Drainage
      Include  Agricultural  Land  Drainage (ALD)  from contiguous counties
      only.  That from upstream  areas will appear in the River Inflow.
      (10.1)
10.5  Thermal  Loads
      The major heated effluents from power plants and industrial operations
      discharging directly to the ERA should be tabulated, not those entering
      through  subsystems.
10.7  Recreational  Facilities
10.8  Special Problems
      Any special  waste discharge problems should be identified and estimates
      of the magnitude of the problem included where possible.  For example,
      this may include heavily used beaches with no sanitary facilities.

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10.  SOURCES OF POLLUTION
     10.1.  River Inflow and Quality at Last Sampling Station Above Tidewater
River Name
and Hile








Remarks"
Date
mo day yi .








Discharge
(cfs)








D.O.








BODr
(ng7D








COD
(mg/1)








P








N
(nig/D








Coliform
Bacteria
MPN, MF








Reference
Number









(

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  10.2.  Municipal and Domestic Wastes  a.   Summary
Type of Treatment
None
Primary
Intermediate
Secondary, T.F.
Secondary, A.S.
Waste Stab. Lagoon
AWT
Septic Tanks
Low Flow Augmentation
Number
of Sources









Total Volume
(mgd)









Total Pop.
Eq. Discharged









Reference
Number









A data table on each Major source of Municipal Waste follows this page.
                                                                                                           en
                                                                                                           iTi
                                                                                                           i
Remarks

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                                         -56-
ERA
10.2  contd




b. Waste or Treated Effluent Discharge Characteristics
(1)  Name.
(2)  Reference Number.
(3)  Type of Treatment.
(U)  Location of Outfall:  Lat..



                           Long.



     Treatment Characteristics

Volume (mgd)
Temperature ( °C. )
B.O.D. (5 day, 20° C.)
C.O.D. (mg/D
Suspended solids (mg/1)
D.O. (mg/1)
Coliform Bacteria (MPN, MF)
Phosphate s ( mg/1 )
Nitrates (mg/1)
Toxic Chemicals /I
Influent










Effluent










      /I  Identify:
(6)  (For Industries only)  Type of Industryj
(7)  Special Problems:

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                                                 -57-
ERA.
 10.3.  Industrial Wastes  a.  Summary
Type of Treatment
None
Settling
Conventional
(a) Primary
(b) Intermediate
(c) Secondary, T
	 ,
(d) Secondary, A
Waste Stab. Lagoon
AWT
Special /I
No. of
Pla,pt.R
Major





F.
S.



Total










Total
Volume
(mgd)










Total P.E.
Discharged










Sus. Solids
Discharged
(Ibs/day) :










eference
umber










/I  Identify:
       b. Additional data tables (10.2. and 10.3.) on
          each Major Source of Industrial Waste should be
          inserted following this page.

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                                                -58-
               ERA.
10.14.  AGRICULTURAL LAND DRAINAGE
       a.  Volume  (cfs)	

       b.  Quality

           (1)  Total Dissolved Solids (mg/l).

           (2)  Nitrates (mg/l)	
           (3)  Phosphates (rag/1)

           (1;)  Pesticides (mg/l)
                                                          Reference
                                                          Number
10.5.  THERMAL LOADS (Major power plants and Industrial Cooling Waters)
Type of Plant






Volume
Discharged
(mgd}






Effluent
Temp.
(°C.)






Temp. Rise across
Plant (°C.)
Winter






Summer






Reference
Number






10.6.  DESALINIZATION PLANTS:

       Operating

       (a)  Number

       (b)  Total Vol.  (mgd)

       (c)  Temp, of Effluent

       (d)  TDS of Effluent
Planned or Under Construction

(e)  Number

(f )  Total Vol.  (mgd)

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                                                -59-
                                                          ERA-
10.7.  RECREATIONAL FACILITIES
                                                          Reference
                                                          Number
       a.   Number of Boats using system
       b.   Number of Marina slips available

           (1)   Total                   	

           (2)   Not connected to sewers
10.8.  SPECIAL PROBLEMS

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                                                                  -60-
11.    Use Damages
      It is  likely  that studies and estimates of damages to use will not
      be broken  down  to the smallest subsystem included in this inventory.
      In such  cases*  include the estimates at the smallest subsystem for
      which  they are  valid, and include in the tabulation for damaged sub-
      systems  the notation that damages within this ERA are included in the
      lower  order system.  For example, on Figure I suppose that damages
      to shellfisheries in H-l-2 have been estimated at $1,000,000 annually,
      due to pollution originating at outfalls  Y and  Z.   The sum of
      $1,000,000 is reported as damages in H-l-2; and  in the tabulation for
      H-l-2-1  there appears only a "-2-", denoting that  the information is
      included elsewhere.  Note, however, that if the  shellfishery in
      H-l-2-3  is not  damaged, the damages for H-l-2-3  should be included
      as zero, even if the damages in other subsystems cannot be identified.

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                                                    -61-  ERA
11.  USE DAMAGES
     11.1.   NAVIGATION
            a.  Annual dredging and maintenance cost;
Year
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
_1935
•1956
1957
1958
1959
I960
1961
1962
1963
196^
1965
1966
196?
Volume dredged
(cu. yds.)


















Cost ($)


















Reference Number


















    Planned  or under  construction:.

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11.1  contd


I).   Loss of Facilities
Type of
Facility
Dockage
Anchorage
Channels
Other:
(Identify)



Period of
Loss (yrs)







Amount Lost
Quantity







Units







Value
($)







Cause







Reference
Number







                                                                                                                      i-o
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11.2.  COMMERCIAL  FISHING



       a.  Fishery Lost
Type of JFishery
Finfish:
(l) Anadrompus
(2) Resident
(3) Transient
Shellfish:
(l) Oysters
(2) Clams
(3) Shrimp
(4) Lobsters
(5) Crabs
(6) Scallops
Period of
Loss (yrs)









Amount
Quan.









Annual
of Cat
Units









jsh Lost
Value ($)









Amount
Habitat De
Quan.









-oT 	
atroyed
Units









Cause









Reference
Number









                                                                                                                  I
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                  to

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11.2  contd
b.  SHELLFISKERY CLOSED
Type










______ ______
Period of
Closure
(yrs.)











Productivity
of closed
area
Quan.











Units











Annual Value
of Lost Pro-
duction
($)











	 Ar*M n]/wsp"i^a/iTioa ^ ii
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                                                      -65-
11.3.  RECREATION



     a.  BSA.CHE3
Type of Damage
Closed
Damaged
Lost
Amount
Quantity



Units



Usage Loss
i»rt. days



Cause



Reference
Number



     t.  BOATING



         (1)  Cost of marina and associated channel maintenance ($}   Ref. No.
         (2)  .Increase in boat maintenance cost due to pollution($)
         (3)  Special Problems:

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11.3  contd

c.  SPORT FISHING
   Species
Period of
LOBS (yrs)
  Amount of Loss
Quantity     Units
Value of
Loss ($)
Cause
Reference
Number
                                                                                                                  i
                                                                                                                  CTl
                                                                                                                  CM

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  11.4.   WILDLIFE  (Commercial and Sport)
Type of Animal









Period of
Loss (yrs)









Amount of Ha
Quantity










aitat Lost
Units










Value of Loss
( dollars )









Cause









Reference
Number









11.5.   Water Supply  (Identify problems):
                                                                                                        en
                                                                                                        ^•j
11.6.   Mining and Mineral Recovery  (Identify problems):

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                                                    -68-
                                                          ERA
11.7.  DAMAGE TO HABITAT
Type
Finf ish :
(l) Anadromous
(2) Transient
(3) Resident
Shellfish:
(1) Oysters
(2) Clams
(3) Scallops
(4) Lobsters
(5) Shrimp
(6) Crabs
(7) Other
Waterfowl :
(1) Migratory/2
(2) Resident/2
(3) Sndangered/2
Purbearers/2
Others/2
Extent of
Damage/1















CaupA —















Reference
Numbs* 	















   /I.   No Damage = 1
        Little Damage = 2
        Moderate Damage = 3
        Extensive Damage = 4
        Species Present but  Isolated
        Eliminated = 6
= 5
  /2.   Identify:

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                                                      -69-
                                                           ERA.
11.8.  Other Problems (Epizootics, catastrophic damage)

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                                                                  -70-
12.   Immediate  Pollution Control  Needs

      These data are to be tabulated from the immediate  needs reports in
      the form of a summary table  for each ERA.   These data must be com-
      patible with  the  Water Quality Standards for  each  State.

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                                                    -71- ERA
12.  IMMEDIATE POLLUTION CONTROL NEEDS




12.1.  Waste Treatment
Treatment Requirement
No Improvement
Necessary
No Treatment
to Primary
No Treatment
to Secondary
No Treatment
to AWT
Primary to AWT
Secondary to AWT
Primary to Secondary
Expansion of Present
Treatment
Combined Sewer
Separation
Storm Water
Treatment
Other (Specify)
No. of
Sources










Tn+aT ViVI
lOTia.L VO-L.
(rogd)










Cost
Capital










Annual










Ref.
Mo.










 12.2  Physical or Hydrologic Modification
Type Reason for Need




Cost




Reference
Number





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13.   Water Quality Standards

      The water quality criteria  have been broken  down into seven use
      categories which  are consistent with the  purposes of the water
      quality  standards provisions of the law.  The use categories esta-
      blished  by the  States for each ERA should be included in this
      table, but under  the headings indicated.

      Under  the Use  Areas show the number of separate areas reserved
      for each use within each ERA.  This heading  does not mean the total
      acreage  involved, only the number of individual pieces.

13.1. Present  Status

      State  whether  standards have been approved.   If so, give date.

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             ERA
13.  WATER QUALITY STANDARDS
13.1.  Present Status
13.2.   Water Quality Criteria
Data
Use Category /I
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Use
Areas









Total









Area (acres)
MeeOhg
Criteria as of
6/67









Not Meeting
Criteria as of
6/67









  Drinking water, untreated =  1
  Shellfish harvesting (Direct Use) =  2
  Habitat for fish and shellfish  =  3
  Recreational  use, contact activities = 4
  Recreational  use, non-contact activities = 5
  Municipal water supply, extensive treatment = 6
  Industrial water supply, extensive treatment = 7
  Navigation =  8
  Agricultural  water use = 9

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                                                     -74-
                                                          ERA
13.3.   Implementation  Plan
Waste
Source









Volume of
Waste (mgd)









Treatment requirement









Date of
Completion









Reference
Number









13.4.  Status of Enforcement Actions:

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                                                                 -75-
14.    Past and Current Studies

      Include all major studies which have been carried out, are currently
      underway, or are definitely scheduled to be carried out.

      Emphasis should be on studies of water pollution and resource manage-
      ment.

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Reference Number	
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For Handbook page number.
Author(s)	
Title	
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     Date	, Location.
Reviewer's Evaluation of Data:	
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                 APPENDIX- Al
NORTHEAST REGION
Estuarine
Register
Area
NE-1
NE-1-1
NE-1-1-1
NE-1-1 -1-1
NE-Jr2
NE-1-3
NE-1-4
NE-1-5
NE-2
NE-3
NE-4

NE-5


NE-6

NE-7
NE-8
NE-9
NE-9-1
NE-9-2
NE-10
NE-10-1
NE-10-2
NE-11
NE-12
NE-13
NE-14

NE-14-1
NE-14-2
NE-15
NE-1S-1
NE-16
NE-17
NE-W
NE-W
NE-29
ffE-21
NE-22
Name
Bay of Fundy
St. Croix River
Cobscook Bay
Dennys and Whiting Bays
Ouoddy Roads
Carrying Place Cove
Baileys Mistake
Little River
Little Machias Bay
Machias Bay
Englishman and Chandler
Bays
Western, Pleasant, Naur-
augus, and Pigeon Hill
Bays
Dyer and Gouldsboro Bays
and Prospect Harbor
Frenchmans Bay
Blue Hill Bay
Penobscot Bay
Penobscot River
Passagassawakeag River
Muscongus Bay
St. George River
Meadowmac River
Johns Bay
Booth Bay
Sheepscot Bay
Kennebec River— Merry-
meeting Bay
Kennebec River
Androscoggin River
Casco Bay
Portland Harbor
Saco Bay
Goosefare Bay
4ells-0qunqij1t
York River
Portsmouth Harbor
New Hampshire South Coast
Merrimack River— Ipswich Bay
Stat
Maine and
Maine and
Maine and
Maine
Maine and
Mains
Maine
Maine
Maine
Maine

Mai ne
Maine


Maine

Maine
Maine
Maine
Maine
Maine
Maine
Maine
Maine
Maine
Maine
Maine

Maine
Maine
Maine
Maine
Maine
Maine
Maine
Maine
Maine and
Maine and
:e(s)
International
International
International

International































New Hampshire
New Hampshire
New Hampshire
Massachusetts

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NORTHEAST REGION
Estuarine
Register
Area
NE-22-1
NE-22-2
NE-22-3
NE-22-4
NE-23
NE-24
NE-25

NE-26
NE-26-1
NE-26-U1
NE-26-l-l-l
NE-26-1 -2
NE-26-1 -3
NE-27
NE-28
NE-29
NE-30
NE-30-1
NE-30-2
NE-30-3
NE-30-4
NE-30- 5
NE-31
NE-31-1
NE-3I-2
NE-32
NE-32-1
NE-32-2

NE-32-3
NE-32-4
NE-32-5
NE-32-6
NE-32-7
NE-33
NE-33-1
NE-33-2
NE-33-3
NE-33-4
Name
Merrimack River
Plum Island Sound
Essex Bay
Annisquam River
Cape Ann
Gloucester Harbor
Salem, Marblehead, and
Nahant Bays
Broad Sound
Boston-Hull Bay
Dorchester Bay
Boston Inner Harbor
Quincy Bay
Weymouth-Hingham-Hull Bays
Cohasset Harbor
New Inlet
Plymouth Bay
Cape Cod Bay
Center Hill
Cape Cod Canal
Barnstable Harbor
Well fleet Harbor
Provincetown Harbor
Outer Cape Cod
Nauset Harbor
Chatham Harbor
Nantucket Sound
Harwich
Hyannis, Centerville,
and Cotuit
Fal mouth- -Woods Hole
Elizabeth Islands
Martha's Vineyard
Nantucket Island
Monomoy Island
Buzzards Bay
Elizabeth Islands
West Barnstable Coast
SW Cape Cod Canal
Wareham Bay
State(s)
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Massachusetts

Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Massachusetts

Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Massachusetts

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                                              APPENDIX-A3
                          NORTHEAST REGION
Estuarine
Register
  Area
                          Name
                                State(s)
NE-33-5
NE-33-6
NE-33-7
NE-33-8
NE-34
NE-34-1
NE-34-2
NE-34-3
NE-34-4
NE-34-4-1
NE-34-4-2
ME-34-5
NE-34-6
NE-35

NE-35-1
ME-35-2
NE-35-
NE-35-
NE-35-
NE-35-
NE-35-
ME-35-
NE-35-
NE-35-
NE-35-
NE-35-
NE-35-
NE-35-
NE-35-
NE-35-
NE-35-
NE-35-
NE-35-
NE-35-
NE-35-
NE-35-
NE-35
NE-36-
NE-36-
NE-36-
NE-36-
NE-36-
•3
4
5
•6
•7
•3
•9
•10
•11
12
12-1
12-2
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20

1
1-1
1-2
2
3
South Plymouth Coast
New Bedford Bay
Slocums River Bay
Horseneck Bay
Narragansett Bay
SE Rhode Island Coast
Sakonnet River
Newport South Shore
Narragansett East Passage
Mt. Hope Bay-Taunton  River
Providence River
Harragansett West Passage
East Pt. Judith Coast
Long Island—Block Island
  Sound
Rhode Island Coast
Fishers Island Sound

Thames River
Niantic Bay
Connecticut River
Guilford Coast
New Haven Harbor
Housatonic River
Bridgeport
Saugatuck River--Norwalk
Port Chester—Stamford
West Long Island Sound
Little Neck Bay
Manhasset Bay
Hempstead Harbor
Oyster Bay
Huntington Bay
Smithtown Bay
Port Jefferson
Northeast Long Island
Gardiners Bay
Block Island
New York Bight
East Outer Long Island
Georgica Pond Inlet
Mecox Pond Inlet
Shinnecock Say
Moriches Bav
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Rhode Island
Rhode Island
Rhode Island
Rhode Island
Rhode Island
Rhode Island
Rhode Island
Rhode Island
Rhode Island, Connecticut,
  and New York
Rhode Island
Rhode Island, Connecticut

Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut and New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
Mew York
New York
New York
Mew York
Rhode Island
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York
New York

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                                               APPENDIX- A4
                           NORTHEAST REGION
Estuarine
Register
  Area
       Name
      State(s)
NE-36-4
NE-36-5
NE-36-5-1
NE-36-5-2
NE-35-6
ME-36-6-1

NE-36-6-2
NE-36-6-3
NE-36-6-4
NE-36-6-5
NE-36-6-6
NE-36-6-7
NE-36-7
NE-36-7-1
NE-36-7-2
NE-36-8
NE-36-9
NE-36-9-1
NE-36-9-2
NE-36-9-3
NE-36-9-4
NE-36-10
NE-36-10-1
NE-36-10-2
NE-36-10-3
NE-36-10-4
NE-37
NE-37-1
NE-38
Ne-38-1
NE-3S-1-1
Great South Bay
Western Outer Long Island
Jones Inlet
East Rockaway Inlet
New York Harbor
Rockaway Inlet--Jamaica
  Bay
Newtown Creek
Hudson River
Hackensack River
Passaic River
Raritan River
Shrewsbury River
North Jersey Coast
Shark River Inlet
f^nasquan Inlet
Barnegat Coast
Atlantic City Coast
Beach Haven Inlet
Brigantine Inlet
Absecon Inlet
Great Egg Harbor Inlet
South Jersey Coast
Corson Inlet
Townsend Inlet
Hereford Inlet
Cape May Inlet
Delaware Bay
Schuykill River
Delaware Coast
Indian River Bay
Rehoboth Bay
Tfew York
New York
New York
New York
New York and New Jersey

New York
New York
New York and New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey
Mew Jersey, Delaware, and Pa,
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Delaware
Delaware

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                                          APPENDIX-A5
Estuarine
Register
  Area
                   MIDDLE ATLANTIC REGION
       Name
State(s)
  MA-1
  MA-1-1
  MA-1-1-1
  MA-2
  MA-2-1
  MA-2-2
  MA-3
  MA-4
  MA-4-1
  MA-4-2
  MA-4-3
  MA-4-3-1
  MA-4-3-2
  MA-4-3-3
  MA-4-3-4
  MA-4-3-5
  MA-4-3-5-1
  MA-4-3-5-2
  MA-4-3-5-3
  MA-4-3-5-4
  MA-4-3-5-5
  MA-4-3-5-6
  MA-4-3-5-7
  MA-4-3-5-8
  MA-4-3-5-9
  MA-4-3-5-10
  MA-4-3-5-11
  MA-4-3-5-12
  MA-4-3-5-13
  MA-4-3-5-14
  MA-4-3-5-15
  MA-4-3-5-16
  MA-4-3-6
  MA-4-4
  MA-4-5
  MA-4-6
  MA-4-6-1
  MA-4-6-2
  MA-4-6-3
  MA-4-6-4
  MA-4-6-5
  MA-4-,6-6
  MA-4-6-7
  MA-4-6-8
  MA-4-6-9
  MA-4-6-10
  MA-4-6-11
Maryland Atlantic Coastal
Isle of Wight Bay and Assawoman Bay
Little Assawoman Bay
Chincoteague Coastal
Chincoteague Bay
Metomkin Bay
Cape Charles Coastal
Chesapeake Bay
Lynnhaven Bay
Little Creek
Hampton Roads
Willoughby Bay
Lafayette River
Elizabeth River
Nansemond River
James River
Pagan River
Lawnes Creek
Lower Chippokes Creek
Grays Creek
Upper Chippokes Creek
Wards Creek
Powell Creek
Bailey Creek
Appomattox River
Herring Creek
Queens Creek
Kittewan Creek
Chickahominy River
College Creek
Skiffes Creek
Warwick River
Hampton River
Back River
Poquoson River
York River
Pamunkey River
Mattaponi River
Poropotank River
Aberdeen Creek
Carter Creek
Poplar Creek
Timberneck Creek
King Creek and Pel gates Creek
Queen Creek
Sarah Creek
Wormley Creek
Maryland
Maryland & Delaware
Delaware & Maryland
Virginia
Virginia & Maryland
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia & Maryland
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia

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                                          APPENDIX-A6
Estuarine
Register
  Area
                   MIDDLE ATLANTIC REGION
       Name
State(s)
  MA-4-7
  MA-4-7-1
  MA-4-7-2
  MA-4-7-3
  MA-4-7-4
  MA-4-8
  MA-4-8-1
  MA-4-9
  MA-4-9-1
  MA-4-9-2
  MA-4-9-3
  MA-4-9-4
  MA-4-9-5
  MA-4-9-6
  MA-4-9-7
  MA-4-9-8
  MA-4-10
  MA-4-11
  MA-4-12
  MA-4-13
  MA-4-14
  MA-4-14-1
  MA-4-14-2
  MA-4-14-3
  MA-4-14-4
  MA-4-14-5
  MA-4-14-6
  MA-4-14-7
  MA-4-14-8
  MA-4-14-9
  MA-4-14-10
  MA-4-14-11
  MA-4-14-12
  MA-4-14-13
  MA-4-14-14
  MA-4-14-15
  MA-4-14-16
  MA-4-14-17
  MA-4-14-18
  MA-4-14-19
  MA-4-14-20
  MA-4-14-21
  MA-4-14-22
  MA-4-14-23
  MA-4-14-24
  MA-4-14-25
  MA-4-14-26
Mobjack Bay
Severn River
Ware River
North River
East River
Piankatank River
Mil ford Haven
Rappahannock River
Urbanna Creek
Lagrange Creek
Piscataway Creek
Cat Pt. Creek
Totuskey Creek
Farnham Creek
Lancaster Creek
Corrotoman River
Fleets Bay
Dividing Creek
Great Wicomico River
Little Wicomico River
Potomac River
Coan River
Yeocomico River
Lower Machodoc Creek
Nomini Bay
Mattox Creek
Rosier Creek
Upper Machodoc Creek
Potomac Creek
Aquia Creek
Quantico Creek
Occoquan-Belmont Bay
Gunston Cove
Dogue Creek
Hunting Creek
Anacostia River
Broad Creek
Piscataway Creek
Mattawoman Creek
Nanjemoy Creek
Port Tabacco River
Wicomico River
St. Clements Bay
Breton Bay
St. George Creek
St. Marys River
Smith Creek
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
D.C., Md,, and Va,
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
D.C. & Maryland
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland
Mary!and
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland

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                      APPCNDIX-A7
MIDDLE ATLANTIC REGION
Estuarine
Register
Area
MA-4-15
MA-4-16
MA-4-16-1
MA-4-16-2
MA-4-16-3
MA-4-16-4
MA-4-17
MA-4-18
MA-4-18-1
MA-4-19
MA-4-20
MA-4-21
NA-4-22
MA-4-23
MA-4-23-1
MA-4-23-2
MA-4-23-3
MA-4-23-4
MA-4-23-5
MA-4-23-6
MA-4-24
MA-4-25
MA-4-26
MA-4-27
MA-4-28
MA-4-29
MA-4-30
MA-4-31
MA-4-31 -1
MA-4-31 -2
MA-4-32
MA-4-33
MA-4-34
MA-4-35
MA-4-36
MA-4-37
MA-4-37-1
MA-4-37-2
MA-4-37-3
MA-4-37-4
NA-4-38
MA-4-38-1
MA-4-38-2
MA-4-38-3
MA-4-38-4
MA-4-38-5
MA-4-38-6
Name
St. Jerome's Creek
Patuxent River
Cuckold Creek
Hunting Creek
Battle Creek
St. Leonard Creek
Rockhold Creek (Herring Bay)
West River
Rhode River
South River
Severn River
Magothy River
Bodkin Creek
Patapsco River
Rock Creek
Stony Creek
Curtis Creek
Inner Harbor (Baltimore)
Bear Creek
Old Road Bay
Back River
Middle River-Seneca Creek
Gunpowder River
Bush River
Romney Creek
Susquehanna River
Northeast River
Elk River
Back Creek
Bohemia River
Sassafras River
Still Pond Creek-Churn Creek
Norton Creek
Fairlee Creek
Swan Creek
Chester River
Langford Creek
Southeast Creek
Corsica River
Grays Inn Creek
Eastern Bay
Cox Creek
Crab Alley Bay
Prospect Bay (K.I. Narrows)
Greenwood Creek
Wye River
Miles River
State(s)
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland
Mary! and
Maryl and
Maryland
Maryland
Maryl and
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland
Maryl and
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland &
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland
Maryl and
Maryland
Maryl and
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland
                                                  Pennsylvania

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                                          APPENDIX-A8
Estuari ne
Register
  Area
  MA-4-39
  MA-4-39-1
  MA-4-39-2
  MA-4-39-3
  MA-4-39-4
  MA-4-40
  MA-4-41
  MA-4-42
  MA-4-42-1
  MA-4-42-2
  MA-4-42-3
  MA-4-42-4
  MA-4-42-5
  MA-4-42-6
  MA-4-43
  MA-4-43-1
  MA-4-44
  MA-4-45
  MA-4-46
  MA-4-47
  MA-4-48
  MA-4-49
  MA-4-50
  MA-4-51
  MA-4-52
  MA-4-53
  MA-4-54
  MA-5
  MA-5-1
  MA-5-1-1
  MA-5-1-2
  MA-5-1-3
  MA-5-1-4
  MA-5-1-4-1
  MA-5-1-5
  MA-5-1-5-1
  MA-5-1-5-2
  MA-5-1-5-3
  MA-5-1-5-4
  MA-5-
  MA-5-
  MA-5-
  MA-5-
  MA-5-
  MA-5-
  MA-6
  HA-6-1
  MA-6-2
  MA-6-3
-5-5
-5-6
-5-7
-5-7-1
-5-8
-5-9
                   MIDDLE ATLANTIC REGION
                    Name
Chop tank River
Harris Creek
Broad Creek
Tred Avon River
Tuckahoe Creek
Little Choptank River
Honga River
Tangier Sound
Fishing Bay
Nanticoke River
Wicomico River
Manokin River
Big Annemessex River
Little Annemessex River
Pocomoke Sound
Pocomoke River
Onancock Creek
Pungoteague Creek
Nandua Creek
Occohannock Creek
Nassawadox Creek
Hungar Creek
Cherrystone Inlet
Craddock Creek
Horn Harbor
Winter Harbor
Old Plantation
Outer Banks Coastal
Pamlico Sound
West Bay
Neuse River
Bay River
Pamlico River
Pungo River
Albemarle Sound
Alligator River
Roanoke River-Batchelor Bay
Perguimans River
Little River
Pasquotank River
North River
Currituck Sound
Back Bay
Edenton Bay
Scuppernong River and Bull Bay
Beaufort, N. C., Coastal
Bogue Sound
Newport River
North River
                                     State(s)
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland
Maryland
Virginia & Maryland
Virginia & Maryland
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
Virginia
North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina & Va.
Virginia
North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina

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Estuarine
Register
  Area
                  MIDDLE ATLANTIC REGION
       Name
State(s)
  MA-6-4
  MA-6-4-1
  MA-7
  MA-7-1
  MA-8
  MA-8-1
  MA-9

  MA-9-1
  MA-9-2

  MA-9-3
  MA-9-4
  MA-9-5
  MA-10
  MA-10-1
  MA-10-2
  MA-10-3
  MA-10-4
  MA-11
  MA-11-1
  MA-11-2
  MA-11-3
  MA-11-3-1
  MA-11-4
  MA-12
  MA-12-1
  MA-12-2
  MA-12-3
  MA-13
  MA-13-1
  MA-13-2
  MA-13-3
  MA-14
  MA-14-1
  MA-14-2
Back Sound
Core Sound
White Oak River  Coastal
White Oak River
North Carolina Coastal
New River
Cape  Fear to Pawleys Inlet
  Coastal
Murrells Inlet
Little River Inlet

Shallotte Inlet
Lockwoods Folly Inlet
Cape Fear River
Pawleys Inlet to Bull Island Coastal
Bull Bay
Remain River
San tee River
Winyah Bay
Charleston Coastal
Stono River
Ashley River
Cooper River
Wan do River
Dewees Inlet
St. Helena. Coastal
South Edisto River
Harbor River
North Edisto River
Port Royal Sound
Beaufort River
Broad River
Chechessee River
Savannah Estuary
Calibogue Sound
Savannah River
North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina
North and South
  Carolina
North Carolina
North and South
 Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina
South Carolina
South Carolina
South Carolina
South Carolina
South Carolina
South Carolina
South Carolina
South Carolina
South Carolina
South Carolina
South Carolina
South Carolina
South Carolina
South Carolina
South Carolina
South Carolina
South Carolina
South Carolina
South Carolina
South Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia and
  South Carolina

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                    APPENDIX-AlO
SOUTHEAST REGION
Estuarine
Register
Areas
SE-1
SE-1-1
SE-1-2
SE-2
SE-2-1
SE-2-1-1
SE-2-2
SE-3
SE-3-1
SE-3-2
SE-4
SE-4-1
SE-4-2
SE-5
SE-6
SE-6-1
SE-7
SE-7-1
SE-B
SE-8-1
SE-3-2
SE-9
SE-9-1
SE-9-2
SE-10
SE-10-1
SE-11
SE-11-1
SE-11-2
SE-1 1-3

SE-J2
SE-12-1
SE-13
SE-13-1
SE-13-2
SE-T4
SE-14-1
SE-14-2
SE-15
SE-15-1
Name
Wassaw Sound
Tybee River
Wilmington River
Ossabaw Sound
Little Ogeechee River
Vernon River
Ogeechee River
St. Catherine River
Bear River
North Newport River
Sapelo Sound
South Newport River
Mud River
Doboy Sound
Altamaha Sound
Hampton River
St. Simons Sound
Frederica River
St. Andrew Sound
Little Satilla River
Cumberland River
St. Mary's River
Amelia River
Cumberland Sound
Nassau Sound
South Amelia River
St. Johns River
Ft. George River
Trout River
Intracoastal Waterway
(Pablo Creek)
St. Augustine
Tolomato River
Matanzas Coastal
Natanzas River (North)
Matanzas River (South)
Ponce De Leon Coastal
Halifax River
Mosouito Lagoon
Canaveral Bight
Banana River
State(s)
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Georqia and Florida
' Florida
Georgia
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida

Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida

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                    APPENDIX-AIT
SOUTHEAST REGION
Estuarine
Register
Area
SE-15-1-1
SE-16
SE-16-1
SE-17
SE-17-1
SE-17-2
SE-18
SE-18-1
SE-13-2
SE-19
SE-19-1
SE-19-2
SE-20
SE-21
SE-22
SE-22-1
SE-22-1-1
SE-22-1-2
SE-22-1-2-1
SE-23
SE-23-1
SE-23-1-1
SE-24
SE-2B
SE-26
SE-26-1
SE-26-2
SE-27
SE-27-1
SE-27-2
SE-27-3
SE-27-4
SE-27-5
SE-27-6
SE-28
SE-29
SE-30
SE-30-1
SE-30-2
SE-30-3
SE-30-4
Name
Indian River-
Sebastian Inlet Coastal
Indian River
Fort Pierce Coastal
Indian River (South)
Indian River (North)
St. Lucie Inlet Coastal
Indian River
St. Lucie River
Jupiter Inlet Coastal
Jupiter Sound
Lake Worth Creek
Palm Beach
Fort Lauderdale
Biscayne B,9y Coastal
Biscayne Bay
Unoer Biscayne Bay
Card Sound
Barnes Sound
Florida Keys (Hawk Channel)
Florida Keys
Blackwater Sound
Key West
Everglades
Southwest Forida Coast
Big Marco River
Naples Bay
Port Charlotte Harbor
Estero Bay
Pine Island Sound
Caioosahatchee River
Myakka River
Peace River
Gasparilla Sound
Lemon Bay
Little Sarasota Bay
Tamoa Bay
Sarasota Bay
Manate River
Terra Cieco Bay
Little Manatee River
State(s)
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida

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                    APPENDIX-A12
SOUTHEAST REGION
Estuarine
Register
Area
SE-30-5
SE-30-5-1
SE-30-6
SE-30-7
SE-31
SE-31-1
SE-31 -2
SE-32
SE-33
SE-33-1
SE-33-2
SE-33-3
SE-33-4
SE-33-5
SE-33-6
SE-34
SE-34-1
SE-35
SE-35-1
SE-35-2
SE-36
SE-35-1
SE-36-2
SE-36-3
SE-36-4
SE-36-5
SE-37
SE-37-1
SE-37-1-1
SE-37-2
SE-37-2-1
SE-37-2-2

SE-37-3
SE-38
SE-38-1
SE-39
SE-39-1
SE-39-2
SE-39-3
SE-39-4
SE-40
Name
Hi 11 sbo rough Bay
McKay Bay
Old Tampa Bay
Boca Ciega Bay
St. Joseph Sound
Clearwater Harbor
Anclote River
St. Martins Reef
Cedar Keys Coastal
Chassahowitzka River
Homosassa River
St. Martins River
Crystal River
Withlacoochee River
Wacasassa River
Suwanne River Coastal
Suwanne River
Deadman Bay
Steinhatchee River
Fenholloway River
Apalachee Bay
Econfina River
Aucilla River
St. Marks River
Oyster Bay
Ochlockonee River
Apalachicola Coastal
St. George Sound
Carabelle River
Apalachicola Bay
East Bay
Apalachicola River— Lake
Wimico
St. Vincent Sound
St. Joseph Bay Coastal
St. Joseph Bay
St. Andrew Bay
St. Andrew Sound
East Bay
West Bay
North Bay
Choctawatchee Bay
State(s)
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida

Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida

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                    APPENDIX-A13
SOUTHEAST REGION
Estuarine
Register
Area
SE-40-1
SE-11
SE-41-1
SE-41-2
SE-41-3
SE-41-4
SE-42
SE-4?-l
SE-43
SE-43-1
SE-43-;-!
SE-43-1 -2
SE-43-2
SE-43-3
SE-44
SE-44-1
SE-44-2
SE-44-3
SE-44-4
SE-44-5
SE-44-5-1
SE-44-5-2
SE-45
SE-46
SE-47
SE-1°
SE-43-1
SE-4R-2
SE-4S-3
SE-43-4
SE-48-4-1
SE-4B-5
SE-48-5-1
SE-43-5-2
SE-4S-5-3
SE-43-6

SE-48-7
SE-4S-8
SE-48-9
SE-43-10

Name
The Narrows
Pensacola Bay
Big Lagoon
Santa Rosa Sound
East Bay
Escambia Bay
Perdido Bay
Wolf Bay
Mobile Bay
Bon Secour Bay
Bon Secour River-Oyster Bay
Weeks Bay
Little Laqoon
Mobile Delta
Mississippi Sound
Portersville Bay
Pascagoula River
Biloxi Bay
Bay St. Louis
Lake Borgne
Lake Pontchartrain
Pearl 'River
St. Thomas (Virgin Islands)
St. John (Virgin Islands)
St. Croix (Virgin Islands)
Puerto Rico
San Juan Harbor
Arecibo
Bahia De Aguadilla
^'ayaquez
Mayaquez Bay
Puerto Rico South Coast
Bahia Montalya
Ponce
Quayama
Puerto Rico Southeast
Coast
Puerto Rico East Coast
Culebra Island
Vieques Island
Puerto Rico Northeast
Coast
State(s)
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Florida
Alabama
Alabama
Alabama
Alabama
Alabama
Alabama
Alabama
Alabama
Al abama
Al abama
Mississippi
Mississippi
Mississippi
Mississippi
Mississippi
Mississippi
Virgin Islands
Virgin Islands
Virgin Islands
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

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                      APPENDIX-A14
SOUTH CENTRAL REGION
Estuarine
Register
Area
SC-1
SC-1-1
SC-1-2
SC-1 -2-1
SC-1 -2-2
SC-1-2-3
SC-1 -2-4
SC-2
SC-2-1
SC-2-1-1
SC-2-1-2
SC-2-1-3
SC-2-1-4
SC-2- 1-5
SC-2-2
SC-2-2-1
SC-2-2-1-1
SC-2-2-1 -2
SC-2-2-1-3
SC-2-2-1-4
SC-2-2-2
SC-2-2-3
SC-2-2-4
SC-3
SC-3-1
SC-3-1-1
SC-3-1-1-1
SC-3-1-1-1-1
SC-3-1-1-1-2
SC-4
SC-4-1
SC-4-1-1
SC-4-1-2
SC-4- 1-2-1
SC-4-1 -2-2
SC-4-1 -2-3
SC-4-1 -2-4
SC-4-1-2-5
SC-4- 1-2-6
SC-4-1 -3
SC-4-1 -4
SC-5

SC-5-1
SC-5-1-1
SC-5-2
SC-5-3
SC-5- 3-1
Name
Padre Island, Brazos Island
Rio Grande
Laguna Madre
South Bay
Port Isabel & South Padre
Arroyo Colorado Drainage
Baffin Bay
Mustang Island & St. Joseph Island
Corpus Christi Bay
Oso Bay
Corpus Christi Ship Channel
Nueces Bay
Ingleside Cove
Redfish Bay
Aransas Bay
Copano Bay
Port Bay
Aransas River
Mission Bay
Copano Creek
St. Charles Bay
Mesquite Bay
Cedar Bayou
Matagorda Island
South San Antonio Bay
North San Antonio Bay
Guadalupe Bay
Guadalupe River
Victoria Barge Canal
Matagorda Peninsula
Matagorda Bay
Powderhorn Bay
Lavaca Bay
Chocolate Bay
Port Lavaca Harbor
Upper Lavaca Bay
Point Comfort Harbor
Cox Bay
Keller Bay
Carancahua Bay
Turtle Bay and Tres Palacios Bays
Mouth of Colorado to
South of Brazos River Mouth
Colorado River
East Matagorda Bay
Caney Creek
San Bernard River
Cedar Lakes
State(s)
Texas and International
Texas and International
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas

Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas

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                     APPENDIX-A15
SOUTH CENTRAL REGION
Estuarine
Register
Area
SC-5-3-1-1
SC-5-3-2
SC-6
SC-6-1
SC-6-2
SC-6-2-1
SC-6-2-1-1
SC-7
SC-7-1
SC-7-1
SC-7-1-2
SC-7-1-3
SC-7-1-4
SC-7-1-5
SC-7-2
SC-7-2-1

SC-7-2-2
SC-7-2-2-1
SC-7-2-3
SC-7-2-4
SC-7-2-5
SC-7-2-6
SC-7-2-6-1
SC-7-2-6-2

SC-7-2-6-3
SC-7-2-6-4
SC-7-2-6-5
SC-7-2-6-6
SC-7-2-7
SC-7-2-7-1
SC- 7-2-7-2
SC-7-2-8
SC-8
SC-9
SC-9-1
SC-9-2
SC-9-1-1
SC-9-1-2
SC-10
sc-n
sc-n-i
sc-n-i-i

SC-12
SC-12-1
SC-13
Name
Cedar Lake Bayou
Jones Creek
South Point to Rattlesnake Point
Brazos River
Freeport Harbor
Intracoastal Waterway
Oyster Creek
High Island to Rattlesnake Drum Bays
West Bay
Christmas Bay
Bastrup Bay
Chocolate Bayou
Jones Lake
Offatta Bayou
Galveston Bay
Galveston City - Pelican Island
Comple
Texas City Complex
Swan Lake
Moses Lake
Dickinson Bay
Clear Lake
Houston Ship Channel
San Jacinto Bay
Morgans Point to Cedar Point to
Tabbs Bay
Scott Bay
Burnett Bay
Peggy Lake
Upper Houston Ship Channel
Trinity Bay
Trinity River
Lake Anahuac
East Bay
High Island to Texas Point
Sabine Pass
Sabine Lake
Port Arthur Harbor
Neches River to Humble Island
Sabine River
Louisiana Point to West Jetty
Calcasieu Pass to Calcasieu Lake
Calcasieu Lake
Calcasieu River Above
Intracoastal Waterway
Calcasieu Pass to Freshwater Canal
Mermentau River
Point au Fer to Freshwater Canal
State(s)
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas

Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas

Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas
Texas - Louisiana
Louisiana
Louisiana
Louisiana
Louisiana
Louisiana
Louisiana
Louisiana

Louisiana
Louisiana
Louisiana
Louisiana

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                                       APPENDIX-A16
                 SOUTH CENTRAL REGION
Estuarine
Register
Area
Name
State(s)
SC-13-1
SC-13-1-1
SC-13-2
SC-13-2-1
SC-13-2-1-1
SC-13-2-2
SC-13-2-3
SC-13-2-4
SC-14
SC-14-1
SC-15
SC-15-1
SC-15-1-1
SC-15-1-2
SC-15-1-3
SC-15-2
SC-15-2-1
SC-15-2-1-1
SC-16
SC-16-1
SC-16-2
SC-16-3
SC-16-4
SC-16-4-1
SC-16-5
SC-16-5-1
SC-17
SC-17-1
SC-17-2
SC-17-3
SC-17-4
SC-17-5
SC-17-6
SC-17-7
SC-17-8
SC-17-9
SC-17-10
SC-18
SC-19
SC-19-1
Vermilion Bay                        Louisiana
Weeks Bay                            Louisiana
Atchafalaya Bay                      Louisiana
East Cote Blanche Bay                 Louisiana
West Cote Blanche Bay                Louisiana
Wax Lake                             Louisiana
Lower Atchafalaya River              Louisiana
Fourleague Bay                       Louisiana
Point au Per to 90° 50'              Louisiana
Caillou Bay                          Louisiana
90° 50' to Bayou Fourchon            Louisiana
Terrebonne Bay                       Louisiana
Lake Pel to                           Louisiana
Lake Barre                           Louisiana
Lake Felicity                        Louisiana
Timbalier Bay                        Louisiana
Lake Rollover (Raccourci)            Louisiana
Little Lake                          Louisiana
Bayou Fourchon to Fontanell Bayou    Louisiana
Barataria Bay                        Louisiana
Caminada Bay                         Louisiana
Bay Des Ilettes                      Louisiana
Bay Ranquilles                       Louisiana
Lake Grande Ecoille                  Louisiana
Bastian Bay                          Louisiana
Adams Bay                            Louisiana
Mississippi Delta                    Louisiana
Scofield Bay                         Louisiana
Sandypoint Bay                       Louisiana
Tiger Pass to Southwest Pass         Louisiana
Southwest Pass to Mississippi River  Louisiana
East Bay                             Louisiana
South Pass                           Louisiana
Garden Island Bay                    Louisiana
Pass a/Loutre                        Louisiana
Main Pass                            Louisiana
Pass a/Loutre to Main Pass           Louisiana
Breton Island-Miss. River Gulf Outlet Louisiana
Chandeleur Sound                     Louisiana
Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet        Louisiana

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                    APPENDIX-A17
SOUTHWEST REGION
Estuarine
Register
Area
SW-1
SW-1-1
SW-1 -2
SW-2
SW-2-1
SW-3
SM-3-1
SW-3- 2
SW-3- 3
SW-4
SW-5
SW-5-1
SW-5-1 -1
SW-6
SW-6-1
SM-6-2
SW-6-3
SW-6-3-1
SW-6- 3- 2
SW-6-3-2-1
SW-6-3-2-2
SW-6-3-2-3
SW-6-3-2-3-1

SW-7
SW-7-1
SW-3
SW-8-1
SW-8-2
SW-8-3
SW-3-4
SW-8-5
SW-3-6
SW-9
SW-10
SW-10-1
SVMO-l-I
SW-10-2
SW-11
SW-1 1-1
sw-n-2
Name
Pelican Bay
Chetco River
Smith River
Klamath Coastal
Klamath River
Mumboldt Coastal
Mad River
Humboldt Bay
Eel River
Hendocino Coastal
Sonoma Coastal
Bodega Bay
Tamales Bay
San Francisco Coastal
Drakes Bay
Bolinas Bay
San Francisco Bay
Richardson Bay
San Pablo Bay
Petal uma River
Napa River
Suisun Bay
Sacramento P.iver--San
Joaquin Delta
San Mateo Coastal
Half Moon Bay
f-'onter
Santa Cruz Harbor
Pajaro River
Elkhorn Slough
Salinas River
Monter
Carmel Bay
Big Sur Coastal
San Luis Obispo Coastal
Estero Bay
Morro Bay
San Luis Obispo Bay
Santa Barbara Coastal
Santa Barbara
Ventura
State(s)
California
California
California
California
California
California
California
California
California
California
California
California
California
California
California
California
California
California
California
California
California
California

California
California
California
California
California
California
California
California
California
California
California
California
California
California
California
California
California
California

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               APPENDIX-A18
SOUTHWEST REGION
Estuarine
Register
Area
SW-11-3
SE-11-4
SW-12

SW-13
SW-13-1
SW-13-2
SW-13-3
SW-13-4
SW-14
SW-15
SW-15-1
SW-15-2
SM-16
SW-16-1
SW-16-2
SW-17
SW-17-1
SW-17-2
SW-T8
SW-19
SW-20
SW-21
SW-22
SW-23
SW-24
SW-25
SW-26
SW-27
SW-27-1
SW-28
SW-23-1
SW-28-2
SW-29
SW-30
SW-31
SW-32
SW-32-1
SW-33
SW-34
Name
Port Hueneme
Pt. Muga
Santa Barbara Channel
Islands
Santa Catalina Group
San Nicholas Island
Santa Barbara Island
Santa Catalina Island
San Cl entente Island
Santa Monica Bay
Santa Catalina Coastal
San Pedro Bay
Newport Bay
San Diego Coastal
Mission Bay
San Diego Bay
Hawaii
Hamakua Coastal
Hilo Bay
Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawai i
Maui
Maul
Maui
Kahoolawe
Lanai
Holokai
Oahu
Kaneohe Bay
Oahu
Honolulu Coastal
Pearl Harbor
Oahu
Oahu
Kauai
Kauai
Nawiliwili Harbor
Kauai
Kauai
State(s)
California
California

California
California
California
California
California
California
California
California
California
California
California and International
California
California
Hawai i
Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawai i
Hawai i
Hawaii

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                                              APPENDIX-A19
                          SOUTHWEST REGION
Estuarine                     Names                    State(s)
Register
  Area
SVI-35                  Niihau                       Hawaii
SW-36                  Guam                         Guam
SW-36-1                Port Merizo Lagoon           Guam
SW-36-2                Apra Harbor                  Guam
SW-36-3                Agana Bay                    Guam
SW-37                  Samoa Islands                Samoa
SW-38                  Samoa Islands                Samoa
SW-33-1                Pago Pago Harbor             Pago Paao

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                                         APPENDIX-A20
  Estuary
Designation
  Numbers
                      NORTHWEST REGION
       Name
State(s)
   NU-1
   NW-1-1
   NW-2
   NW-2-1
   NW-3
   NW-3-1
   NW-3-1-1
   NW-3-2
   NW-3-3
   NW-4
   NW-4-1
   NW-4-2
   NW-5
   NW-5-1
   NW-5-2
   NW-5-3
   NW-5-4
   NW-6
   NW-6-1
   NW-6-2
   NW-6-3
   NW-7
   NW-7-1
   NW-7-1-1
   NW-7-1-2
   NW-7-1-3
   NW-8
   NW-8-1
   NW-8-1-1
   NW-8-1-2
   NW-8-2
   NW-8-2-1
   NU-9
   NW-9-1
   NW-9-2
   NW-9-3
   NW-9-4
   NW-10
   NW-10-1
   NW-10-1-1
   NW-10-1-1-1
   NW-10-2
   NW-10-2-1
   NW-10-2-2
   NW-10-2-2-1
   NW-10-2-2-2
   NW-10-2-2-3
   NW-10-2-3
Rogue River Coastal
Rogue River
Coquille Coastal
Coquille River
Oregon Dunes Coastal
Coos Bay
Coos River
Umpqua River
Si us law River
Yaquina Coastal
Alsea River
Yaquina Bay/River
Cascade Head Coastal
Siletz Bay/River
Salmon River
Nestucca Bay/River
Sand Lake
Neahkanie Coastal
Netarts Bay
Tillainook Bay
Nehalem River
Columbia River Coastal
Columbia River
Baker Bay
Youngs Bay
Willamette River
Grays Harbor Coastal
Willapa Bay
Naselle River
Willapa River
Grays Harbor
Chehalis River
Destruction Island Coastal
Quinault River
Queets River
Hoh River
Quillayute River
Strait of Juan De Fuca
San Juan Islands
Bellingham - Anacortes
Nook sack River
Puget Sound
Hood Canal
Whidby Island
Skagit River
Stillaguamish River
Snohomish River
Elliot Bay
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon
Washington
Washington
Washington
Washington
Washington
Washington
Washington
Washington
Washington
Washington
Washington
Washington & Canada
Washington & Canada
Washington
Washington
Washington
Washington
Washington
Washington
Washington
Washington
Washington

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                    APPENDIX-A21
NORTHWEST REGION
Estuary
Designation
Numbers
NW-10-2-3-1
NW-10-2-4
NW-10-2-4-1
NW-10-2-5
NW-10-2-5-1
NW-11
NW-11-1
NW-n-1-1
NW-11-1-2
NW-11 -2
NW-11-3
NW-11-4
NW-1 1-5
NW-11-5-1
NW-11-5-1-1
NW-11-5-1-1-1
NW-11-5-1-1-2
NW-1 1-5-2
NW-1 1-5-3
NW-12
NW-12-1
NW-12-2
NW-12-3
NW-1 3
NW-13-1
NW-1 3-2
NW-1 3-2-1
NW-1 3-2-2
NW-13-2-3
NW-13-3
NW-1 3-4
NW-14
NW-14-1
NW-1 4-2
NW-14-3
NW-14-4
NW-1 5
NW-15-1
NW-1 5-2
NW-15-3
NW-15-4
NW-15-5
NW-15-6
NW-15-7
NW-1 6
NW-1 6-1
NW-1 6-2
NW-16-3
NW-16-4
Name
Duwamish River
Commencement Bay
Puyallup River
South Sound
Ni squally River
Alaska Southeast Coast
Clarence Strait
Behm Canal
Tongass Narrows
Simmer Strait
Cordova Bay
Bucarelli Bay
Chatham Strait-Icy Strait
Frederick Sound
Stephens Passage
Gastineau Channel
Auke Bay
Cynn Canal
Glacier Bay
Yakutat Coastal
Lituya Bay
Yakutat Bay
Icy Bay
Kenai Peninsula Coastal
Controller Bay
Prince William Sound
Port Valdez
Orca Inlet
Port Wells
Resurrection Bay
Nuka Bay
Cook Inlet
Tumagain Arm
Knik Arm
Susitna River
Kachemak Bay
Kodiak Island
Chiniak Bay
Marmot Bay
Ugak Bay
Kaguyak Bay
Alitak Bay
Uyak Bay
Uganik Bay
Alaska Peninsula Coastal
Kukak Bay
Katmai Bay
Portage Bay
Chignik Bay
State(s)
Washington
Washington
Washington
Washington
Washington
Alaska & Canada
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska

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                      APPENDIX-A22
NORTHWEST REGION
Estuary
Designation
Numbers
NW-16-5
NW-16-6
NW-16-7
NW-1 6-8
NW-17
NW-17-1
NW-1 7-2
NW-17-2-1
NW-1 7-2-1-1
NW-17-2-2
NW-17-3
NW-1 7- 3-1
NW-17-3-2
NW-17-3-3
NW-1 7-4
NW-1 7-4-1
NW-1 7-4-2
NW-1 7-5
NW-17-5-1
NW-1 7-5-2
NW-1 8
NW-19
NW-1 9-1
NW-1 9-2
NW-19-3
NW-19-4
NW-19-5
NW-1 9-6
NW-20
NW-20-1
NW-21
NW-21-1
NW-21 -2
NW-21 -3
NW-21 -4
NW-22
NW-23
NW-24
Name
Stepovak Bay
Paul of Bay
Cold Bay
Morzhoroi Bay
Aleutian Islands
Unimak Island
Fox Islands
Unalaska Bay
Dutch Harbor
Makushin Bay
Andreanof Islands
Nazan Bay
Korovin Bay
Koluk Bay
Rat Islands
Aonchitka Island
Kiska Island
Near Islands
Agattu Island
Attu Island
Bering Sea Islands
Bristol Bay
Port Moller
Port He i den
Ugashik Bay
Egegik Bay
Kvichak Bay
Nushagak Bay
Kuskokvnm Bay
Goodnews Bay
Norton Sound
Yukon River
Norton Bay
Golovnin Bay
Port Clarence
Kotzebue Sound
Chukchi Sea Coastal
Beaufort Sea
State(s)
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska
Alaska & Canada
                         * V. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1968 O - 310-316

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