Defining and Assessing Adverse Environmental Impact from Power Plant Impingement and Entrainment of Aquatic Organisms

Douglas Dixon, John A. Veil, Joe Wisniewski

• PREFACE, Maryland Power Plant Cooling-Water Intake Regulations and their Application in Evaluation of Adverse Environmental Impact, Scientific and Societal Considerations in Selecting Assessment Endpoints for Environmental Decision Making, Adverse Environmental Impact: 30-year Search for a Definition, Uncertainty and Conservatism in Assessing Environmental Impact under §316(b): Lessons from the Hudson River Case, A Holistic Look at Minimizing Adverse Environmental Impact Under Section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act, Modeling Possible Cooling-Water Intake System Impacts on Ohio River Fish Populations, A Process for Evaluating Adverse Environmental Impact by Cooling-Water System Entrainment at a California Power Plant, Comparing Clean Water Act Section 316(b) Policy Options, Using Attainment of the Designated Aquatic Life use to Determine Adverse Environmental Impact, Defining “Adverse Environmental Impact” and Making §316(b) Decisions: a Fisheries Management Approach, Indicators of AEI Applied to the Delaware Estuary, Adverse Environmental Impact: a Consultant’s Perspective, Proposed Methods and Endpoints for Defining and Assessing Adverse Environmental Impact (AEI) on Fish Communities/ Populations in Tennessee River Reservoirs, Minimizing Adverse Environmental Impact: How Murky the Waters?, Measurement Error Affects Risk Estimates for Recruitment to the Hudson River Stock of Striped Bass, Use of Equivalent Loss Models under Section 316(b) of the Clean Water Act, A Blueprint for the Problem Formulation Phase of EPA-Type Ecological Risk Assessments for 316(b) Determinations, Author index