Nutrient Credits Start To Surge

[...]they may generate more credits per unit of input than most NPS measures. [...]attention has shifted to the agricultural community and other [nonpoint] sources where compliance may be ... exceeded at a much lower cost per pound than [further] pollution reduction [at WWTPs] on site... A month after Senate passage the state's powerful Legislative Budget and Finance Committee updated its 2013 NCP analysis, concluding that a properly designed NCP program could save Pennsylvania over 90 percent - up from 80 percent - of the projected cost of required water quality nitrogen reductions, not counting the nitrogen benefits of BMPs which primarily address P or S. The Committee acknowledged certain implementation issues. Mike Levin, a Bi°Cycle Contributing Editor, is managing member of the virtual law firm Michael H. Levin Law Group, PLLC (Washington DC) and a principal in NLGC, LLC and Carbon Finance Strategies LLC, which respectively focus on capital formation for renewable energy projects and the optimization/development of ground-mounted solar PV facilities.