Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia Plan Will Affect West Virginia

EPA has announced the availability of a plan for reducing hypoxia, or oxygen depletion, in the Gulf of Mexico. One method of doing that is to reduce nutrient loading from the states that drain to the Mississippi River. The 2008 Action Plan greatly increases accountability and specificity through the inclusion of an Annual Operating Plan and Annual Report to maintain and track progress between reassessments, state-led nutrient reduction strategies, complementary federal strategies, and an outreach plan to engage stakeholders.
Eleven key actions in the 2008 Action Plan outline critical needs to complete and implement nitrogen and phosphorus reduction strategies, promote effective conservation practices and management practices, track progress, reduce existing scientific uncertainties, and promote effective communications to increase awareness of Gulf hypoxia.

Most of West Virginia drains to the Mississippi, and any reductions on nutrient loading will certainly affect West Virginia businesses and municipalities

You can see the plan at http://www.epa.gov/msbasin/taskforce/actionplan08.htm