It is my understanding that the District of Columbia stormwater trading system is the first in the U.S. - - link.
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"After seven years of deliberation, the D.C. Department of Environment revised its stormwater management regulations and related technical guidebook last Friday. The revised regulations implement a first-of-its-kind stormwater-trading-credit program.
The Department conducted the regulatory revisions in order to meet federal requirements set by the Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to the Clean Water Act.
Stormwater programs attempt to prevent the health and environmental harm caused when trash, oil, pet waste and similar pollutants wash off concrete, asphalt and other impervious surfaces into our local waterways. Forty three percent of D.C.’s land area is impervious."
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