• An Hour and a Quarter in 1947

    Two pages of yellow and brittle paper contain the typed record of the Commission’s first meeting in 1947. All three members were present. From the minutes: At the invitation of Dr. Vlado A. Getting, member of the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission representing the state of Massachusetts, the first meeting of the commission…

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  • Northeast Regional Mercury TMDL

    Northeast Regional Mercury TMDL

    In December 2005, NEIWPCC began working with the seven Northeast states on a regional cleanup plan to reduce mercury entering into the states’ waters from a range of pollution sources. The draft of this plan, the Northeast Regional Mercury Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL), was released for public comment on April 11, 2007. The EPA finalized…

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