objective of developing criteria for sewage effluent loading in 

 Chesapeake Bay. Similarly, three research insitutions have been 

 studying the important pollutants in Delaware Bay with special 

 emphasis on oil discharges from transfer operation and oil refineries. 

 In the third study, an attempt is being made to develop methods of 

 assessing dredging and dredge-related impacts in the estuaries of the 

 Pacific Northwest. 



In addition to the work described above, a number of broader scale 

 research projects, some of which are summarized in chapter VI, 

 support the attainment of marine environmental quality goals. 



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