Long Island Sound Improvement Act Amendments of 2010

The Long Island Sound Improvement Act Amendments of 2010 proposes to expand federal efforts to protect and restore the Long Island Sound watershed by increasing the responsibilities of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The bill would require all municipalities within the watershed to obtain stormwater discharge permits regardless of their population size and would establish a voluntary interstate program for trading nitrogen credits to reduce water pollution. For citizens, these changes aim to improve local water quality and coastal resilience by funding conservation projects, studying the impacts of climate change on the Sound, and implementing new technologies to remove excess nutrients from the water.