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California opens draft statewide plastics monitoring strategy for public review; comments due March 11
Summary
Tony Hale (SFEI) and Kyla Kelly (Ocean Protection Council) presented a 10-year phased plastics monitoring strategy calling for pilot studies, interoperable data standards and a public review period; presenters said potential funding (including SB 54 mitigation funds) is under consideration.
Tony Hale of the San Francisco Estuary Institute and Kyla Kelly, water quality program manager at the Ocean Protection Council, presented a draft statewide plastics monitoring strategy and planning framework intended to guide coordinated macro- and microplastics monitoring across California.
Kyla Kelly framed the effort: "We can establish a baseline of understanding of plastic contamination in the state's aquatic environments," she said, and added that continued monitoring would let agencies track trends and evaluate the effectiveness of policies.
Tony Hale described a…
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