Alabama water fact sheet footnotes

1 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 2013. Water: Streams. Accessed at https://archive.epa.gov/water/archive/web/html/streams.html.

2 Declaration of Jovian Sackett at 8-9, South Carolina Coastal Conservation League v. Wheeler, No. 2:20-cv-01687-BHH (D.S.C. May 21, 2021), ECF No. 119-50.

3 John Flescher, New Rule May Strip Pollution Protections from Popular Lakes,

Washington Post, Sept. 27, 2020.  Accessed at https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/new-rule-may-strip-pollution-protections-from-popular-lakes/2020/09/27/46ee5922-00c6-11eb-b92e-029676f9ebec_story.html.

4, 5, 6,  Calculations from EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS). 2020. Accessed at https://ofmpub.epa.gov/apex/sfdw/f?p=108:1:::NO::: AND U.S. Census Bureau (USCB). 2020 Population and Housing State Data. Accessed at https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/interactive/2020-population-and-housing-state-data.html.

7, 8 EPA and U.S. Department of the Army. 2018. Economic Analysis for the Proposed Revised Definition of “Waters of the United States”. p219-221. Accessed at https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2018-12/documents/wotusproposedrule_

ea_final_2018-12-14.pdf.

9 Calculations performed by Jovian Sackett, SELC, based on methodology and precursor analysis described in Declaration of Jovian Sackett at 8-10, South Carolina Coastal Conservation League v. Wheeler, No. 2:20-cv-01687-BHH (D.S.C. May 21, 2021), ECF No. 119-50.

10 EPA and U.S. Department of the Army. 2015. Economic Analysis of the EPA-Army Clean Water Rule. p53-54. Accessed at https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2015-06/documents/508-final_clean_water_rule_economic_analysis_5-20-15.pdf

11 U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), USFWS, and U.S Department of Commerce (DOC), USCB. 2011. National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife Associated Recreation – Alabama. p5-8. Accessed at https://www.census.gov/prod/2013pubs/

fhw11-al.pdf.

12 The Outdoor Industry Association. 2017. The Outdoor Recreational Economy – Alabama. Accessed at https://outdoorindustry.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/OIA_RecEcoState_AL.pdf

13, 14 National Marine Fisheries Service. 2017. Fisheries Economics of the United States, 2015. U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-F/SPO-170, p13, 170-171. Accessed at https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/16121.

15 Byington, Pat. 2017. Who Knew? Alabama ranks first in biodiversity. How did that happen?. BHAM NOW. Accessed at https://bhamnow.com/2017/10/30/knew-alabama-ranks-first-biodiversity/.

16 Brewers Association. 2020. Economic Impact by State. Accessed at https://www.brewersassociation.org/statistics/economic-impact-data/ AND https://cdn.brewersassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/01131257/2020-State-Breakdown.pdf.