NCDP Scientific Advisory Council Agenda_Mar2024

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NCDP Scien�fic Advisory Council Agenda – Virtual Mee�ng
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
March 22, 2024
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Time Topic Speaker(s)
1:00 to 1:15 Convene
• Introduc�ons
• Approve minutes from 1/26/24
Paul Wojoski, NCDEQ
(facilitator)
1:15 to 1:45 1) Is the EPA recreational criteria magnitude of 8 µg/L
for microcystin appropriate for North Carolina?
SAC Co-Chairs Jud
Kenworthy and Hans
Pearl
1:45 to 2:15 2) Is the EPA recreational criteria magnitude of 15 µg/L
for cylindrospermopsin appropriate for North
Carolina?
SAC Co-Chairs Jud
Kenworthy and Hans
Pearl
2:15 to 2:45 3) What microcystin / cylindrospermopsin criteria
levels are appropriate for swimming advisories?
SAC Co-Chairs Jud
Kenworthy and Hans
Pearl
2:45 to 3:00 Break
3:00 to 4:00 Guided discussion of questions #4 and #5 SAC Co-Chairs Jud
Kenworthy and Hans
Pearl
4:00 Adjourn Paul Wojoski, NCDEQ

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Questions for SAC resolution:

1. Is the EPA recrea�onal criteria magnitude of 8 µg/L for microcys�n appropriate for North
Carolina?
2. Is the EPA recrea�onal criteria magnitude of 15 µg/L for cylindrospermopsin appropriate for
North Carolina?
3. What microcys�n / cylindrospermopsin criteria levels are appropriate for swimming
advisories?
4. What levels of nitrogen and phosphorus can foster the harmful algal blooms?
5. What data is needed (or ques�ons to be answered) in order to determine the correla�on
between harmful algal blooms and nitrogen and phosphorus?