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DEP Sets Meeting On September 29 On Phase 2 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Plan
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The Department of Environmental Protection published notice this week of a meeting September 29 on the Phase 2 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan at its Southcentral Regional Office in Harrisburg starting at 1:00. (formal notice)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced on August , revised nutrient and sediment allocations for the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL). The revised planning targets are the result of the EPA's development of a revised Watershed Model.
Using the revised planning targets, the EPA expects the states to develop a Phase 2 Chesapeake Bay WIP which will further subdivide the loads by local area (county). These will not be regulatory allocations to the county.
Rather, they are to inform local implementers (for example, municipal elected officials and planning agency personnel, county conservation districts and planning commissions) of the nutrient and sediment loads generated by their geographical area so they can help implement or plan appropriate actions to reduce the target loads.
Local implementation efforts should focus on compliance with existing rules and regulations, as well as seeking opportunities for additional management actions. The reduction targets are for planning purposes only and do not become regulatory allocations at the county level.
The EPA has established a December 15 deadline for submission of the Draft Phase 2 WIP, and a March 30, 2012, deadline for the final plan. The EPA expects the Phase 2 WIP to contain greater detail about the first stage of implementation, which will last from when the EPA established the Chesapeake Bay TMDL in December 2010 until 2017.
For more information, visit DEP's Chesapeake Bay webpage or contact Karen Price, Water Planning Office, P. O. Box 2063, Harrisburg, PA 17105-2063, call 717-772-4785, or send email to: kprice@state.pa.us.
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9/12/2011 |
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