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Michigan Watershed Plan Reviews

Michigan Watershed Plan Reviews. Presentation at the Michigan Watershed-Based Planning Workshop, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan ------------------------------- Ward Wilson, Tetra Tech February 12, 2007. Overview. Five watershed plans selected Geographically diverse

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Michigan Watershed Plan Reviews

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  1. Michigan Watershed Plan Reviews Presentation at the Michigan Watershed-Based Planning Workshop, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan ------------------------------- Ward Wilson, Tetra Tech February 12, 2007

  2. Overview • Five watershed plans selected • Geographically diverse • Range in size from a few square miles to Saginaw Bay • Urban, suburban, rural, forested, agriculture • Criteria from EPA guidance • Plans reviewed • Site visits • Report to MDEQ and planners Michigan Workshop

  3. Purpose and Objectives • Existing plans pre-date the new guidance • How much effort and information needed to revise? • Assistance to planners • Information for MDEQ reviewers • EPA will be evaluating results Michigan Workshop

  4. Plan review process • Criteria • Spreadsheet tool • Multiple reviewers • Site visits • Assistance • Reports Michigan Workshop

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  8. Scoring Example Michigan Workshop

  9. Findings • Plans varied as the watersheds and issues varied • Known/identified problems were targeted in detail • New requirements such as load estimates and interim milestones were usually at least partially missing • Similar to EPA “Best of the Nation” review Michigan Workshop

  10. National Trends (from Michael Scozzafava of USEPA) Outreach Identification Criteria on progress Assistance Load reductions Michigan Workshop

  11. Elements (a) and (b)Identification of sources, load estimates, and load reductions • Contributions “quantified by load, percentage, priority, or other method” • Reductions quantified from proposed measures • Basis for the current approach • Inventory of all waterbodies, with their designated uses and impairments • Maps Michigan Workshop

  12. Complex modeling is not always necessary Michigan Workshop

  13. DevelopedLand9% ShorelineErosion47% Forest11% Agriculture33% Sediment (9.38 million tons in 2001) Example of Source Load Estimatefrom Chesapeake Bay Program Michigan Workshop

  14. Elements (c) and (d) Management Measures and Assistance Needed • Should be associated with the impairments, sources, and loads • Most plans had detailed measures • Quantification of reductions • Technical, financial assistance needed • Costs – precision not necessary • Regulatory issues Michigan Workshop

  15. Work together and have fun Michigan Workshop

  16. Element (e)Public Information, Education, and Participation • Most plans had good to excellent outreach sections, as found by EPA • Goals and objectives • Link to implementation of proposed management measures • Strategy • Target audience • Activities • Short and long-term Michigan Workshop

  17. Elements (f) and (g)Schedule and Interim Milestones • Actions to implement management measures • Interim measurable milestones • Logical sequence of dates Short term = up to 3 years (more detail) Long term = up to 10 years (less detail) Michigan Workshop

  18. Elements (h) and (i)Criteria to Assess Progress and Monitoring • Criteria to be used to measure progress • Tied to impairment and use • Activities • Short and long-term • Monitoring approach • Non-environmental monitoring • General plan or schedule Michigan Workshop

  19. National Trends (from Michael Scozzafava of USEPA) Outreach Identification Criteria on progress Assistance Load reductions Michigan Workshop

  20. Why plan? Michigan Workshop

  21. Discussion Items • Revise or rewrite? • Load and load reduction estimates • How much info is enough to get started? • Ongoing use of the plan • No impairments on the 303(d) list - preservation only Michigan Workshop

  22. More discussion Items • Tracking progress in plan • Commitments and flexibility • Other comments and ideas? Michigan Workshop

  23. Thanks for your time Ward Wilson, Tetra Tech, Inc. Michigan Workshop

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