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Path Forward to Partnership Decision Making on the Basinwide BMP Verification Framework

Path Forward to Partnership Decision Making on the Basinwide BMP Verification Framework. CBP Citizen Advisory Committee Briefing February 22, 2013 Meeting Nick DiPasquale and Rich Batiuk. Framework Components. BMP verification principles Source sector-specific verification protocols

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Path Forward to Partnership Decision Making on the Basinwide BMP Verification Framework

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  1. Path Forward to Partnership Decision Making on the Basinwide BMP Verification Framework CBP Citizen Advisory Committee Briefing February 22, 2013 Meeting Nick DiPasquale and Rich Batiuk

  2. Framework Components • BMP verification principles • Source sector-specific verification protocols • Jurisdiction specific procedures for eliminating double counting • Basinwide 1619 data sharing agreement • USDA agreement to enhance data collection reporting of cost shared practices

  3. Framework Components • Procedures for the clean-up historical BMP • Partnership process for evaluating and adopting future BMP verification protocols and procedures • Jurisdictional BMP verification documentation expectations for their existing QA plans • Communications strategy

  4. Decision Making Schedule • March 7 PSC Meeting • March 9 LGAC Meeting • March 11 WQGIT Conf Call • March 12 STAC Meeting • March 13 BMP Verification Review Panel Mtg • March 14 Management Board Mtg • March Habitat GIT Briefing • Late March BMP Verification Committee Conf Call

  5. Decision Making Schedule • April 11 Management Board Mtg • Late April BMP Verification Committee Conf Call • May PSC Meeting • June public communication of partnership’s BMP verification program through some formal agreement • Summer/fall: BMP verification review panel meetings to review the jurisdictions’ proposed programs

  6. Discussion Questions for the Citizens Advisory Committee • Helping us operationally define transparency and what specific steps the partnership needs to take to ensure it achieved • Offering your ideas on how we can best proceed forward with ramping up our verification efforts over time

  7. Rich Batiuk Associate Director for Science U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Chesapeake Bay Program Office 410 Severn AvenueAnnapolis, MD  21403 410-267-5731 (office) 443-223-7823 (cell) batiuk.richard@epa.gov www.chesapeakebay.net

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