Maryland's Draft Phase III WIP for Chesapeake Bay: Achieving Sustainability

1. Maryland’s Draft Phase III WIPfor the Chesapeake Bay June 2019 Presentation to LGAC

2. Principles for Maryland’s WIP • Locally-driven • Robust engagement process, local plans and commitments • Co-benefits • Achievable • Cost effective • Builds on lessons learned in Phase I and II WIPs • Balanced • Regulations and incentives • Short-term actions and longer-term sustained efforts

3. Current Progress and Achieving the WIP -26 M lbs -3.9 M lbs -9.2 M lbs Million pounds of nitrogen to the bay (Maryland is on track to meet its phosphorus and sediment goals) Data from: P6 CAST - 2017 Progress

4. Current Progress and Achieving the WIP -26 M lbs -3.9 M lbs -9.2 M lbs Million pounds of nitrogen to the bay Data from: P6 CAST - 2017 Progress

5. Current Progress and Achieving the WIP -26 M lbs -3.9 M lbs -9.2 M lbs Million pounds of nitrogen to the bay Data from: P6 CAST - 2017 Progress

6. Current Progress and Achieving the WIP -26 M lbs -3.9 M lbs -9.2 M lbs Million pounds of nitrogen to the bay Data from: P6 CAST - 2017 Progress

7. Current Progress and Achieving the WIP -26 M lbs -3.9 M lbs -9.2 M lbs Million pounds of nitrogen to the bay Data from: P6 CAST - 2017 Progress

8. How was the WIP developed? • Wastewater • Review current wastewater performance • Continue to offer incentives to achieve and maintain low nitrogen concentrations • Agriculture • Meet with each Soil Conservation District • Establish goals for specific practices

9. How was the WIP developed? • Stormwater • Incorporate restoration requirements into WIP • Compliance with permit = compliance with WIP • Pace of implementation in line with growth • Not as cost-effective as wastewater and agriculture practices • Co-benefits like flood mitigation • Septics • No net reduction expected – hold the line • This source is very small -- ~6% of total • Focus on local priorities – drinking water, shellfish, swimming, etc.

10. Engagement • Regional meetings • Webinars • Meetings with 23 Soil Conservation Districts • Meetings with 24 county public works & planning • Letters and emails to local elected officials

11. Where will the reductions come from? *Phase III WIP still draft at this time

12. Funding • Should be sufficient to achieve target • Federal funding must be maintained • Farm Bill • Drinking Water Revolving Loans • Water Quality Revolving Loans • EPA Grants (106, CBRAP, CBIG, 319, etc.) • Maryland examples • Chesapeake and Atlantic Coastal Bays Trust Fund • Program Open Space • Bay Restoration Fund • Maryland Agricultural Cost Share • Significant local funding • Especially for stormwater management and restoration • Costs and gaps evaluated annually and reported to Maryland General Assembly

13. Phase III WIP Challenges/Opportunities • Climate change impacts to Bay restoration • Accounting for Conowingo • Ensuring local jurisdiction capacity • Verification and maintenance • Technical assistance, especially for • Agriculture • Stormwater in rural communities

14. For More Information • Maryland’s draft WIP • bit.ly/mdwip3 • kathy.stecker@maryland.gov