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Chesapeake Partner Advisory Group Roundtable: Preliminary WIP Findings

Get an update on Phase III WIP, learn about key findings, and participate in breakout sessions to discuss strategies for BMP maintenance, stormwater management, and more. Provide feedback on the preliminary WIP today or by February 13. Next steps and timeline will also be discussed.

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Chesapeake Partner Advisory Group Roundtable: Preliminary WIP Findings

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  1. CHESAPEAKE PARTNER ADVISORY GROUP ROUNDTABLE 3          |             FEBURARY 7, 2019 Photo Credit: Krista Schlyer

  2. BUCKET LIST: What is one thing you want to do along DC waterways? 

  3. AGENDA • Update on Phase III WIP • Current Status & Timeline • Presentation of Key Findings  • Tomahwares Presentation on Marketing & Design Focus Groups  • Breakout Sessions  • Breakout Session Recap  • Conclusion & Next Steps 

  4. GOAL:Provide overview and answer questions about preliminary WIP so you feel ready to commentASK:Provide feedback on the preliminary WIP today and/or by February 13 Photo Credit: Krista Schlyer

  5. CURRENT STATUS & TIMELINE

  6. Phase III WIP KEY FINDINGS  • Current pollution from District well below planning targets because Blue Plains not discharging at capacity, but Blue Plains will need this capacity in coming decades due to: • Economic and population growth​ • Clean Rivers Project • Climate change Photo Credit: Krista Schlyer

  7. Total Nitrogen vs Ches. Bay TMDL Allocation

  8. Total Phosphorus vs Ches. Bay TMDL Allocation

  9. KEY FINDINGS  • District’s current rate of implementing stormwater management practices under MS4 permit and planned stream restoration will meet nonfederal planning targets, including additional reductions to address climate change: ​ • 85% of stormwater management due to compliance with stormwater management regulations​ • 11% from tree planting requirements • 4% from voluntary projects Photo Credit: Krista Schlyer Photo Credit: Krista Schlyer

  10. KEY FINDINGS  • Stormwater management implementation assumptions take into account: ​ • ​Only two-thirds acres meeting 1.2” retention standard; rest is MEP • Only including non-federal lands • Voluntary projects only meet 0.5” retention rate • Even though meeting Bay goals early, cannot slow down because local water quality harder to attain

  11. KEYFINDINGS Implementation in targeted sub-watersheds increases benefits for local water quality, restored streams and climate resilience

  12. KEY FINDINGS Increasing BMP maintenance and inspection workload • Unmaintained BMPs do not reduce as much pollution • Chesapeake Bay Program will not give credit for BMPs unless can verify they are maintained • Strategies to encourage maintenance and inspections: • Stormwater Retention Credit and RiverSmart Rewards programs • New Self-Inspection/Self-Reporting pilot • Increased resources for inspections • Grants to support innovative maintenance solutions • Exploring options to expand maintenance at District facilities Photo Credit: Krista Schlyer

  13. KEY FINDINGS Chesapeake Partner Advisory Group identified: • Maintenance, supporting local champions, and increasing awareness of SRC program as top issues • Making engagement a grant output, linking BMP maintenance and workforce development, and encouraging entities to buy SRCs as top proposals Many issues and proposals identified and prioritized by C-PAG align with DOEE initiatives currently underway and can inform these efforts

  14. WIP Completion Challenges: Many delays due in large part to partial government shutdown: • Federal agency submissions • Completing 2018 progress run • Running Phase III wastewater data inputs through Chesapeake model Photo Credit: Krista Schlyer

  15. TOMAHWARES Photo Credit: Krista Schlyer

  16. BREAKOUT SESSIONS • Break into groups to discuss the following topics in 10 min “speed dating” sessions • Participants encouraged to circulate between topics  • Permissible to stay at one topic more multiple sessions How DOEE is Addressing CPAG Recommendations Across Programs |Facilitator: Kara Pennino Best Management Practice (BMP) Maintenance and Inspection Strategies|Facilitator: Walter Caldwell Stormwater Management Regulations and Stormwater Retention Credit Program - How do these requirements and programs support WIP goals? | Facilitator: Matthew Espie Q & A on the WIP Development and Chesapeake Bay Program | Facilitator: Katherine Antos Photo Credit: Krista Schlyer

  17. Breakout Session Recap

  18. NEXT STEPS: • Provide any feedback today using comment forms • Email comments by February 13 to Katherine.Antos@dc.gov and Brent.Peterson@dc.gov • Provide availability for Roundtable #4 • Draft WIP available April 12 • Roundtable #4 in May Photo Credit: Krista Schlyer

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