2012 Executive Council Meeting

The Chesapeake Executive Council announced progress under the first set of Chesapeake Bay cleanup milestones at its annual meeting on July 9 at Gunston Hall, near Lorton, Virginia.  They discussed the benefits of this system of short, two-year milestones and how, in the future, it will help partners meet the requirements of the Bay “pollution diet”.  The Council also announced the 37 recipients of technical support under the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s  “Local Government Green Infrastructure Initiative” and elected Mayor Vincent C. Gray of the District of Columbia as its new Chair.

In Attendance:

• Lisa P. Jackson, Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency & Executive Council Chair
• Governor Martin O’Malley, Maryland
• Mayor Vincent C. Gray, District of Columbia
• Senator (Va.) Emmett Hanger, Chair, Chesapeake Bay Commission
• Kathleen Merrigan, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture
• Doug Domenech, Secretary of Natural Resources, Virginia
• Michael Krancer, Secretary, Department of Environmental Protection, Pennsylvania
• Collin O’Mara, Secretary, Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Control, Delaware
• James Tierney, Assistant Commissioner, Department of Environmental Conservation, New York
• Teresa Koon, Assistant Director, Department of Environmental Protection, West Virginia

Event Photographs

News Release and Meeting Materials:

2012 Executive Council Meeting Agenda (410.78 KB)
2012 Executive Council Annual Meeting Press Release (115.32 KB)
Press Backgrounder / Part I: Progress toward Healthy Waters (194.66 KB)
Part II - Progress toward Healthy Waters: 2009-11 Milestones Final Progress (1.53 MB)
Part III: Progress toward Healthy Waters: Reducing N, P, S Fact Sheet (372.04 KB)
Part IIIa: Progress toward Healthy Waters IIIa.Fed Water Quality Milestones (707.98 KB)
Part IV: Progress toward Healthy Waters: 2012-13 Milestone Committments (1.06 MB)
Part V: Progress toward Healthy Waters (227.09 KB)
State of Program Report (5.36 MB)
Citizens Advisory Committee 2012 Report to the Executive Council (219.62 KB)
Local Government Advisory Council 2012 Report to the Executive Council (150.01 KB)
Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee 2012 Report to Executive Council (31.56 KB)
Federal 2011 Progress Highlights (388.27 KB)
Chesapeake Bay Commission 2011-12 Action Highlights (130.96 KB)
State Highlights for 2011-12 (128.54 KB)
Lightning Talk #1: Conewago Partnership Restoration.PA.Matt Royer (876.94 KB)
Lightning Talk #3: Urban Restoration.DC.Peter Hill (3.64 MB)
Lightning Talk #4: Wasterwater Finance VA.Chris Pomeroy (471.5 KB)
CBP Presentation #1: 2011 Exec Council Outcomes.SGarvin (309.48 KB)
CBP Presentation #2: 2012 State of Program.NDiPasquale (2.56 MB)
CBP Presentation #3: Reducing Pollution.JCorbin (1.64 MB)