Watershed Implementation Plans

Watershed Implementation Plans (also referred to as WIPs) are the next step in our continued progression toward a restored Chesapeake Bay. These plans consider such things as ecological restoration and sustainability while allowing for greater transparency and accountability for improved performance.

Each of the seven Bay watershed jurisdictions will create a WIP that documents how the jurisdiction will partner with federal and local governments to achieve and maintain water quality standards.

Around the time these WIPs are to be developed, a federal TMDL will require reductions of nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment. This federal effort is intended to obtain water quality standards for each of the Bay’s tidal segments, tributaries and embayments listed as impaired under 303(d) of the Clean Water Act.

For more information about the TMDL process, including news and events, please visit www.epa.gov/chesapeakebaytmdl.

Final State Watershed Implementation Plans

• Delaware -  Phase I | Phase II
• District of Columbia -  Phase I | Phase II
• Maryland - Phase I | Phase II
• New York - Phase I | Phase II
• Pennsylvania - Phase I | Phase II
• Virginia - Phase I | Phase II
• West Virginia - Phase I | Phase II

Key Documents

To better understand the expectations and consequences laid out by EPA, please review the following documents:

• Letter to Chesapeake Bay Program Principals’ Staff Committee with Preliminary Target Loads (Nov. 3, 2009)
• Letter to Chesapeake Bay Program Principals’ Staff Committee Outlining EPA's Expectations for Watershed Implementation Plans (Nov. 4, 2009)
• Letter to the States in the Watershed and District of Columbia (Dec. 29, 2009)
• Letter to Principals' Staff Committee Outlining Schedule for TMDL Implementation (June 11, 2010)

Contacts

To get involved in the process of developing or instating WIPs, or get answers to state-specific questions, please contact your state lead:

Jurisdiction	Contact, Agency	Phone
MD	Rich Eskin, MDE	(410) 537-3691
	Jeff Horan, DNR	(410) 260-8705
VA	Russ Perkinson, DCR	(804) 786-4382
	Alan Pollock, DEQ	(804) 698-4002
PA	Pat Buckley, DEP	(717) 772-1675
	John Hines, DEP
	Kenn Pattison, DEP	(717) 772-5652
DC	Monir Chowdhury, DOE	(202) 535-2990
	Diane Davis, DOE
	Sarah Sand, DOE
NY	Ron Entringer, DEC	(518) 402-8176
WV	Teresa Koon, DEP	(304) 926-0499 ext. 1020
DE	Jennifer Volk, DNREC	(302) 739-9939

 

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