The Workgroup is responsible for updating the 1999 Toxics Characterization which reports the status of chemical contaminant impacts on the tidal rivers and mainstem of the Chesapeake Bay. The workgroup is also responsible for identifying chemical contaminant assessment needs.

Greg Allen - Coordinator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Karey Harris - Chesapeake Research Consortium
John Kennedy - Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
A.K. Leight - NOAA/NOS/CCEHBR/Oxford
Jamie Mitchell - Hampton Rds Sanitation District
Fred Pinkney - US Fish and Wildlife Service, Chesapeake Bay Field Office
Leonard Schugam - Maryland Department of the Environment
Ning Zhou - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University