Chesapeake Bay Achieveing Nutrient and Sediment Reduction Goals in the Chesapeake Bay Part II 201

Published:

May 1, 2011

Originator:

National Research Council of the National Academies

In 2009, the EPA requested that the National Research Council (NRC) evaluate and provide advice on the CBP nutrient reduction program and strategy. The EPA specifically directed NRC to evaluate the tracking of best management practice implementation, tracking and accounting efforts, the two-year milestone strategy, and the states' and federal agencies' adaptive management strategies, and to suggest improvements to these strategies that might better attain the CBP goals (see Box S-1). The committee has not been charged to review the TMDL or the models used to develop it. To carry out this work, the NRC appointed a multidisciplinarycommittee of experts to provide advice to the EPA, the six states in Chesapeake Bay watershed, the District of Columbia, other federal agencies, and other interested parties.