Maintaining Progress in Restoring the Chesapeake Bay Holding the Line on Nutrient Pollution April 20
- Published:
- January 1, 2000
- Originator:
- Chesapeake Bay Program
The 1987 Chesapeake Bay Agreement, signed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, The State of Maryland, the Commonwealth of Virginia, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Chesapeake Bay Commission (the Executive Council), established a goal of improving water quality in the Bay to support living resources. A Key commitment to achieving the goal was to reduce nutrient pollution by 4-% by 2000. In 1992, the Executive Council commited to reducing nutrient levels to a capped nutrient load by 2000 and maintaining that load thereafter. In 1997, we reaffirmed that commitment. A task force of the Implementation Committee was formed to identify policy issues and options under a capped load. The findings and recommentdation of the Cap Issue and Policy Group are summarized.