nt Trading to Maintain the Nutrient Cap in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
- Published:
- December 14, 1998
- Originator:
- Chesapeake Bay Program
this workshop was held om December 14, 1998. Its purpose, as delineated on the agenda (see Appendix I) was to initiate a process to develop nutrient trading policies and guidelines to achieve and maintain the Nutrient Cap in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. The workshop consisted of three parts:
1) A panel discussion by national experts on trading, and a presentation by the EPA Assistant Administrator for the Office of Water;
2) Morning breakout sessions to discuss and explore substantive issues of major importance to any trading program, and
3) Afternoon breakout sessions to comment on a proposed draft strawman of the process suggested by the Organizing Committee to use in the development of a trading program (entitled the "Negotiation Process Strawman: see Appendix II).