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Publication date: June 22nd, 2011 in Policy Memorandum

Letter from Chesapeake Bay Leadership to Congress to Reduce Polluted Runoff from Federal Highways

Letter from Chesapeake Bay Leadership to Congress to Reduce Polluted Runoff from Federal Highways

Publication date: January 11th, 2011 in Policy Memorandum

Revision Process for Minor Amendments to Chesapeake Bay Fishery Management Plans

An agreement that approves expedited method for handling changes in fishery management plans as warranted.

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Publication date: January 11th, 2011 in Policy Memorandum

Implementing Chesapeake Executive 04-2

In it's Directive 04-2 Meeting the Nutrient and Sediment Reduction Goals - Next Steps. the Chesapeake Executive Council in January 2005 directed several actions designed to support and accelerate implementation of the partner jurisdiction. Tributary Strategy goals. This memo confirms discussion that the Principal Staff Committee has made on several elements of Directive 04-2. It also provides a general status report on implementation of the Directive 04-2.

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Publication date: January 11th, 2011 in Policy Memorandum

Chesapeake Bay Watershed Assistance Network

In January 2005, the Chesapeake Executive Council issued Directive 04-2 Meeting the Nutrient Sediment Reduction Goals - Next Steps. The Council directed the Chesapeake Bay Program to create a network of assistance programs to establish a better mutual understanding of how existing financing programs operate, explore possibilities for greater effectiveness and consider ways to improve financing of tributary strategies implementation. The doc describes the mission, goals, and desired results.

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Publication date: January 11th, 2011 in Policy Memorandum

Funding Priorities for Implementation of the Chesapeake Bay Program Tributary Strategies

In order to restore water quality in the Chesapeake Bay, states have developed Tributary Strategies to reduce pollution from nutrients (Nitrogen&Phosphorus) and sediment. The strategies contain a wide array of practices and initial cost estimates are far beyond the current capacity of jurisdiction to implementation. In January 2005 the Chesapeake Executive Council signed Directive 04-2 which called for the development of funding priorities. This document is the result of the directive. 

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Publication date: January 11th, 2011 in Policy Memorandum

Chesapeake Bay Basinwide Toxics Reduction and Prevention Strategy

Overview of the reevaluation of the Chesapeake Bay Basinwide Toxics Reduction Strategy adopted by the Chesapeake Executive Council in January 1989, its 1992 reevaluation.  The Strategy used the requirements of the 1987 Clean Water Act as a foundation.

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