Criteria Assessment Protocol Workgroup
The Criteria Assessment Protocol Workgroup addresses and advises on questions related to water quality criteria assessment protocols.
Meetings
Criteria Assessment Protocol Workgroup Monthly Meeting - June 2025
Criteria Assessment Protocol Workgroup Monthly Meeting - July 2025
Criteria Assessment Protocol Workgroup Monthly Meeting - August 2025
Criteria Assessment Protocol Workgroup Meeting - April 2025
Criteria Assessment Protocol Workgroup Meeting - March 2025
Criteria Assessment Protocol Workgroup Meeting - December 2024
About
The Criteria Assessment Protocol Workgroup objectives are to create a partnership agreement on and MD, VA, DE and DC adoption of criteria assessment protocols for the remaining DO criteria in time for the April 2016 303(d) listing cycle to inform the 2017 mid-point assessment and prioritize and resolve additional water quality criteria assessment protocol questions from the partnership. The group currently collaborates with the Water Quality Goal Implementation Team (WQGIT) , the Modeling Workgroup, and the Bay Oxygen Research Group (BORG) to address and advise on questions related to water quality criteria assessment protocols.
Projects
STAC Criteria Addendum Review: Ambient Water Quality Criteria for DO, Water Clarity and Chla
This document provides refinements and clarifications to the previously published Chesapeake Bay water quality criteria assessment procedure.
Ambient WQ Criteria for DO, Water Clarity & Chlorophyll a for the Chesapeake Bay & Its Tidal Tribs
The water quality criteria assessment procedures published in these addenda supersede similar criteria assessment procedures originally published in the 2003 Regional Criteria Guidance.
STAC Peer Review for the James River Chlorophyll-a Criteria Re-evaluation
The CBP-STAC peer review of the James River CHLA Criteria re-evaluation has just been released. This report has been submitted to the CBP Management Board and a written response has been requested on its recommendations.
CHLA Assessment Review/Recommendations Aug 9, 2016 Initial Meeting
These are the minutes from the first meeting of the CAP workgroup, held August 9, 2016, to discuss the short-term task of 1) critically reviewing the existing tidal waters chlorophyll a assessment procedures and 2) providing consensus recommendations on any alternatives to consider in revision of the existing procedures by mid-September 2016.
Publications
2017 Technical Addendum Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Dissolved Oxygen, Water Clarity and Chlorophyll a for the Chesapeake Bay and Its Tidal Tributaries
Publication date:This 2017 addendum provides previously undocumented features of the procedures for assessing attainment of the Chesapeake Bay water quality criteria as well as refinements and clarifications to the previously published Chesapeake Bay water quality criteria assessment procedures.
Our Members
- Peter Tango (Chair)
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) ptango@chesapeakebay.net - Allison Welch (Staffer)
Chesapeake Research Consortium awelch@chesapeakebay.net - Carl Friedrichs
Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) carl.friedrichs@vims.edu - Bill Dennison
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science dennison@umces.edu - Clare Buchanan
Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin (ICPRB) cbuchan@icprb.org - Cindy Johnson
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality csjohnson@deq.virginia.gov - Clifton Bell
Brown and Caldwell cbell@brwncald.com - Elgin Perry
Independent Consultant eperry@chesapeake.net - John Wolf
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) jwolf@chesapeakebay.net - Joe Wood
Chesapeake Bay Foundation jwood@cbf.org - Lucretia Brown
District of Columbia Department of Energy & Environment (DOEE) lucretia.brown@dc.gov - Mark Trice
Maryland Department of Natural Resources mtrice@dnr.state.md.us - Michael Lane
Old Dominion University (ODU) mflane@odu.edu - Ken Moore
Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) moore@vims.edu - Matthew Stover
Maryland Department of the Environment matthew.stover@maryland.gov - David Parrish
Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) parrishd@vims.edu - Peter Tango
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) ptango@chesapeakebay.net - Renee Karrh
Maryland Department of Natural Resources rkarrh@DNR.STATE.MD.US - Richard Tian
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science rtian@chesapeakebay.net - Becky Monahan
Maryland Department of the Environment becky.monahan@maryland.gov - Roberto Llanso
Versar rllanso@versar.com - Tish Robertson
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality tlrobertson@deq.virginia.gov - Tom Parham
Maryland Department of Natural Resources tparham@dnr.state.md.us - Amanda Shaver
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality amanda.shaver@deq.virginia.gov - Dustin Shull
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection dushull@pa.gov - Mark Brickner
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection mbrickner@pa.gov - Lewis Linker
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency linker.lewis@epa.gov - Qian Zhang
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science qzhang@chesapeakebay.net - Rebecca Murphy
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science rmurphy@chesapeakebay.net - Doug Wilson
Caribbean Wind LLC doug@coastaloceanobs.com - Suzanne Trevena
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Region 3 trevena.suzanne@epa.gov - Gregory Voigt
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Voigt.Gregory@epa.gov - Juan Vicenty-Gonzalez
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency VicentyGonzalez.Juan@epa.gov - Denise Hakowski
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Hakowski.Denise@epa.gov - Alex Gunnerson
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) agunnerson@chesapeakebay.net - Breck Sullivan
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) bsullivan@chesapeakebay.net - Leah Ettema
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ettema.leah@epa.gov - Katherine Bentley
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency bentley.katherine@epa.gov - Kaylyn Gootman
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Gootman.Kaylyn@epa.gov - Melinda Cutler
Maryland Department of the Environment melinda.cutler@maryland.gov - Joseph Morina
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality joseph.morina@deq.virginia.gov - Gabriel Duran
Chesapeake Research Consortium gduran@chesapeakebay.net