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Plastic Pollution Action Team

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Scope and Purpose

The Plastic Pollution Action Team (PPAT) seeks to reduce the presence and impacts of plastic pollution on the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed. The PPAT will begin to address this issue by overseeing research to determine the effects that microplastics have on the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem. This will be accomplished by the following actions: 1) providing oversight to the development of preliminary ecological risk assessments (ERAs) of microplastics for one or more subwatersheds to the Chesapeake Bay, 2) using the results of the preliminary ERAs to develop a strategy that identifies and prioritizes gaps in information concerning the effects of microplastics pollution on the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem, highlighting future research questions that need to be answered, 3) present results from ERAs to the Management Board in order to guide future action on addressing plastic pollution, and 4) monitoring policy advances at the state and federal level that could potentially impact, advance or complement this work to inform the science strategy and to identify potential policy or management options that could be utilized for source reduction strategies.

Publications

  • Microplastic Monitoring & Science Strategy for the Chesapeake Bay

    The Plastic Pollution Action Team (PPAT) was formed at the directive of the CBP Management Board and was charged to develop a preliminary ecological risk assessment model (Appendix C), in addition to a size classification...

  • Uniform Size Classification and Concentration Unit Terminology

    Uniform Size Classification and Concentration Unit Terminology for Broad Application in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed 

  • Ecological Risk Assessment For Microplastics

    PRELIMINARY CONCEPTUAL MODEL FOR AN ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT FOR MICROPLASTICS ON STRIPED BASS IN THE POTOMAC RIVER ESTUARY 

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  • Members

    • Matt Robinson (Chair), District of Columbia Department of Energy & Environment (DOEE)

      Address:
      1200 1st St NE
      Washington District of Columbia 20002

      • Email: matthew.robinson@dc.gov
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    • Kelly Somers (Vice Chair), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Region 3

      Address:
      1650 Arch Street
      Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19103

      • Email: Somers.Kelly@epa.gov
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    • Justin Shapiro (Staffer), Chesapeake Research Consortium


      Sustainable Fisheries Goal Implementation Team Staffer

      Address:
      1750 Forest Drive Suite 130
      Annapolis Maryland 21401

      • Email: justin.shapiro@noaa.gov
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    • Doug Austin, Senior Environmental Employee


      Program Assistant

      Address:
      1750 Forest Drive Suite 130
      Annapolis Maryland 21401

      • Email: austin.douglas@epa.gov
      • Phone: (410) 267-5772
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    • Claire Buchanan, Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin (ICPRB)

      Address:
      30 West Gude Dr. Suite 450
      Rockville Maryland 20850

      • Email: cbuchan@icprb.org
      • Phone: (301) 984-1908
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    • Jonathan Cohen, University of Delaware

      Address:
      220 Cannon Lab, 1044 College Drive
      Lewes Delaware 19958

      • Email: jhcohen@udel.edu
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    • Christina Davis, Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin (ICPRB)

      Address:
      -
      - Maryland -

      • Email: cdavis@icprb.org
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    • Shawn Fisher, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

      Address:
      2045 Route 112 Building 4
      Coram New York 11727

      • Email: scfisher@usgs.gov
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    • Martin Gary, Potomac River Fisheries Commission

      Address:
      222 Taylor Street
      Colonial Beach Virginia 22443

      • Email: martingary.prfc@gmail.com
      • Phone: (804) 224-7148
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    • Michael Gonsior, UMCES Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (CBL)

      Address:
      146 Williams Street
      Solomons Maryland 20688

      • Email: gonsior@umces.edu
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    • Robert Hale, Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)

      Address:
      PO Box 1346
      Gloucester Point Virginia 23062

      • Email: hale@vims.edu
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    • Linsey Haram, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC)

      Address:
      647 Contees Wharf Road
      Edgewater Maryland 21037

      • Email: HaramL@si.edu
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    • Kirk Havens, Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)

      Address:
      PO Box 1346
      Gloucester Point Virginia 23062

      • Email: kirk@vims.edu
      • Phone: (804) 684-7386
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    • Carlie Herring, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

      Address:
      1305 East-West Highway
      Silver Spring Maryland 20910

      • Email: carlie.herring@noaa.gov
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    • Paige Hobaugh, Tetra Tech

      Address:
      -
      - Maryland -

      • Email: Paige.Hobaugh@tetratech.com
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    • Bill Jenkins, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Region 3


      Acting Deputy Director

      Address:
      410 Severn Ave. Suite 109D
      Annapolis Maryland 21403

      • Email: jenkins.bill@epa.gov
      • Phone: (215) 814-2911
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    • Anna Kasko, Maryland Department of the Environment

      Address:
      -
      - Maryland -

      • Email: anna.kasko@maryland.gov
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    • Brooke Landry, Maryland Department of Natural Resources

      Address:
      580 Taylor Avenue
      Annapolis Maryland 21401

      • Email: Brooke.Landry@maryland.gov
      • Phone: (410) 260-8629
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    • Julie Lawson, Citizens' Advisory Committee, District of Columbia Department of Energy & Environment (DOEE)

      Address:
      6548 Eastern Avenue NE
      Washington District of Columbia 20012

      • Email: lawson.julie@gmail.com
      • Phone: (202) 347-0412
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    • Alex Lopez, Pennsylvania State University (Penn State)

      Address:
      415 Walker Building
      University Park Pennsylvania 16802

      • Email: axl5758@psu.edu
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    • Katie Morgan, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

      Address:
      -
      -
      - Maryland -

      • Email: katie.morgan@noaa.gov
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    • Donna Morrow, Maryland Department of Natural Resources

      Address:
      580 Taylor Avenue, E-2
      Annapolis Maryland 21401

      • Email: donna.morrow@maryland.gov
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    • Bob Murphy, Tetra Tech

      Address:
      51 Franklin St # 400
      Annapolis Maryland 21401

      • Email: Bob.Murphy@tetratech.com
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    • Tish Robertson, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality

      Address:
      629 East Main Street
      Richmond Virginia 23218

      • Email: tlrobertson@deq.virginia.gov
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    • Kristin Saunders, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES)


      Cross Program Coordinator

      Address:
      1750 Forest Drive Suite 130
      Annapolis Maryland 21401

      • Email: ksaunders@umces.edu
      • Phone: (410) 267-5711
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    • Meredith Seeley, Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)

      Address:
      -
      - Virginia -

      • Email: meseeley@vims.edu
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    • Mike Selckmann, Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin (ICPRB)

      Address:
      -
      - Maryland -

      • Email: -
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    • Claire Sevcik, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control

      Address:
      -
      - Delaware -

      • Email: Clare.Sevcik@delaware.gov
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    • Dan Sklarew, George Mason University

      Address:
      -
      - Virginia -

      • Email: dsklarew@gmu.edu
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    • BK Song, Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS)

      Address:
      -
      - Virginia -

      • Email: songb@vims.edu
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    • Jennifer Starr, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay


      Program Manager, Local Government Programs/LGAC

      Address:
      501 6th St
      Annapolis Maryland 21403

      • Email: jstarr@allianceforthebay.org
      • Phone: (443) 949-0575
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    • Peter Tango, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)


      Monitoring Coordinator

      Address:
      1750 Forest Drive Suite 130
      Annapolis Maryland 21401

      • Email: ptango@chesapeakebay.net
      • Phone: (410) 267-9875
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    • Mark Trice, Maryland Department of Natural Resources

      Address:
      580 Taylor Ave
      Annapolis Maryland 21401

      • Email: mtrice@dnr.state.md.us
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    • Phong Trieu, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments

      Address:
      777 North Capitol Street NE, Suite 300
      Washington District of Columbia 20002

      • Email: ptrieu@mwcog.org
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    • Amy Uhrin, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

      Address:
      -
      - Maryland -

      • Email: amy.uhrin@noaa.gov
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    • Rebecca Whiteash, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection

      Address:
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      - Pennsylvania -

      • Email: rwhiteash@pa.gov
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    • Ryan Woodland, UMCES Chesapeake Biological Laboratory (CBL)

      Address:
      146 Williams Street
      Solomons Maryland 20688

      • Email: woodland@umces.edu
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