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Trading and Offsets Workgroup

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Scope and Purpose

The charge of the Trading and Offsets Workgroup (TOWG) is to focus and support the implementation of practices, policies, and programs within the realm of nutrient and sediment trading and offsets that will assist efforts to restore water quality in the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal tributaries. The Workgroup recognizes that trading and offsets may be valuable tools in achieving allocations set forth in the 2010 Chesapeake Bay TMDL, and water quality in general. The Workgroup reports to the Water Quality Goal Implementation Team.
Functions include:

  • Provide a forum for discussion, consensus building and  exchange of information among federal, state, and local agencies, river basin commissions, industry groups, universities, and other interested parties on nutrient and sediment trading efforts.
  • Evaluate and facilitate strategies to effectively exchange nutrient, and sediment loads from municipal, industrial and onsite wastewater, agricultural lands and animal operations, urban and suburban stormwater, forested lands, tidal and in-stream sediment, and air emissions.
  • Build consensus on common approaches to calculating, verifying, registering and tracking performance of nutrient and sediment trading and offsets.

Projects and Resources

Trading and Offset Workplans

The Trading and Offsets Workgroup (TOWG) and its Chesapeake Bay Program partners collaborate with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to guide federal and state efforts to create trading and offset programs in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.  To this end, the TOWG and EPA attempt to coordinate their respective workplans for the coming year and beyond.

  • TOWG Workplan August 2012 draft (629.54 KB)
  • EPA Trading and Offsets workplan_July 31 2012 draft (728.8 KB)
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Publications

  • WQGIT Governance Protocols

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  • Members

    • David Foster (Chair), Phoenix Initiatives

      Address:
      17 Byford Court
      Chestertown Maryland 21620

      • Email: jdavidfoster@gmail.com
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    • John Rhoderick (Vice Chair), Maryland Department of Agriculture

      Address:
      50 Harry S Truman Parkway
      Annapolis Maryland 21401

      • Email: JohnCRhoderick@gmail.com
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    • Patricia Gleason (Coordinator), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Region 3

      Address:
      1650 Arch St
      Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19103

      • Email: gleason.patricia@epa.gov
      • Phone: (215) 814-5740
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    • Hilary Swartwood (Staffer), Chesapeake Research Consortium


      Water Quality Goal Implementation Team Staffer

      Address:
      1750 Forest Drive Suite 130
      Annapolis Maryland 21401

      • Email: swartwood.hilary@epa.gov
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    • Dominic Bassani, Bion Environmental Technologies, Inc.

      Address:
      9 East Park Court
      Old Bethpage New York 11804

      • Email: dbassani@biontech.com
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    • Russ Baxter, Virginia Office of Natural Resources

      Address:
      1111 E. Broad Street
      Suite 4066
      Richmond Virginia 23219

      • Email: russ.baxter@governor.virginia.gov
      • Phone: (804) 786-0044
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    • Evan Branosky, District of Columbia Department of Energy & Environment (DOEE)

      Address:
      1200 First Street NE, 5th Floor
      Washington District of Columbia 20002

      • Email: evan.branosky@dc.gov
      • Phone: (202) 535-2295
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    • Allan Brockenbrough, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality

      Address:
      629 East Main St
      Richmond Virginia 23219

      • Email: abrockenbrough@deq.virginia.gov
      • Phone: (804) 698-4147
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    • Olivia Devereux, Devereux Environmental Consulting

      Address:
      9219 Mintwood Street
      Silver Spring Maryland 20901

      • Email: olivia@devereuxconsulting.com
      • Phone: (301) 325-7449
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    • Michael Helfrich, Lower Susquehanna River Keepers Association

      Address:
      324 W. Market St.
      York Pennsylvania 17401-1010

      • Email: lowsusriver@hotmail.com
      • Phone: (717) 779-7915
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    • Roy Hoagland, HOPE Impacts, LLC

      Address:
      14507 Sailview Court
      Midlothian Virginia 23112

      • Email: royhoagland@hopeimpacts.com
      • Phone: (804) 221-0404
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    • Mark Hoffman, Chesapeake Bay Commission

      Address:
      60 West Street
      Suite 406
      Annapolis Maryland 21401

      • Email: mhoffman@chesbay.us
      • Phone: (410) 263-3420
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    • Teresa Koon, West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection

      Address:
      601 57th St SE
      Charleston West Virginia 25304

      • Email: Teresa.M.Koon@wv.gov
      • Phone: (304) 926-0499
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    • Marya Levelev, Maryland Department of the Environment

      Address:
      1800 Washington Blvd.
      Baltimore Maryland 21230

      • Email: mlevelev@mde.state.md.us
      • Phone: (410) 537-3720
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    • Beth McGee, Chesapeake Bay Foundation

      Address:
      6 Herndon Ave
      Annapolis Maryland 21403

      • Email: bmcgee@cbf.org
      • Phone: (410) 268-8816
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    • George Onyullo, District of Columbia Department of Energy & Environment (DOEE)

      Address:
      1200 First St. NE
      5th Floor
      Washington District of Columbia 20002

      • Email: george.onyullo@dc.gov
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    • Susan Frick Payne, Maryland Department of Agriculture

      Address:
      50 Harry S. Truman Parkway 
      Annapolis Maryland 21401

      • Email: susan.payne@maryland.gov
      • Phone: (410) 841-5897
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    • Matt Richardson, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality

      Address:
      629 E. Main St.
      Richmond Virginia 23219

      • Email: matthew.richardson@deq.virginia.gov
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    • Bob Rose, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Water

      Address:
      1200 Pennsylvania, Avenue, N.W.
      Room 3226L, EPA East MC 4101M
      Washington District of Columbia 20460

      • Email: rose.bob@epa.gov
      • Phone: (202) 564-0322
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    • Ginny Snead, The Louis Berger Group, Inc

      Address:
      801 E. Main Street
      Suite 500
      Richmond Virginia 23219

      • Email: gsnead@louisberger.com
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    • Kimberly Snell-Zarcone, Conservation Pennsylvania

      Address:
      P.O. Box 2125
      Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19103

      • Email: kim@conservationpa.org
      • Phone: (484) 857-7123
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    • Jen Walls, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control

      Address:
      89 Kings Highway
      Dover Delaware 19901

      • Email: Jennifer.Walls@state.de.us
      • Phone: (302) 739-9062
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