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Chesapeake Bay Program Partnership’s Basinwide BMP Verification Framework Briefing CBP Partnership’s Communications Workgroup July 10, 2014
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2 Verification Definition “Verification: the process through which agency partners ensure practices, treatments, and technologies resulting in reductions of nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment pollutant loads are implemented and operating correctly.”
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BMP Verification Life Cycle
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What’s Being Targeted… Agriculture Forestry Stormwater Wastewater Streams Wetlands Any practice yielding nutrient/sediment pollutant reductions reported for credit 4
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Who’s Going to be Effected… State agencies County agencies Municipal authorities Conservation districts Local elected officials and their departmental/agency staffs Non-governmental organizations with emphasis on funders, implementers, and watershed organizations Individual farmers Homeowners 5
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BMP Verification Schedule May 12: Distribute revised framework report May 15: Brief the Citizens Advisory Committee June 5: Brief the Local Governments Advisory Committee June 9: Brief the WQ, Habitat, Fisheries, Healthy Watersheds Goal Implementation Teams June 17: Brief the Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee July 31: BMP Verification Committee conference call to address feedback from GITs and advisory committees Aug 8: Distribute final draft framework document Sept 11: Present to Management Board October: Seek final approval from Principals’ Staff Committee 6
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Post PSC Approval Schedule Fall/Winter: Jurisdictions develop and document their BMP verification programs Spring/Summer: BMP Verification Review Panel mtgs with jurisdictions on the Panel’s reviews 2015/2016: Jurisdictions ramping up their enhanced/new BMP verification programs 7
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Need from Communications Workgroup Take March 2014 draft communications strategy and turn it into a real, workable communications and outreach plan Help flesh out the key messages Determine roles/responsibilities of individual jurisdictions vs. partnership outreach and communications 8
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