Chesapeake Bay Program Partnership’s Basinwide BMP Verification Framework Briefing CBP Partnership’s Communications Workgroup July 10, 2014

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.”

BMP Verification Life Cycle

What’s Being Targeted… Agriculture Forestry Stormwater Wastewater Streams Wetlands Any practice yielding nutrient/sediment pollutant reductions reported for credit 4

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

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

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

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