Maryland "Bay Diet" Available for Public Comment

If you want to read and comment on Maryland's plan to implement the Chesapeake Bay restoration plan:

If you don't comment, you don't have the right to complain afterwards...

On December 15, 2011, Maryland provided EPA with a preliminary draft of the State’s Phase II Watershed Implementation Plan (WIP). The purpose of the preliminary draft was to provide EPA with an opportunity to confirm that the proposed strategies would meet the Bay TMDL goals. Based on results from EPA, updated draft documents are available below for public review and comment from January 26, 2012 through March 9, 2012.

Comments on the draft Phase II WIP should be submitted in writing to MDE no later than March 9, 2012 by email (preferred) to: wipcoordinator@mde.state.md.us or by post to: Tom Thornton, Maryland Department of the Environment, 1800 Washington Boulevard – Suite 540, Baltimore MD 21230-1718.

http://www.mde.state.md.us/programs/Water/TMDL/TMDLImplementation/Pages/DRAFT_PhaseII_WIPDocument_Main.aspx

Executive Summary Executive Summary.pdf Main Report Main_Report.pdf WIP Phase II County Plans (Section III) Local Plans Appendix A:  Statewide Narrative Strategies to Meet Interim Reduction Targets Appendix_A.pdf Appendix B:  Phase II WIP Strategy Results Appendix_B.pdf Appendix C:  Cost Analyses and Funding Studies Appendix_C.pdf Appendix D:  Federal Facility Contributions to MD's Phase II WIP Appendix_D.pdf Appendix E:  MD State Agency Phase II WIP Reports Appendix_E.pdf Appendix F:  Final Target Loads for Significant (Major) Facilities Appendix_F.pdf Appendix G:  NPDES Dischargers Appendix_G.pdf Appendix H:  Analysis: Meeting the Required Water Quality Response Appendix_H.pdf