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Federal Facilities and the District’s Phase III WIP

Training for Federal Facilities Located in the District of Columbia

Washington, DC May 31, 2018

Katherine Antos, Branch Chief Partnering & Environmental Conservation Branch Department of Energy & Environment Jeff Sweeney Integrated Analysis Coordinator U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Chesapeake Bay Program Office

Chesapeake Bay Water Quality Standards

2 Open-Water Habitat Migratory Fish Spawning and Nursery Use Deep-Channel Seasonal Refuge Use Shallow-Water Bay Grass Use Deep-Water Seasonal Fish and Shellfish Use

Oxygen Requirements (mg/L) of Bay Species

Hard Clams: 5 Striped Bass: 5-6 Worms: 1 6 5 3 2 1 4 Crabs: 3 Spot: 2 White Perch: 5 American Shad: 5 Yellow Perch: 5 Alewife: 3.6 Bay Anchovy: 3

Open-Water Habitat

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Chesapeake Bay Impairments

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• Dissolved Oxygen
• Chlorophyll a
• Water Clarity/SAV Abundance

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Bay TMDL Adaptive Management Framework

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Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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EPA Expectations Document Under Development

DRAFT EPA’S EXPECTATIONS FOR FEDERAL LANDS AND FACILITIES IN SUPPORTING CHESAPEAKE BAY JURISDICTIONS’ PHASE III WATERSHED IMPLEMENTATION PLANS (FINAL APPROXIMATELY AUGUST 2018)

• Lists information needed to create a plan to reach targets
• Other tie-togethers

– 2014 Chesapeake Watershed Agreement – EO 13508 and EO 13834 – EISA 438

• EPA to coordinate and assist

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Expectations for Federal Facilities

• Participate and stay informed
• Identify Land and facilities
• Calculate current loads
• Account for growth
• Understand reduction targets
• Plan BMP scenarios to achieve targets
• Implement BMPs
• Report BMPs in the annual progress submission

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• Those who pollute more should do more
• Those that have a greater influence on attaining water

quality standards should have a greater level of effort

Nitrogen and Phosphorus Planning Targets Rules of Equity

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• No-Action
• E3 (Everything, Everywhere, by Everyone)
• No-Action and E3 are one component of the

Planning Target calculations

• Equity rule = Major river basins that contribute

the most to the Bay water quality problems must do the most to resolve those problems (on a pound-per-pound basis)

• The difference between No-Action and E3 loads is

defined as the “controllable” loads.

Planning Target Methodology Defining the Controllable Loads

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Preliminary* Federal Facility Planning Targets

Agency Scenario Total Area (Acres) Total Nitrogen (Lbs) Total Phosphorous (Lbs) ARS 2010 No Action 420.52 1,275.60 97,213.10 2009 Progress 420.52 1,256.60 95,936.50 Federal Facility Planning Targets 420.52 894.44 64,104.86 E3 420.52 689.20 47,049.10 DOD 2010 No Action 1,654.73 12,256.50 1,148.20 2009 Progress 1,654.73 12,237.90 1,152.50 Federal Facility Planning Targets 1,654.73 7,744.14 756.82 E3 1,654.73 5,314.40 473.40 GSA 2010 No Action 517.65 2,100.40 141.30 2009 Progress 517.65 2,099.10 141.50 Federal Facility Planning Targets 517.65 1,277.05 83.18 E3 517.65 833.70 41.10 Smithsonian 2010 No Action 146.95 441.00 102.90 2009 Progress 146.95 440.10 103.30 Federal Facility Planning Targets 146.95 333.23 54.01 E3 146.95 275.20 18.60 NPS 2010 No Action 8,151.72 37,195.80 13,305.00 2009 Progress 8,151.72 35,559.90 4,752.70 Federal Facility Planning Targets 8,151.72 24,060.67 5,723.94 E3 8,151.72 16,987.90 234.20 Other Fed 2010 No Action 665.28 130.20 9.50 2009 Progress 665.28 129.80 9.40 Federal Facility Planning Targets 665.28 91.92 6.19 E3 665.28 71.30 3.80

* Pending release of final Phase III WIP planning targets, expected July 2019, and review period

• Chesapeake Assessment and Scenario Tool (CAST)
• Web-based planning tool to develop scenarios that

estimate the nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment reductions associated with future best management practice (BMP) implementation

• Stormwater Database:
• Web-based reporting tool to provide information on BMPs

implemented to date

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Tools to Plan and Report

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• Comments on Federal Facility Planning Targets

due June 29th, 2018

• Check-ins with DOEE:

– August 31st, 2018: Review 1st draft scenario – November 30th, 2018: Review 2nd Draft of Scenario – January 15th, 2019: Review Final Draft of Scenario

• Will discuss other support and coordination

needs later today

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Next Steps

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Bottom Line

• District cannot achieve planning targets without federal facilities
• EPA expects federal facilities to participate in Phase III WIP

development

• Today’s training kicks off coordination between DOEE and federal

facilities within the District to develop Phase III WIP by March 1, 2019 (draft) and June 28, 2019 (final)

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Resources

• Midpoint Assessment Website:

https://mpa.chesapeakebay.net/

• WQGIT web page:

http://www.chesapeakebay.net/groups/group/water_quality_ goal_implementation_team

• Chesapeake Assessment Scenario Tool:

https://cast.chesapeakebay.net/

• Chesapeake Progress / Water Quality:

http://www.chesapeakeprogress.com/clean-water#water- quality

• May 24 Webinar:

View and listen to archive here

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Questions?

Katherine Antos

Branch Chief katherine.antos@dc.gov

(202) 574-7606

Aaron Waters

Chesapeake Bay and Regulatory Program Specialist aaron.waters@dc.gov (202)535-2239

Luke Cole

Chesapeake Bay Data Coordinator luke.cole@dc.gov (202) 724-5348

Matthew Espie

SWDB Administrator Matthew.Espie@dc.gov (202) 715-7644

Greg Allen, Ph.D.

allen.greg@epa.gov 410-267-5746

Jeff Sweeney

jsweeney@chesapeakebay.net 410-267-9844

Renee Thompson

rthompso@chesapeakebay.net

Olivia Devereaux

• livia@devereuxconsulting.com

301-325-7449