1. Project Updates Louisiana Water Synergy Project February 17, 2016

2. Before we start… Thanks to our host! John Lopez, Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation Safety Message Reminder: Anti-Trust Guidelines

3. Projects underway or planned Louisiana Coastal Game Prototype Development Development of Shared Biological Baseline Data for Lower Mississippi River to support CWA 316(b) compliance Design of Louisiana Water Quality Trading Program Coastal Zone Resiliency Financing Initiative Support for Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation Cypress Tree Planting

4. Louisiana Coastal Zone Game Game enables participants to play a risk mix of stakeholder roles like state government (CPRA), local government (parishes), corporate entities, fishing industry, land developers, Corps of Engineers, NGO Playable prototype is almost completed Funding provided by Entergy and ConocoPhillips Work done by University of Virginia’s Cntr for Leadership Simulation and Gaming. Based on template from Chesapeake Bay Game Enables participants to explore and understand mutual interests, trade-offs, and consequences of potential decisions

5. Louisiana Coastal Game (con’t) The game measures impacts from player decisions in key environmental areas (e.g., wetlands loss), socio-economic factors (e.g., population, jobs, employment), and infrastructure loss. 2016 work (funding pending): Turning the prototype into a highly playable game Development of Moderator Guide 2-3 Game plays in Louisiana to refine and complete the game Make Game available for use by project participants and others

6. Develop Shared Biological Data for CWA 316(b) compliance Access to a central database for the Lower Mississippi River is expected to Save money and effort for individual facilities Provide a consistent data set for compliance submissions LDEQ has expressed interest Draft Scope of Work and RFP have been developed

7. Develop Shared Biological Data for CWA 316(b) compliance 2016 work planned: Complete the data collection and make the data available to participating companies Review plan with LDEQ and revise as needed Finalize the project funding plan and collect funds from companies interested in participating Select the contractor and monitor work performance

8. Design a Louisiana Water Quality Trading Program Work began in late 2015 with a team including LDEQ, LDAF, CPRA, and the Water Synergy Project Following guidance document published by National Network on Water Quality Trading entitled: “Building a Water Quality Trading Program: Options and Considerations” Program is intended to be integrated with regulatory process, similar to the Louisiana Air Quality Program, and to allow point to point source trades as well as point to non-point source trades

9. Design a Louisiana Water Quality Trading Program (con’t) 2016 Planned Work: Continue design of the proposed program in close coordination with WSP stakeholders, LDEQ, LDAF, and CPRA

10. Coastal Zone Resiliency Financing Initiative To address shortfalls in funding, especially for natural and hybrid infrastructure, this initiative is exploring: Existing financing and opportunities to attract private financing to supplement and leverage public funds; How to better understand, communicate, and measure the multiple benefits for multiple beneficiaries (“co-benefits”) How to make the business case for natural and hybrid infrastructure by better focusing on those co-benefits.

11. Scoring Matrix: Identifying the “co- benefits” Infrastructure Protection Community Storm Protection Pollutant Credit Wetland Credit Biodiversity Carbon sequestration Soil & Sediment Balance Water Flow and Supply Avoided Property Loss Business Continuity Economic Resiliency/Recreation/Tourism Biodiversity Local Fisheries Aesthetics Cultural Living Shoreline Potential

12. CZRF Initiative (con’t) 2016 Planned Work (funding pending) Move from concepts to progress in real investments while building a reproducible methodology Use 2-3 ‘live’ case study examples to identify environmental, social and economic benefits and beneficiaries Explore ways to create verifiable, bankable credits or offsets from these projects Help project sponsors break through funding barriers/logjams and begin generating benefits

13. Example: South Shores Harbor Marsh Project work included: Breakwaters Placement of sediment to build marsh platform Marsh vegetative planting Boardwalk nature and fishing pier Sand placed for beach

14. SS Harbor Marsh Projects—potential benefits Tipitina’s Foundation—increase customers and enhanced amenities City of New Orleans—increase tourism and local economy Non-Flood Protection Asset Mgmt. Authority—enhance marina leasing potential; reduce maintenance cost for levee/armoring N.O. Sewerage and Water Bd.—reduce MS4 requirements L&N RR—reduce armoring costs for railroad Lakefront Airport Restaurant—increase sales LPBF—enhances mission and fund raising General public—new access point to the lake for fishing, kayaking