1. Citizens Advisory Committee Discussion & Program Update Dana Aunkst Director USEPA Chesapeake Bay Program Office May 22,2019 Baltimore, MD

2. Discussion Topics 2019 Priorities
EPA Draft and Final Phase III WIP Reviews
Conowingo WIP Assistance Selection
2018 BMP Verification Issues (May 8, 2019 CAC Letter)
Round 2 of SRS Implementation

3. EPA Draft and Final Phase III WIP Reviews
Review of Draft Phase III WIPs by June 7th.
EPA continued assistance to Jurisdictions through the summer
Submission of final WIPs by Jurisdictions by August 9th.
EPA review of final Phase III WIPs into the fall of 2019.

4. Conowingo WIP and Financing Strategy Schedules (tentative)
Action/Deliverable
Current Schedule
Issuance of CWIP RFA
February 4, 2019
CWIP RFA application submission deadline
March 20, 2019
CWIP RFA Review Panel convenes and reviews proposals
March 20, 2019 – May 14, 2019
EPA notifies applicants of results
May 21, 2019
Applicant submits federal cooperative agreement to EPA
June 21, 2019
EPA awards cooperative agreement
July 22, 2019

5. 2018 Progress Scenario: BMP Verification Issues
CAC Letter to USDA, EPA and PSC of May 8, 2019 – We hear you
BMP Verification Assessment Presentation at 1:30 – Lucinda Power

6. Round 2 of SRS Implementation
Updates to the SRS from the March Meeting are under consideration
MB approved updates to the Governance Document on May 16, 2019
MB agreed to begin round 2 in August. First Cohort to include:
Healthy Watersheds
Protected Lands
Stream Health/Brook Tr.
Fish Habitat
Fish Passage

7. Moving Forward Intermediate Priority: Longer Term
Bay Barometer identified some concerns
Longer Term
WIP Progress Evaluations
The other 28 outcomes in the Watershed Agreement

8. Questions & Discussion?
Dana Aunkst
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