1. Karl Berger Dept. of Environmental Programs Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments COG Bay Policy Committee Some Recent Developments

2. Outline Regional Water Quality Forum Joint CBPC – CEEPC meeting New Bay Agreement Comments – (covered separately) Participation in National Affordability Dialogue Future Developments 09/06/13WRTC Meeting 2

3. Regional Water Quality Forum in May Attendance Shawn Garvin, Ellen Gilinsky, Jon Capacasa, EPA Region III Jeff Corbin -- EPA Diane Davis -- District of Columbia Doug Domenech -- Virginia Robert Summers -- Maryland Issues ▫Affordability; need to address aging infrastructure ▫Flexibility in permitting; allowing for innovation ▫Need for greater public awareness Next Steps ▫Organize regional dialogue on challenges of water resource infrastructure ▫Gather regional fee data on wastewater, drinking water, and stormwater costs ▫Develop a regional water quality education effort in partnership with EPA, states 09/06/13WRTC Meeting 3

4. Joint CBPC – CEEPC meeting in July Highlights ▫Energy-Water Nexus  Address trade-off between measures that improve water quality while increasing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions  Work to have energy and emission concerns addressed in water quality permits ▫Infrastructure Resilience and Disaster Preparedness  Make infrastructure more resilient to natural disasters ▫Tree Canopy  Better document benefits of urban tree canopy on air pollution reduction, energy savings and water pollution reduction  Work with bay program to explore credit for urban tree canopy in watershed model 09/06/13WRTC Meeting 4

5. National Affordability Dialogue November 2012 presentation to CBPC by U. S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) April dialogue session with EPA ▫Four COG members attended wearing other hats  Fairfax County and Frederick County – NACO  Greenbelt and Gaithersburg – National League of Cities Focus on flexible permitting (integrated permits) and affordability ▫Use of 2-percent median household income as threshold does not work 09/06/13WRTC Meeting 5

6. Upcoming Developments Potential legislation ▫USCM has developed proposed legislation to amend the Clean Water Act ▫Codifies how EPA should define technically achievable and economically affordable Discussion at Sept. 20 CBPC meeting Another national dialogue session with EPA planned for October 09/06/13 WRTC Meeting 6