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DEP To Sit Down With Stakeholders On Plan To Meet PA Clean Water Commitments
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DEP Secretary John Quigley told the Citizens Advisory Council Tuesday DEP is in the process of developing a plan for rebooting Pennsylvania’s Chesapeake Bay cleanup efforts which it plans to review with stakeholders over the coming months. As he has in the past, Secretary Quigley said Pennsylvania has not met its Chesapeake Bay cleanup commitments, in spite of investing over $4 billion since 1985. He pointed out, in particular, that voluntary compliance from farming operations has not achieved the results needed to meet commitments. Quigley said the Department of Agriculture is also preparing an application for additional federal funding with several public and private partners to fund conservation efforts to exclude livestock from streams and to install stream buffers. EPA sent a letter to DEP on May 4 outlining the potential steps it would take if Pennsylvania does not act to meet its Chesapeake Bay cleanup commitments. Quigley also noted the comment period for Pennsylvania’s Nonpoint Source Management Plan just closed and the agency is in the process of reviewing the comments and finalizing the plan. NewsClips: Chesapeake Bay Report Card: Progress, But Challenges Ahead Op-Ed: Waiting Long Enough For Cleaner Chesapeake Bay, Gov. Thornburgh Teachers Get Feet Wet At Envirothon Workshop Op-Ed: Tell Toomey, PA Republicans To Support Clean Water Act New Test Shows Little Radiation In Ten Mile Creek Radiation Tests In Ten Mile Creek Yield Conflicting Results Mystery Continues Over Radioactivity In Western PA Stream Riverlife Pittsburgh Hires New CEO Latest From The Chesapeake Bay Journal Click Here to subscribe to the Chesapeake Bay Journal Related Stories: PA Officials Reiterate Commitment To Clean Water, Chesapeake Bay Cleanup CBF-PA: Pennsylvania Declares Clean Water Counts! Op-Ed: Commit To Saving Chesapeake Bay, Gov. Dick Thornburgh CBF: Milestone Assessment Finds PA Falling Short Of Its Water Cleanup Commitments EPA Notifies DEP It Will Act If PA Does Not Make Progress On Clean Water Goals 12 Maryland Legislators Urge EPA To Force PA To Meet Clean Water Commitments Pennsylvania Has 530 Days To Meet 2017 Clean Water Milestones |
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