The PA Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan Steering Committee is now scheduled to meet on March 8 to hear presentations from Adams and Franklin counties on the plans they developed to meet their nutrient pollution reduction targets.

Click Here for the complete agenda.  Click Here to attend by webinar. Participants will also need to call in 1-650-479-3208, PASSCODE: 644 520 872.

Adams, Franklin, Lancaster and York counties were selected to pilot the county clean water planning process developed by the Steering Committee for the development of county-level clean water plans.

Here are some of the handouts available for the Adams and Franklin county presentations--

-- Handout A1 – Adams County Narrative (PDF)

-- Handout A2 – Adams County Snapshot (PDF)

-- Handout A3– Adams County Programmatic Recommendations Template (PDF)

-- Handout A4 – Adams County Planning and Progress Template (PDF)

-- Handout A5 – Adams County Technical Appendix (PDF)

-- Handout A6 – Adams County Presentation (PDF)

-- Handout F1 – Franklin County Narrative (PDF)

-- Handout F2 – Franklin County Snapshot (PDF)

-- Handout F3 – Franklin County Programmatic Recommendations (PDF)

-- Handout F4 – Franklin County WIP Template (PDF)

-- Handout F5 – Franklin County Template 2 Detailed BMPS (PDF)

Also on the agenda is a presentation by the Local Area Goals Workground on recommended updates to the Countywide Action Planning Process.  Here are some of the handouts available--

-- Handout LAG1 – Local Area Goals Workgroup Powerpoint presentation (PDF)

-- Handout LAG2 -- Local Area Goals Workgroup Recommendations and Planning Templates (PDF)

-- Handout LAG3 -- Local Area Goals Workgroup Planning and Progress Template: Watershed Wide Approach(PDF)

-- Handout LAG4 -- Local Area Goals Workgroup Planning and Progress Template: Staged Approach (PDF)

-- Handout LAG5 -- Local Area Goals Workgroup County Planning Process and Community Clean Water Toolbox Updates and Recommendations (PDF)

-- Handout LAG6 – Revised Pennsylvania's Community Clean Water Planning Guide (PDF)

-- Handout LAG7 – Revised Pennsylvania's Community Clean Water Technical Toolbox (PDF)

Handouts for meetings are posted on the Steering Committee webpage.

The meeting will be held in Room 105 of the Rachel Carson Building in Harrisburg starting at 9:00.  Click Here to attend by webinar. Participants will also need to call in 1-650-479-3208, PASSCODE: 644 520 872.

The next meeting of the Steering Committee is on March 22.

For more information and copies of available handouts, visit the PA Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan Steering Committee webpage.

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