Reporting on 2009-2011 2-Year Milestones:

Recommendations

MB Meeting – Dec. 8, 2010

Context

CBP Executive Council Agreed Action re: State 2-Yr. Milestones

June 2010 – The Executive Council stated that The 2011 Bay Barometer will be revised to provide a vehicle for reporting on each partner’s progress on

implementing their milestone actions and achieving the accelerated nutrient and sediment reductions committed to in May 2009.

Nov. 2010 – The PSC accepted the MB’s recommendation that milestone tracking not be included in Bay Barometer

… … vehicle for reporting on each vehicle for reporting on each partner’s progresspartner’s progress on implementing their milestone actions and achieving the accelerated nutrient and sediment reductions committed to in May 2009.

http://archive.chesapeakebay.net/pressrelease/EC_2009_allmilestones.pdf

… the partnership will use short-term goals to increase restoration work, called milestones. Every two years, the six states and D.C. will meet milestones for implementing measures to reduce pollution from nitrogen and phosphorous, with the first milestone on December 31, 2011.

Visualizing milestone periods

State 2-Yr Milestones timeframe*

May 2009 Dec 31, 2011

May 2011 - EC Mtg

Report on M’stones 5/09-12/10

Jan. 1, 2012

TMDL-related Milestones – 1st tracking period

Dec. 31, 2013

TMDL-related Milestone development period (WIPs, etc.)

•Actually 2.5 yr period; question on how ea. state will report – 2yrs or 3 yrs? WQGIT will work on reaching consensus on timeframe

May 2012 - EC Mtg

“Final” Report on State M’stones?? –Time period 5/09 – 12/11

For MB Discussion & Decision• HOW to report on milestone progress…

– Recommendation• Create a printed, concise “Summary” document (4 pp max.)

– Describes the concept of milestones (both State and coming TMDL) – Contains simple top-level statement of ea. state’s progress to date– Contains some graphs or charts that reflect top-level statements– Text & info for this document to be generated from data from states for 2010 progress run– Audience: Media, EC guests, general public– Answers the basic question: How is each state doing so far?– Date Complete: EC Meeting (May)

• ChesapeakeStat will show detailed tracking of states’ progress – Tracking info supported by BayTAS and same data as above.

– Audience: Educated media, Bay stakeholders (watershed groups, state agencies), educated public

– Date Complete: EC Meeting (May)

• WHAT to report on re: milestone progress…– For discussion!– Suggestion….keep it simple!

• Report on Nitrogen – Percentage reduction?• Report on Phosphorus – Percentage reduction?