jack e. frye virginia director chesapeake bay commission december 2012 market solutions and...
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Jack E. FryeVirginia Director
Chesapeake Bay Commission
December 2012
Market Solutions and Restoring the Chesapeake
The Economics of Nutrient Trading
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Chesa
peake
Bay
Com
mis
sion
Tri-State Legislative Commission• PA, MD, VA
Legislative Partner of Chesapeake Bay Program
7 Members Each (21 total)• 2 Senate• 3 House• Governor or Designee• Citizen At-Large
32 years of Policy for the Bay
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Nutrient Trading is One Possible Solution
In our region, 4 states have nutrient trading programs Pennsylvania Maryland Virginia West Virginia
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Our
Appro
ach
to
the T
ask
Project Development & Funding
Economics Analysis, Modeling and Report Preparation
Project Management, Policy & Technical Expertise
Transparency, Accuracy & Applicability
ECONOMICS OF TRADING ADVISORY COUNCIL
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Purp
ose
of
the
Stu
dy
Is:
To investigate the POTENTIAL cost savings
To estimate how potential savings are affected by different trading scenarios
Is NOT:
To model specific state programs
To predict future trading levels
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Nutr
ient
Tradin
g
Sce
nari
os
Geography
4 scenarios
In-Basin-State
In-State
In-Basin
Watershed-wide
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Nutr
ient
Tradin
g
Sce
nari
os
Sources
3 short term scenarios
SigPS-Only
SigPS-AgrNPS
SigPS-AgrNPS-Urban
1 long term scenario
Offset-Only
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Alig
nin
g O
ur
Work
The Chesapeake Bay Program’s Watershed Model Phase 5.3.2
Provided Key Inputs
• Watershed network and segmentation
• Land use/land cover
• Delivered loads
• BMP nutrient removal rates
• Acres of BMP implementation
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Market RestrictionsBaseline for Agriculture
TMDL implementation
Baseline for Significant Point SourcesTMDL WLA or 2010 load
Protection of Local Water QualityTrades limited to 9M lbs.. N; 200,000 lbs.. P
Trading Ratio2:1
Transaction Costs38%
Maintain Productive Farmlandmaximum 25% retirement
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Cost of Meeting SigPS AND Regulated Urban Stormwater
Load Reduction Targets
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Cost of Offsets for Added Capacity at Municipal SigPS
Long Term Offset-Only Trading Scenarios
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Summary of Findings
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Keys
to a
Succ
ess
ful
Tradin
g
Pro
gra
m
Verification
Local Water Quality Protection
Measurable and Enforceable Cap
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Jack E. Frye
Virginia Director
Chesapeake Bay Commission
804-786-4849
www.chesbay.us
Questions?