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Chesapeake Bay TMDL Watershed Implementation Plan – Phase II

James Davis-Martin, Chesapeake Bay TMDL Coordinator

Citizens Advisory Committee to the Chesapeake Executive CouncilMarch 1, 2012

Virginia’s Phase II ApproachLocal Deliverables & Deadlines

Desired local deliverables Current BMPs

Update progress in current model Land Use / Land Cover

Work with EPA for use in Phase 6 model 2017/2025 BMP Scenarios Strategies to implement BMP scenarios Resource needs

Final opportunity to submit data – Deadline – 2/01/2012 Incorporation into Final WIP II

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Virginia’s Phase II ApproachLocal Goal Loads and Reductions

Goal Load = Best available model representation of the TMDLReduction Goal = Goal Load - Modeled 2009 ProgressReduction % = Reduction Goal / Modeled 2009 Progress

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MajorBasin (All)SWCD (All)PDC (Multiple Items)County/City (All)Federal (All)Cbseg (All)

Data

subsource

2009LU/LC(acres)

2009 Nitrogen

Load

2025 Nitrogen

Goal Load

NitrogenReduction

GoalNitrogen

Reduction %

2009Phosphorus

Load

2025PhosphorusGoal Load

PhosphorusReduction

GoalPhosphorusReduction %

2009Sediment

Load

2025SedimentGoal Load

SedimentReduction

GoalSediment

Reduction %Regulated Animal Operations 29 512 420 (93) -18% 97 80 (17) -18% 292,391 171,952 (120,440) -41%Animal Operations 555 38,096 7,971 (30,125) -79% 8,112 1,694 (6,418) -79% 7,248,140 4,282,210 (2,965,930) -41%Crop 9,315 292,708 201,646 (91,062) -31% 30,358 25,928 (4,430) -15% 10,558,671 6,076,523 (4,482,148) -42%Hay 61,854 557,072 369,794 (187,278) -34% 158,142 190,218 32,075 20% 24,361,680 12,762,736 (11,598,945) -48%Pasture 104,016 815,524 481,055 (334,469) -41% 162,450 62,772 (99,678) -61% 240,389,549 87,399,076 (152,990,473) -64%Nurseries 208 48,012 13,970 (34,042) -71% 33,086 9,622 (23,464) -71% 1,636,987 1,653,297 16,310 1%Unregulated Urban Impervious 16,819 168,075 140,121 (27,955) -17% 57,828 45,947 (11,881) -21% 31,016,046 22,856,887 (8,159,159) -26%Unregulated Urban Pervious 36,719 334,501 280,626 (53,875) -16% 36,258 28,391 (7,866) -22% 9,240,200 8,378,108 (862,092) -9%Regulated Urban Impervious 3,892 45,587 37,688 (7,899) -17% 14,573 11,458 (3,115) -21% 5,467,575 3,942,933 (1,524,643) -28%Regulated Urban Pervious 16,311 146,461 138,640 (7,821) -5% 15,341 14,136 (1,205) -8% 3,363,953 2,940,121 (423,832) -13%Construction 1,058 26,339 5,861 (20,478) -78% 10,178 2,115 (8,063) -79% 6,905,579 1,218,208 (5,687,372) -82%Combined Sewer System 4,061 94,303 36,617 (57,686) -61% 11,788 4,577 (7,211) -61% 1,532,421 595,022 (937,399) -61%Septic - 248,633 218,089 (30,543) -12% - - - 0% - - - 0%Surface Mine 1,994 30,824 1,627 (29,197) -95% 14,162 747 (13,415) -95% 13,820,792 731,260 (13,089,531) -95%Unmanaged Grass 10,958 33,928 75,945 42,017 124% 8,558 16,545 7,987 93% 4,692,473 7,036,915 2,344,442 50%Forest 1,142,162 2,926,175 2,927,714 1,539 0% 174,971 174,916 (55) 0% 119,620,046 119,453,475 (166,571) 0%Grand Total 1,409,951 5,806,750 4,937,783 (868,967) -15% 735,902 589,147 (146,755) -20% 480,146,504 279,498,722 (200,647,782) -42%

Virginia’s Phase II ApproachBMPs and Implementation Goals

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PDC (Multiple Items)SWCD (All)County/City (All)

Data

BMPs 2009 Progress BMPs

2025 WIP I Proposed BMPs

New BMPs Proposed by 2025

2017 BMPs 60%

AWMS (Systems) 22 557 536 321 MortalityComp (Systems) - 6 6 3 BarnRunoffCont (Systems) 12 507 495 297 PastFence(Linft) 817,417 8,906,333 8,088,916 4,853,350 OSWnoFence 5,141 - - - PrecRotGrazing 24,746 54,263 29,517 17,710 CaptureReuse (Acres Treated) - 4 4 2 ConPlan 47,923 148,798 100,875 60,525 AgNutMan 8,094 62,843 54,749 32,849 CoverCrop 1,665 2,066 402 241 ContinuousNT - 2,290 2,290 1,374 NonUrbStrmRest (Linft) 3,222 8,758 5,536 3,322 WaterContStruc (Acres Treated) - - - - WetlandRestore 8 246 238 143 GrassBuffers 730 4,540 3,810 2,286 ForestBuffers 950 879 - - Land Retirement to hyo 4,403 10,877 6,474 3,884 Tree Planting 894 8,211 7,318 4,391 ForHarvestBMP 17,171 11,007 - -

Septic Connections (systems) - 593 593 356 Septic Denitrification (systems) - 7,141 7,141 4,285 Septic Pumpouts (systems) - 5,186 5,186 3,112

StreetSweep 3 392 389 233 UrbanNutMan 316 32,495 32,179 19,308 EandS 1,254 1,885 632 379 Impervious Urban Surface Reduction - 710 710 426

UrbStrmRest (linft) - 1,101 1,101 660 ExtDryPonds (Acres Treated) 4,102 6,887 2,786 1,672 DryPonds (Acres Treated) 1,459 3,268 1,809 1,085 WetPondWetland (Acres Treated) 2,716 8,087 5,371 3,223 Infiltration (Acres Treated) 14 2,001 1,988 1,193 Filtration (Acres Treated) 75 2,109 2,033 1,220

Virginia’s Phase II Approach Virginia Assessment and Scenario Tool (VAST)

http://VastTool.orgDevelop and submit BMP implementation

scenariosCurrent progress2025 Local implementation scenario

Estimate loads from implementation scenariosAssess reductionsMeet local targetsConsistent with 5.3.2. ModelWill be modified as changes are made to the model

Report Land Use dataReporting implementation progress in the future?Local milestone development?

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Virginia’s Phase II Approach Technical Assistance and Funding

Grants totaling $200,000 to localities, PDCs and SWCDs for planning

Circuit Rider – Center for Watershed Protection

Technical Consulting – TetraTech

DCR Engagement TeamStakeholder AssistanceCollaborative workshops with PDCs

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Virginia’s Phase II ApproachLocal Data Collection Results

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Summary of Locality Data Submissions by Deliverable

LAND USECURRENT PROGRESS

2025 SCENARIO

STRATEGIES RESOURCES

Responsive - w/ Data 54% 65% 40% 75% 75%

Responsive - No Data 40% 29% 53% 20% 20%

No Response 6% 6% 7% 5% 5%

Received data submissions from 95 percent of Bay localities

99.5% of watershed land area

Virginia’s Phase II Approach Federal Facilities Response

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1.7 million acres of Federal Lands in Virginia’s Bay Watershed (12.3%)

12 Federal Departments

39% of Federal Departments responded

Those responding hold approximately 90% of the land Land use information Cataloging existing BMPs Few 2025 implementation scenarios or

strategies

Virginia’s Phase II Approach Next Steps

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March 15 – Stakeholder Advisory Group

March 30 – Document submission to EPA

March 30 – May 31 – Public comment period

Continued engagement of local and federal partners Capacity Building Implementation Tracking and Reporting Milestone Planning

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Virginia’s Phase II Approach

Questions/Discussion