Achieving Nutrient and Sediment Reduction Goals in the Chesapeake Bay An Evaluation of Program Strategies and Implementation (2011) / Chapter Skim
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Appendix C: Details on Tracking and Accounting by Bay Jurisdiction
Appendix C: Details on Tracking and Accounting by Bay Jurisdiction
Pages 205-226
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uses the Environmental Navigator database to track all per mitted septic systems, including licenses, service providers, site evalua tions, permits, inspections, and violations, and includes GIS capability. • Stormwater - Eight state and local government agencies inspect storm water BMPs implemented and report to the CBP.
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Non-point source: • Septic - Septic systems are geo-referenced in the Environmental Navigator. • Stormwater - All permanent stormwater BMPs being added to the MudTracker database used by DNREC, Kent Conservation District, and Sussex Conservation District are geo-referenced.
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Delaware is using aerial photography to verify agricultural BMPs and reduce redundancy information tracked, although it remains unclear what percentage of the reported data is checked. Once the Mudtracker database has been populated, there will only be one data entry for an individual
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It is the responsibility of the implementing organization to verify that all data reported to the DNREC-DWR-WAS is complete, correct, and complies with all rules and policies of that organization. The independent Quality Assurance Manager conducts an additional review of compiled NPS BMP data for completeness, anomalies, errors, or questionable levels of implementation through a status and trends evaluation as a validation procedure." 6)
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• Stormwater - During the construction process, compliance inspections are conducted, followed by a final inspection upon the completion of construction. The Watershed Protection Division, Inspection and Enforcement Branch conducts maintenance inspections of all storm water management facilities twice a year during the first five years of operation and at least once every two years thereafter, to ensure completion of scheduled maintenance and servicing of the stormwater management facilities.
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The Plan Review Database serves as a tracking and reporting system for stormwater BMPs to protect against double-counting of control measures and ensuring that practices reported as new did not previously exist. The same process applies to voluntary measures.
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based on MDE's Notice of Construction Completion form, which is compiled in Maryland's Urban BMP data base. MDE conducts triennial reviews for all local stormwater man agement programs and requires a stormwater management practice completion form and maintenance and inspection of all BMPs at least once every three years.
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Nutrient management plans are submitted annually by the farmer. The operation, crops grown, fertilizer use, acreage managed, and animal production are tracked to determine percentage of nutrient manage ment plans in compliance.
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FIGURE C-1 Current tracking and reporting scheme from Maryland's WIP. Figure C-1.eps 213 Source: MDE et al., 2010 bitmap, landscape
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Maryland will also be initiating a pilot program where soil conservation districts would conduct on farm walking inventories of all of the current practices farmers have installed without incentives. An on-farm nutrient calculation tool will be utilized to assess the farm and to analyze additional management options.
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Details of quality assurance practices for agricultural BMPs, including numerous procedures to protect against double counting, are outlined in Maryland's QAPP. MDE working with local governments to develop tracking and reporting protocols to ensure no double-counting for stormwater BMPs.
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Point source: • he New York State Department of Environmental Conservation T (NYSDEC) collects monthly wastewater discharges from DMRs sub mitted under NPDES permits.
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Point source: • he Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP) T tracks monthly wastewater discharges from DMRs submitted under NPDES permits.
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Instead, for CBP report ing, an estimate was made of the acres of urban land with stormwater BMPs using Act 167 county stormwater management plans, construc tion permit acreage data, and conservative best professional judgment. Land use - information not provided.
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TABLE C-1 Sources of Agricultural BMP data in Pennsylvania.
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Cover Crops, no-till cultivation, manure storage, stream fencing, rotational grazing, stream bank protection, street cleaning, municipal sewage connections, managed precision agriculture, precision feeding, forest harvesting practices, established wetlands, and forest harvesting practices. Strengths and Weaknesses • The current tracking and reporting systems have insufficient funds and resources to reliably track BMPs implemented by all sectors.
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• Agricultural cost shared practices have point locations. Virginia is developing system for point locations for nutrient management plans and stormwater BMPs.
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"Virginia's 47 Soil and Water Conservation Districts will be the primary mechanism for collection, verification and data entry for agricultural BMPs. DOF will collect, verify and report voluntary forest BMP data.
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• With the NEIEN reporting protocol NRCS will be reporting data directly to EPA. VA received NRCS raw data and conducted analysis of the NRCS and VA Agricultural Cost Share program raw data to determine possible duplicate records.
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DEP is also developing a standardized form for MS4s for tracking implementation of runoff reduction prac tices and retrofits. The WV DEP Construction stormwater program will collect post-construction stormwater BMPs for MS4 and non-MS4 area development.
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Non-point source: • Septic - information not provided • Stormwater - WV does not have a system in place to verify whether post-construction stormwater BMPs were ever actually installed, or whether the number of acres ultimately draining to them was correct, or whether they have been adequately maintained over the years. The WVDEP plans to develop protocols for annual inspections to certify that new and existing regulated and unregulated urban stormwater BMPs are in place and functioning as intended.
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Non-cost shared BMPs. Strengths and Weaknesses • WV relies upon staff-intensive data collection methods for some data collection (e.g., calling agencies to get data on septic systems installed or numbers of systems pumped)
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