Public Comment Needed on the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load Action Plan

For Immediate Release: June 9, 2015

The Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) general permit -- the City’s stormwater permit, issued by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (VDEQ) -- requires the development and implementation of the Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Phase 1 (5%) Action Plan for cleaning up the Bay.  The Action Plan identifies strategies to reduce nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment pollution by 5% before July 1, 2018, to comply with the TMDL developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.  

The public is invited to comment in writing on the Draft Bay TMDL Action Plan via email. Comments may also be dropped off or mailed to: 

Transportation and Environmental Services

Storm and Sanitary Infrastructure Division

Attn:  Bay TMDL Action Plan

2900-B Business Center Drive

Alexandria, VA 22314

The deadline for public comment is June 30, 2015.

Following receipt and incorporation of public comment, the Phase 1 (5%) Action Plan will be finalized and submitted to VDEQ by October 1, 2015.

For more information about this and other TMDLs, visit the City’s Total Maximum Daily Loads webpage.