Agency Proposals for Executive Order Draw Concerns From Bay States, D.C.

摘要

Federal agency ideas for ramping up Chesapeake Bay restoration efforts have elicited mixed reviews from officials in the four bay states to comment on the ideas so far.rnEnvironmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson proposed Sept. 10 that the six states sharing the Chesapeake Bay watershed bear strict accountability for reaching pollution reduction targets, with consequences for failing to reduce water pollution from point and nonpoint sources (40 ER 2199, 9/18/09).rnJackson and two Cabinet secretaries issued seven draft proposals, the first step in creation of a bay restoration plan that must be completed by May 12, 2010, under Sec. 202 of President Obama's Executive Order No. 13,508. The second step-a revised policy and draft strategy-is due Nov. 9.