1 New Yorks Chesapeake Bay WIP Overview Upper

1 New York’s Chesapeake Bay WIP Overview Upper Susquehanna Watershed Forum November 3, 2016

2 Chesapeake Bay Watershed TMDL

3 Chesapeake Bay Program Background 1983 A multi-state program formed to restore Chesapeake Bay “dead zones” -. EPA, D. C. , MD, PA, VA original program members 2000 DE, NY, WV signed on to help with water quality goals 2009 Clean Water Act Lawsuit 2010 TMDL Finalized

4 Total Daily Maximum Load (TMDL) • A TMDL defines the capacity of a waterbody to absorb a pollutant and still meet water quality standards “Pollution diet” • Chesapeake Bay TMDL is for nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment • Legal mechanism to address impaired waters

5 Watershed Implementation Plan (WIP) • All 7 Chesapeake Bay watershed “jurisdictions” have a WIP. • The WIP provides BMP implementation goals (“input deck”) and reasonable assurance that the goals can be met • Phase II – 60% reduction (2017)

6 NY Portion of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed • 10% of watershed area • 4% of watershed population • 76% forested • 21% agricultural • 3% developed

7 New York Pollution Sources • • • Wastewater Treatment Plants Urban Runoff Agriculture Phosphorus Septic 3% Nitrogen

8 NY’s Wastewater Sector Targets

9 Nutrient Effluent Limits • Limits established for Bay-significant facilities (~30 facilities with greatest contributions) • Monitoring only for Bay-nonsignificants • Nitrogen § Establishes a total “bubble” limit (Next slide) • Phosphorus § Individual Effluent Limits assigned for individual facilities

10 The Nitrogen “Bubble” • Cumulative limit placed on all significant facilities within the Bay • Individual Limits assigned for tracking purposes • Enforcement only if bubble is broken § Could focus enforcement on those facilities who exceeded their individually assigned limits

11 NY’s Urban Sector Targets

12 Urban BMP • Lack of BMP inputs to model § Summer of 2016 effort to input historical BMPs into model • Erosion and Sediment Control inputs from Construction Stormwater General Permit database • Stormwater practice inputs from MS 4 s § MS 4 s required to maintain post-construction control practice inventory within their jurisdiction

13 NY’s Agricultural Sector Targets

14 Currently in the works

15 Current projects underway • WWTP Optimization § Tweaking plant maintenance and operations to get further nutrient reductions • Involving NYSARC § Better Urban BMP tracking using MS 4 s • Inspection/maintenance tracking • Installation tracking

16 Thank You Sara Latessa Environmental Program Specialist Division of Water, Albany sara. latessa@dec. ny. gov (518) 402 -8279 For more information visit: EPA TMDL: http: //www. epa. gov/chesapeakebay-tmdl Chesapeake Bay Program: http: //www. chesapeakebay. net/ DEC Chesapeake Bay Watershed Program: http: //www. dec. ny. gov/lands/33279. html