The Executive Order 13508 Strategy calls upon federal agencies to join the Chesapeake Bay watershed jurisdictions in establishing two-year milestones. The first set of draft programmatic two-year milestones for water quality available for feedback are for calendar years 2012 and 2013. The list represents federal agency programmatic (non-facility) milestones for the EO 13508 Restore Clean Water goal area. The milestones were selected to represent the activities that have the potential to have significant environmental outcomes, that require significant resources, or that directly support the jurisdictions in meeting Watershed Implementation Plan commitments.
The final federal water quality two-year milestones will be announced with the jurisdictions’ 2012-2013 milestones and the federal milestones for the other strategy goal areas - Recover Habitat, Sustain Fish and Wildlife, Conserve Land and Increase Public Access, and Supporting Strategies - by January 7, 2012.
Download the Draft Federal Programmatic Two-Year Milestones for Water Quality (443.68 kb).
Please provide any feedback on these draft milestones by November 30, 2011.