Commission sets BMP verification deadlines and explores GIS for precision conservation
The Commission was briefed on new BMP verification timelines — protocols due to EPA July 2015 and planned implementation by 2018 — and heard from Esri and the Chesapeake Conservancy about using GIS and imagery to target BMPs and aid verification.
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Ann Swanson, the Commission’s executive director, told members that new verification requirements will require states to develop BMP verification protocols and submit them to EPA by July 2015; EPA will work with the states to approve verification plans by December 2015 and by 2018 states should have verification programs under way.
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