Guides + Reports

REPORT – Existing Chesapeake Bay Watershed Statutes and Regulations Affecting Submerged Aquatic Vegetation

July 2019 |
Existing-Chesapeake-Bay-Watershed-Statutes-and-Regulations-Affecting-SAV-1.pdf 1.26 MB

This report identifies current statutes, regulations, and policies that protect and affect Chesapeake Bay’s submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) and that of its tidal tributaries. By understanding what currently...
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Tips for Commenting on PA’s Draft Phase III WIP

June 2019 |
Tips-for-Drafting-Comments-on-Pennsylvanias-Draft-_05-24-2019-1.pdf 652.80 KB

CLA created a document that provides suggestions for drafting comments on PA’s Draft Phase III WIP. Click here for drafting tips.
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Citizen’s Guide to Water Quality Permitting in Maryland

April 2019 | Midshore RIVERKEEPER Conservancy (MRC), Chesapeake Legal Alliance
Citizen-Guide-Public-Participation-in-Marylands-NPDES-Permitting-Program-July-2017.pdf 1.86 MB

Understanding how citizens can participate in the Maryland National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit process
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Legal Tools for Communities

July 2018 |
Legal-Tools-for-Communities-1.pdf 3.15 MB

Keeping an ear to the ground is key, through this you can contact local officials and get on mailing lists, monitor county hearing calendars, and set up Google...
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Public Participation in Maryland’s NPDES Permitting Program, a Training Toolkit

July 2018 |
MD-NPDES-Guide-Toolkit-1.pdf 2.41 MB

This toolkit is a companion document to our Maryland NPDES Permitting Citizen Guide. The toolkit explains how to use the guide to train your community to address water...
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About the Chesapeake Legal Alliance

July 2018 |
About-the-Chesapeake-Legal-Alliance-1.pdf 1.34 MB

Our Mission: To use the law to protect and restore the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed by providing pro bono legal assistance through a network of volunteer attorneys.
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Nutrient Trading in Maryland

July 2018 | Choose Clean Water Coalition
Nutrient-Trading-In-Maryland..pdf 485.73 KB

“Trading“ allows an entity that can reduce one or more pollutants more cheaply than another to install pollution control measures that provide a greater reduction than required by...
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Understanding How State Environmental Rights Amendments May Help Protect the Chesapeake Bay

March 2018 | Martin R. Siegel & Mary S. Clemmensen
Understanding-State-Environmental-Rights-Amendments-1.pdf 913.41 KB

What is an Environmental Rights Amendment? State constitutional provision that provides certain rights, duties, or policy statements related to managing or protecting quality of the environment or addressing...
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Water Quality: Wading into Trading

November 2017 | Ridgway Hall
Water-Quality-Wading-Into-Trading-1.pdf 201.93 KB

For over 20 years EPA has been promoting water quality trading – with particular emphasis on nutrients and sediment – as a way to improve water quality at...
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Amplifying Citizen Voices on Maryland NPDES Permits

November 2017 | Jill Grant
Amplifying-Citizen-Voices-on-Maryland-NPDES-Permits-1.pdf 2.97 MB

Clean Water Act Section 402 prohibits the discharge of pollutants by point sources into waters of the United States without an NPDES permit.
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