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                                                          Elizabeth Riv-
                                                      estoration

                              A Watershed. Action, Plan'.
                                                                                Efi@abeth River
                                         to Restore the

                                                                  June'20,          1996.

                                  This p1do was reviewedApril26,1996 by 7he Elizabeth River -Prqjqct@
                                                            Leadership Review Board

        William Baker, President, Chesapeake Bay Foundation.-                   Linda R Koloddej, President, Virginia Audubon Council
        Dr-Donald E Boesch, President, Alliance for the Chesapeake              Dr. Alan P Krasnoff, Chairman, Hampton Roads Planning District
                  Bay                                                                    Commission
        James R Borberg, General Manager, Hampton Roads                         Ronald W Massie, City Manager, City of Portsmouth
             I .  Sanitation District                                           William Matuszeski, Director, EPA Chesapeake Bay Program Office
        Rear Admiral Robert S. Cole, Commander, Norfolk Naval Base              Honorable 71somas W Moss, Speaker of the House, Virginia House of
        William E Copeland, Past President, Portsmouth Chapter                           Delegates
                  NAACP                                                         Honorable Meyera E Obendorf Mayor, City of Virginia Beach
        Clarence V'Cufleel- Interim City Manager, City of Chc6apeake            Honorable Owen R Pickett, US House of Representatives
        Honorable Becky Norton Dunlop, Secretary of Natural                     'William P@-uitt, Commissioner, Virginia Marine Resources Commission'
                  Resources, Commonwealth of Virginia                           Colonel Robert H. Rea;don, Jr., District Engineer, US Army Corps of
        Honorable Mark L Earley, Virginia.State Senate                                   Engineers
        Rear Ad"ral William J Ecker, Commander, 5th District                    'Honorable Charles & Robb, United States Senate
                  Coast Guard                                                   'John-L Roper IV, President, South Tidewater Associatioh of Ship
        Honorable'jPaul D. Fraim, Mayor; City of Norfolk                                 Repairers
        George C Garris, Jr., President, Hampton Roads Maritime                 Honorable Norman SisisAy, United States House of Representatives
                  Association                                                   Albert E Viola; President, Tidewater Builders Association
        James J GlIdea, Planning Director, City of Portstnbuth                  Honorable Frank W Wagner, Virginia House of Delegates
        M. Elizabeth Gillelan, Chief, NOAN -.Chesapeake Bay Office              -Honorable Stanley C_ Walker, President prd tempore, Senate of Virginia
        John A. Hornbeck, President, Hampton Roads Chamber of                   Honorable Milliam E Ward, Mayor, City of Chesapeake
                  Commerce                                                      Honorable John Warner, United States Senate
        Honorable Jerrauld C Jones, Virginia House of Delegates                 Honorable,Gloria 0. Webb, Mayor, City of Portsmouth
        Captain William Klemm, Shipyard Commander, Norfolk Naval                Dr. Harrison R Wilson, President, Norfolk State University
                  Shipyard                                                      Dr. LD. Wright, Acting Dean and Director, Virginia Institute of Marine
        Dr.'James @@Xoch, President 'Old Dorninion University                                      Science


                                        Prepared by the Elizabeth River Project's
                                                         Watershed Action Team
                                         In Partnership with the Commonwealth of Virginia.

              Also funded by the US Environmental Protection Agency, the Virginia Environmental Endowment and the Department of
                                            Environmental Quality's Coastal Resources Management Program
                  through grant #NA47OZO287-01 of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Ocea" and Coastal Resources Management,
                                                     under the Coastal Zone Managernent Act of 1972, as, aniended..
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          Overview

          T
              his Watershed Action Plan completes a                    he Honorable Becky Norton Dunlop,
              crucial planning phase for the Elizabeth             TVA Secretary of Natural Resources, has
          River Project in carrying out its mission of a           pledged her commitment to giving "every
          cleaner Elizabeth River, but by no means                 consideration" to implementation of the
          represents "the end of the road." The                    plan. The state provided almost $100,000
          Elizabeth River Project was founded "to                  in direct and contracted support to develop
 N        form apartnership among the communities                  the recommendations. The EPA!s
          and all who cam their living from the river,             Chesapeake Bay Program has awarded
          to raise appreciation of its economic,                   more than $80,000 for the Elizabeth River
          ecological and recreational importance, and              Project to implement the plan, including
          to restore the Elizabeth River system to the             money for a wetlands restoration we will
          highest practical level of environmental                 carry out in partnership with the City of
          quality" (mission statement 1993).                       Norfolk.
                   Achieving urban watershed                               Congress has authorized a $420,000             "The Elizabeth River
          restoration requires thousands of committed              study of projects the US Army Corps of                     Project.. should
          people and organizations working patiently               Engineers could implement related to the               serve as a prototype
          over several decades to carry out hundreds               plan (funding pending). The 1996 VA                               for other
          of initiatives. The goal of the Elizabeth                General Assembly approved $250,000 for                communifies trying to
          River Project is to see this long-term effort            increased monitoring and $200,000 for                       find answers to
          to fruition. A wide spectrum of interests has            removal of derelict vessels in the Elizabeth              complexprvblenis
                                                                                                                                and to build a
          been represented both on our Comparative                 River over the next two years. The                        consensus around
          Risk Committees, as they reached agreement               passenger schooner, American Rove is                             solutions.
          on the river's problems in 1994, and on our              starting Elizabeth River education for
          Watershed Action Team as it set                          school children.
          recommendations in 1996. Our committees                          Our fundamental challenge is to                 The Honomble Nonnan
          and intervening public conferences have set              keep the momentum going. We look to you                    Sisisky, US Congress
          forth a promising road map for restoring                 as the essential ingredient for the success of
          environmental quality.                                   die actions that follow.
                ow the Elizabeth River Project                     Join us in achieving
          Nproceeds to the next task:                              our Watershed Action
          bringing environmental restoration to                    Team's vision of "a
 r        reality by initiating implementation of                  river that nourishes
          the Watershed Action Plan.                               and sustains a wide
                   While the independent, non-profit               variety of economic
          Elizabeth River Project does not have the                and public uses,
                                                                   supports a healthy and
          resources or the authority to carry out large-
 _Z_      scale improvement projects directly, our                 diverse ecosystem
          Board of Directors is committed to serving               and is actively and
          in a catalyst role to see that the                       responsibly managed
                                                                   by an educated
          recommendations of the Watershed Action                  citizenry and a
          Team are implemented by those with the
          most appropriate authority and capabilities.             partnership of river
 QQ                                                                users."
  0       The project has proven successful in this
          role already by virtue of its
          commitment to bringing all
          parties to the table to
          identify common interests.





       State of the River

                                              "In many respects, the history of our              sewage treatment plant. Large challenges
                                      nation is intertwined with the history of the              remain for the 300-square-mile watershed,
                                      Elizabeth River .... How economic                          however.
                                      development, which has had so much of a                        he most serious risks currently facing the
                                      struggle throughout the centuries to come to               TElizabeth River were ranked in 1994 by
                                      anyfruition, and how the necessary military                diverse committees of the Elizabeth River
                                      structure can be maintained, and at the same               Project. These "Comparative Risk
                                      time the river maintained, is a tremendous                 Committees" agreed on four problems posing
                                      challenge. I commend you for undertaking                   a high risk to human health, quality of life and
                                      that challenge. "                                          the ecosystem in the Elizabeth River
                                               - Former US Sen. William B. Spong                 watershed:
                                      Jr. of Portsmouth,, Elizabeth River Project                          1) sediment contamination,
                                      Visions conference Oct. 22, 1993                                     2) loss of habitat and aquatic life,
                                                                                                           3) "non-point source" pollution,
                                      T
                                         he Elizabeth River provides bountifully                 primarily stormwater runoff, and
                                         for Hampton Roads in economic terms.                              4) "point-source pollution,"
                                      She sets a magnificent scene for attractions               primarily discharges from industrial facilities.
                                      such as Norfolk's new National Maritime                              In a 1995 technical assessment for this
                                      Center, Nauticus, and Harbor Park ballfield.               Action Plan, URS Consultants identified
                                      Her channel waters bustle with the military                stormwater runoff as responsible for as much
                                      fleets and foreign cargo vessels of an                     as 88 percent of heavy metals entering the
                                      expanding port. She hosts thousands of                     river, and as much as 99 percent of another
                                      recreational boaters on                                                             infamous river problem,
                                      the Intercoastal                                                                    polycyclic aromatic
                                      Waterway and                                                                        hydrocarbons (PAITs),
                                      hundreds of thousands                                                               carcinogens found in high
        "I know of no                 party on her shores                                                                 levels in the Southern
        restorative ofheart,          during Harborfest.                                                                  Branch of the river.
        body, and soul                         At the same                                                                    The Elizabeth River
        more effective                time, the Elizabeth                                                                 Project's Comparative
        against                       River remains one of the more seriously                    Risk Committees identified an overarching
        hopelessness than             degraded urban rivers in the United States.                concern for human health risks. The
        the restoration of            Originally a broad, shallow estuary of the                 committees advised against near-shore
        the Earth.                    Chesapeake Bay, the river has been dredged                 swimming in the river, or working or wading
                                      to twice her normal depth and filled to two-               in the mud of the Southern Branch, due to
        Barry Lopez                   thirds her normal width to accommodate                     contaminants. Bacterial counts am too high
        McKenzie River,               three centuries of development. Toxics                     for consumption of shellfish directly from the
        Oregon                        accumulating in the river's muddy floor have               river. The risk of cancer from ingestion of
                                      been correlated with health problems in fish,              PCB-contaminated fish is significant and has
                                      including tumors, cataracts and other                      been calculated at I in 10,000, using limited
                                      abnormalities, and pose risks for human                    data from the Southern Branch.
                                      health as well. Aquatic life has a hard time                         Our committees have consistently
                                      finding habitat, with as much as 50 percent                been concerned with environmental justice
                                      of tidal wetlands lost on the Elizabeth River              issues as well. On the Elizabeth River, these
                                      since World War 11.                                        go hand in hand with human health concerns.
                                               Some of the river's problems have                 Some population groups are more at risk than
                                      abated with the environmental                              others from eating the river's fish or shellfish,
                                      consciousness of the last decades. Industrial              the committees noted, including those engaged
                                      discharges into the river are regulated and                in recreational boating or subsistence fishing
                                      significantly cleaner. Municipal                           and pregnant women and nursing mothers.
                                      improvements include a state-of-the-art




             Histoly of the Plan                                                                                                                       ----
             T
                 his Watershed Action Plan is the result of                     planning process. Actions address not only
                  he Hampton Roads community taking                             toxics, but also the "high risk" problems of
             responsibility for our own environmental                           sediment contamination, habitat loss, point-
             challenges, with timely government help.                           source and non-point source pollution.                              "I congratulate each
                       The non-profit Elizabeth River Project                             A 120-member Watershed Action                                    ofyouforyour
             was hatched in 1991 by four local citizens                         Team kicked off on April 27, 1995. Over the                        community spirit, and
             around a kitchen table. Their premise: This                        following year, the teani worked in four task                       have confidence that
                                                                                                                                                         your energy and
             river's large problems will not be solved by                       forces: a Habitat & Living Resources Task                                  concern for the
             government alone, but by a new level of                            Force, a Sediment Quality Task Force, a                                    Elizabeth River
             community stewardship. In 1994, with                               Water Quality Task Force and a Toxics                               will produce tangible
             funding from the US EPA and the private VA                         Reduction Team. Members represented the                                results of which we
             Environmental Endowment, the Elizabeth                             spectrum of business, government, citizen and                          can all be proud.
             River Project steered 80 volunteers from all                       scientific concerns. These volunteers
             walks of life through a seven-month process                        developed hundreds of pages of discussion                              - The Honorable Becky
             of analysis and debate leading to agreement                        papers before achieving consensus                                   Norton Dunlop, Secretary
             on the river's worst problems.                                     Feb. 29/March 1, 1996. Consultants also                                 of Natural Resources,
                       Meanwhile, the tri-state Chesapeake                      provided background reports.                                           Watershed Action Team
             Bay Program designated the Elizabeth River                          Actions were chosen based on three                                    kick-off, April 27, 1995
             as one of three toxic "Regions of Concern"                         1-kcriteria: effectiveness, affordability and
             on the Bay. On Oct. 14, 1994, Virginia Gov.                        acceptability to the community. Each action
             George F. Allen signed a commitment to                             recommended was judged to be cffective in
             lower toxics in these regions of concern.                          reducing high-risk problems of the watershed.
                       The State turned to the Elizabeth                        For each, it was thought reasonable that
             River Project for stakeholder                                      funding could be found and benefits appeared
             recommendations. In March 1995, the                                to outweigh costs. Each was considered
             Elizabeth River Project entered a partnership                      acceptable enough to reach implementation,
             agreement with Secretary of Natural                                although acceptability was hardest to gauge.
             Resources Becky Norton Dunlop. State                               The Elizabeth River Project mailed 1,000
             funding was provided for the Project to                            questionnaires on acceptability in whiter 1995
             develop recommendations on toxics reduction                        and established a Leadership Review Board to
             as an integrated part of a larger Watershed                        obtain input from the highest levels of
             Action Plan. The comprehensive plan                                authority, influence and knowledge on river
             represents "Phase Two, Risk Management" of                         issues. The Leadership Board endorsed the
             the Elizabeth River Project's EPA-sponsored                        plan at a seminar on April 26, 1996.
             Critical Areas

                  he Action Team identified the following                                 The team recognizes these as key
             Tas "critical areas" deserving the most                            actions for the health of the river, although the                               "Astounding,
             resources at this time:                                            team also expressed concern that too much                                     miraculous! "
                       Action I - Reduce sediment                               emphasis on a few priorities could weaken its                       Excellent. Modelfor
             contamination;                                                     integrated watershed approach. "Restoration is                                  the nation. "
                       Action 2 - Increase vegetated buffers,                   different from habitat creation, reclamation                           "My grandchildren
             wetlands acreage andforested areas;                                and rehabilitation -- it is a holistic process not                       (yet-to-be) will be
                       Action 5 - Establish pollution                           achieved through the isolated manipulation of                                     grateful. "
             prevention andlor sustainable landscaping                          individual elements," according to the National                             - Comments of the
             practices;                                                         Research Council (1992).                                               Watershed Action Team,
                       Action 6 - Reduce pollution from                                   The Team strongly recommends that                                Concluding Retreat.
             stormwater runo                                                    implementation move forward with all 18                                    Feb. 29[Mar. 1, 1996
                       Action 14 - Establish an Elizabeth                       actions. All 18 met the test of the team's
             River monitoring program and data bank.                            criteria: affordable, acceptable and effective.                                            3





                                                 ACTION AGENDA
                                        Section I - Addressm'g past harms
                                                   Meeting our obligations
                         Goak To restore the health, aesthetics and diverse ecosystems
                                                         of the Elizabeth River
                                                                                                                                                      Oe
        A ction I                          duce sediment contamination in the Elizabeth River to levels non-
                                   R:oxic to humans and aquatic life, remediating the highest priority
                                   contaminated sites by 2010.
                                            Pollutants accumulating over                    authorization (funding pending) for Corps
                                   centuries in the river bottom have been linked           study of the river; US Rep. Norman Sisisky,
                                   to tumors, cataracts and deformities in fish             sponsor. Testing of "in situ" bioremediation
                                   and pose risks for human health as well.                 by the VA Center for Innovative Technology
                                            1996-2010. Establish a relationship             and the University of VA. 1997. Demonstrate
                                   between the Elizabeth River Project, the                 remediation of sediments in a small
                                   Army Corps of Engineers Elizabeth River                  waterway as part of a larger demonstration
                                   Basin Study and the EPA Superfitnd Plan for              project. 1998. State should establish
                                   the Atlantic Wood site to: a) Identify areas             Sediment Quality Guidelines to provide
                                   where sediments are the most contaminated                consistent guidance on levels at which
                                   and select best alternatives to remediate them,          sediments are considered contaminated.
                                   using EPA guidelines. b) Conduct a                                Rentediation costs vary. Dredging
                                   demonstration remediation at a highly                    alone: $6 to $8 per cubic yard if a confined
                                   contaminated site. c) Remediate the highest              disposal facility is available (if not, costs
                                   priority contaminated sites by 2010. Pursue in           escalate). Capping costs are comparable. on-
                                   conjunction with addressing upland sources of            shore bioremediation: $50 to $200 per cubic
                                   contamination. Underway: Congressional                   yard; requires dredging & on-shore facility.

        Action 2                      ncrease vegetated buffers, wetlands acreage and forested areas.

                                            The river has lost extensive                    plate fimd). Identify sites for the Vegetated
                                   vegetation -- as much as 50 percent of tidal             Buffer Demonstration Project of VA Tech and
                                   wetlands between 1944 and 1977. Wetlands                 VA Coastal Resources Management.
                                   and other "vegetated buffers" provide habitat,           Consider training volunteers for this program.
                                   trap sediments and filter pollutants.                    1998. Complete a restoration priorities
        "It is a wonderful                  1997- 2010: Pursue wetlands                     report. Develop percentage-based
        plan.                      restoration and conservation. To maximize                measurable objectives. Meet these objectives
                                   effectiveness, affordability and acceptability:          through local planning, enhanced stewardship
        RADM Robert Cole,          Concentrate on areas where losses have been              and critical land and easement acquisition.
        Commander,                 the greatest restore historical wetlands where           Increase public awareness of the benefits of
        Norfolk Naval Base,        possible. Focus on publicly held land where              forested areas and increase public
        comments at                possible, reserving purchase of private sites            participation in tree planting. Establish five
        Leadership Seminar
        April 26,1996              and easements to critical areas. Focus on                tree steward chapters per year with the Urban
                                   marginally developable real estate.                      Forestry Council. 2000. Develop contiguous
                                            Underway: Implement the Elizabeth               "corridors" of habitat and large wetland areas
                                   River Project's Wetlands Restoration                     through a "river corridoe' program.
                                   Demonstration Project in Larchmont                               Costs: Average for creating I acre of
                                   ($5 1,000 approved by EPA and VA license                 salt marsh: $18,000; varies widely.
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             mplement habitat enhancement programs at 25 percent of business                                                  Action 3
             and government facilities in the watershed by the year 2005, and enhance
          backyard habitats.
                                                                                                                                          I love the
                   All areas of the river's aquatic                building bird houses for targeted species.                       beautiful water,
          ecosystem show evidence of stress, from life             Similar programs have resulted in enthusiastic                   the fact that it k
          in the river bottom to birds and marnmals.               employee participation and positive public                             right next
          Loss of habitat is a major stressor.                     recognition. Program will also advise on                              to the city,
                   Underway: Encourage business and                backyard habitat.                                                        and the
          government facilities to enhance habitat on                      Costs: Cost to the Elizabeth River                         aquatic life.
          unused, marginally developable property by               Project of developing the service is about
          developing a "how to" resource service and               $25,000 per year. Costs to businesses for                         Karen Amandolia,
          "green award" program. 'Me Elizabeth River               implementing habitat are minimal, with                         Glenwood Elementary
          Project is developing this service, exploring            donated materials often available.                          What I like best about
          the model of the Wildlife Habitat Council in                                                                            the Elizabeth River.
                                                                                                                                     Earth Day, 1995
          Silver Spring, MD.
          Goals are to identify                                  -law                               M.
          and contact potential
          businesses; conduct
          seminars and
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          develop habitat
          through low-cost
          steps such as
          planting small plots
          of seed crops or
                   inimize erosion along rapidly eroding shorelines by 20 10, also                                            Action 4
          Mrehabilitating existing hardened shorelines to use naturalized erosion
          measures wherever practical.

                   The loss of fhnge marshes and other             enhanced compliance with existing restrictions.
          development impacts have contributed to                           By 2000. Develop and institute a
          high erosion. Results include a loss of                  successful incentive program for managing
          valuable uplands as well as ecological                   erosion-prone shorelines. Explore
          damage.                                                  combinations of grants, cost-sharing and
                   By 1998. Promote the use of natural             preferential tax, loan and insurance policies
          shorelines to control erosion. Construct                 closely tied to existing regulatory and advisory
          demonstration projects promoting the                     programs. Consider legislation authorizing
          economic and ecological benefits of natural              local governments to design, construct and
          shorelines. Pursue new technologies. Endorse             maintain shoreline defense structures on a
          reinstatement of funding to VA Dept. of                  shoreline reach basis, through creation of
          Conservation and Recreation's Shoreline                  erosion abatement districts with limited
          Erosion and Advisory Service to offer no-cost            bonding power.
          advice and site inspections to property                           By 2010: Achieve a goal of the total
          owners. Identify degraded marsh habitats and             linear feet of more desirable sloped and
          erosion prone reaches and develop options to             grassed shorelines exceeding the linear feet of
          minimize erosion. Explore measures to                    vertical shorelines.
          reduce erosion caused by boat wakes. Explore                      Costs: Average for creating I acre of
          the need for more no-wake zones and for                  salt marsh: $18,000; varies widely.

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                                                             ACTION AGENDA

                      Section 11 - Keeping new pollution out of the river
                                                      Being good stewards
                Goal: To inspire individual and corporate responsibility and stewardship.

        Action 5                         stablish pollution prevention and/or sustainable landscaping
                                   Epractices among 25 percent of residential, commercial and government
                                   land users in the watershed by the year 2005.
                                             Pollution prevention practices are            The Elizabeth River Project will pursue these
                                   intended to halt pollution at the source, rather        efforts in cooperation with VA DEQ, US EPA,
                                   than cleaning up after-the-fact. This approach          Hampton Roads Sanitation District, Alliance
                                   is considered one of the most effective means           for the Chesapeake Bay and other relevant
                                   available to reduce toxic releases into the             authorities, along with developers, garden
                                   environment. Pollution prevention offers a              shops, hardware stores, environmental
                                   "win-win" path that often saves money,                  consultants, landscapers, master gardeners and
                                   enhances safety and reduces liability.                  others willing to pool their expertise for
                                             Underway : 1) Develop an Elizabeth            mutual gain.
                                   River Project resource service and                               Promote the following practices
                                   recognition program to increase pollution               throughout the watershed: use ofnative and
                                   prevention practices among watershed                    other "beneficial" plants; integratedpest
                                   industrial and commercial facilities. Adapt             management, water-wise landscaping, turf
                                   from existing prototypes and seek assistance            alternatives; rain gardens; vegetated buffers;
                                   from die VA DEQ Office of Pollution                     andpervious surfaces.
                                   Prevention, the Hampton Roads Sanitation                         Underway: HB863/SB 179 of the
                                   District and locality stormwdter management             1996 General Assembly allows localities to
                                   divisions. Develop a resource pool of local             give tax incentives for improvements using
                                   expertise. Establish a clearinghouse for                pervious materials.
        "It shines in              specific pollution prevention techniques                         Select a neighborhood or
        the sun.                   categorized by land uses. Provide Internet              neighborhoods for an awareness campaign
                                   access through Elizabeth River Project                  promoting such practices and pursuing
                                   existing Home Page - www..infl.net/-erp.                demonstration projects. Develop
        Megan Burns,                         2) Conduct a campaign to contact              11crivironmental contracts". for waterfront
        Lynnhaven Elementary,      potential beneficiaries, starting with those            landowners. Conduct "before," "during" and
        What I like best about
        the Elizabeth River.       most likely to benefit. Assist interested               "after" surveys of awareness. Use results to
        Earth Day, 1995            parties with identifying techniques applicable          promote such activities watershed-wide.
                                   to their land use and with plarming                              Cost of resource service: $80,000
                                   implementation strategies. Examples of                  amiually. Costs to beneficiaries: varies widely.
                                   businesses that may benefit include gas
                                   stations and motor vehicle maintenance
                                   facilities.
                                             3) Present an "award" to participating
                                   parties and provide public recognition.
                                             Underway: Develop a resource
                                   service and "green award" program targeted
                                   to assisting watershed residents with adopting
                                   sustainable landscaping and pollution
                                   prevention practices. Also promote increased
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                 educe pollution from stormwater runoff to the maximum practical                                        Action 6
          JLXextent.

                   As much as 90 percent of new pollution           Promote regional land use planning and
          entering the Elizabeth River today arrives in             practices to reduce impervious surfaces, such
          runoff from parking lots, lawns and other                 as bike and walking paths to activity centers,
          industrial and residential surfaces. An aging             zoning to allow centralized communities,
          system of stormwater drains rushes a toxic soup           shared parking for compatible businesses,
          of oils, fertilizers, pesticides and metals directly      cluster developments and alternative surfaces
          into the river.                                           including pervious paving systems. e)
                   1996-2000: Work with the Cities of               Promote regional adoption of innovative,
          Norfolk, Portsmouth, Chesapeake and Virginia              cost-effective stormwater pollution control
          Beach to provide the public support and the               techniques to retrofit outmoded stormwater
          public-private resources necessary to: a)                 systems in developed areas. f) As public
          Increase public support for city stormwater               support increases, work with Cities to
          pollution reduction programs and for the active           consider ambitious measurable objectives for
          use of city resources to implement pollution              replacing significant amounts of outmoded
          management. b) Achieve full, effective                    city stormwater systems. Pursue opportunities
          implementation of stormwater pollution                    to assist by researching promising retrofit
          controls already in place or proposed by the              techniques for the Elizabeth and pursuing
          cities, recognizing that intended improvements            demonstration projects. Explore public-
          are likely to remain only partially realized              private funding. Promote a voluntary program
          without greater public support. Promote fidl              offering incentives to facilities capturing and
          implementation of city permits for stormwater             treating their first flush of stormwater.
          management. c) Promote uniform standards for                       Costs: Ulta-urban BMPs, $20,000 for
          implementation of Best Management Practices               Storniceptor units to $50,000 for a sand filter
          for new development and re-development. d)                structure. Other costs vary.                                                7





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                                                           ACTION AGENDA

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     A ction 7                       dentify and correct inadequate sanitary collection systems, for the
                                  1purpose of reducing human health risks and ecological risks from
                                  bacterial contamination in the Elizabeth River.

                                           Unsanitary conditions related to                River in 1994. Develop education and
                                  human and animal sewage contribute to the                incentive components and funding sources.
                                  condemnation of shellfish beds in the                             2) Identify and address other sewage
                                  Elizabeth River. Such conditions pose risks              discharge problems.
                                  to human health.                                                  3) Build public support for the
                                           1996-2000. 1) Include boaters and               municipalities in their development of
                                  marinas in a diverse task force, possibly                strategies and incentives for home and
                                  sponsored by the VA Dept. of Health, to                  business owners to repair leaks in
                                  develop an effective program for increasing              "lateral"sewage lines running from a house
                                  the use of sewage pump-out facilities by                 or business to a curb. These lines are
                                  recreational boaters. Hampton Roads has                  generally the responsibility of the property
                                  nearly 25,000 registered recreational boats;             owner and pose a missing link in efforts to
                                  use of pump-outs appears limited. Examine                maintain adequate human sewage collection.
                                  other successful programs including "Pump                         Costs: A portable pump-out program
                                  Don't Dump" program of the State of                      for recreational boaters on the Lynnhaven
                                  Maryland and a shore-based, no-charge                    cost about $45,000. Repair of lateral sewage
                                  pump-out program piloted on the Lynnhaven                lines averages about $100 per linear foot.


     Action 8                      Deduce TBT to non-toxic levels in the Elizabeth River waters and
                                   JAsediment, while enhancing the opportunity for continued
                                   competiveness of Virginia's shipping, shipbuilding and other related
                                   businesses.
                                            Tributyltin (TBT) is a pesticide                         3) Maintain Virginia's progress
                                   used in antifoulant paints to protect boat               toward reducing the sources of TBT
                                   hulls from barnacles and algae. TBT                      contamination by continuing current TBT
                                   compounds are highly                                                     regulations.
                                   toxic to aquatic                                                                    4) Continue to
                                                                                                                         conduct study of
                                   life and are
                                                                                                                            the nature of the
                                   capable of
                                                                                                                             TBT problem
                                   causing
                                                                                                                              at the local
                                   adverse
                                                                                                                              level if
                                   biological               4
                                   effects at                                                                                funding for
                                   extremely low                                                                          such studies is
                                   levels.                                                                            found. Further study
                                             1996:                                                             could provide better
                                             1) Initiate aggressive action                        understanding of the actual levels of
                                   seeking the establishment of a national ban              release from shipyards and newly painted
                                   on the use of TBT paints on all watergoing               hulls and subsequent impacts on water
                                   vessels.                                                 quality.
                                             2) Support the establishment of an                        Costs: Cost of monitoring the
                                   international ban on die use of TBT paints               effect of a single ship-painting event could
                                   on all vessels.                                          be $70,000 to $100,000.
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                romote mass transit and alternate transportation, based on a                                                      Action 9
                recognition of automotive usage as a major source of pollution in the
           Elizabeth River.

                     Cars and trucks are a major source                         b) Alert Elizabeth River Project
           of pollution in the Elizabeth River through                members and leadership of opportunities to
           air emissions and through metals and oils                  provide support for specific initiatives;
           washed off the roads with the rain.                                   c) Promote understanding of the link
                     1996. Form a mass transit and                    between cars and trucks and water quality,
           alternate transportation team of the                       exploring the possibility of a speakers bureau
           Elizabeth River Project to:                                to address this issue; and
                     a) Identify ways to increase support                        d) Explore whether any direct
           for and effectiveness of organizations                     initiatives, such as a biking path, are within
           already pursuing mass transit;                             the scope of the Elizabeth River Project.












                                                                     6,
           E     nhance compliance with existing regulations.                                                                  Action 10
                     Regulations exist which, effectively               to enhancing regulatory compliance at the
           implemented, would significantly improve                     local level. Issues the panel might address:
           the Elizabeth River. Compliance is                           To what degree is the implementation of                      Excellent overall..
           diminished by a lack of regulatory resources,                existing regulations producing the intended                      Congratulations
           a lack of public education and incentives                    results? To what degree is compliance                                    to all!"
           and inconsistent or illogical implementation                 enhanced by the use of regulations that are
           practices.                                                   understandable and consistently applied?                      Will Baker, President,
                                                                                                                                           Chesapeake Bay
                     1996-2000: Support adequate                        What conflicts between regulations, if any,                             Foundation,
           staffing and other resources needed to                       exist? Is there effective management of                                  corments
           implement existing regulations in a manner                   compliance records? What resource levels                          on the First Draft
                                                                                                                                                    of the
           effective for reducing pollutants in the                     are needed? Are current education and                        Watershed Action Plan
           watershed. Relevant regulations include but                  incentive methods sufficient?
           are not limited to the Chesapeake Bay                                 Costs: 'Me estimated cost for this
           Preservation Act, Erosion and Sediment                       recommendation was based on each city
           Control Regulations and VA Pollutant                         adding one additional staff person and the
           Discharge Regulations.                                       Tidewater regional DEQ office adding two
                     The Elizabeth River Project should                 additional staff for enhancing compliance.
           explore interest among business, citizen and                 The total cost is estimated at $250,000 to
           government concerns for a compliance study                   $300,000 per year.
           group to develop a comprehensive approach






                                                                ACTION AGENDA

            Section III - Increasing use and enjoyment of the Elizabeth
                                  Realizing the full potential of the resource
                          Goak To raise appreciation of the river @ economic, ecological
                                                           and recreational values.


                                           nhance marketability of Hampton Roads through achieving a cleaner
        Action H Environment, working with localities and the Chamber of Commerce's
                                     Plan 2007.

        "Hampton Roads                         Pollution slows the economic vitality             greater environmental quality. c) EPA
        is one of the most           of a region, impacting marketing, recreation                Sustainable Development Challenge Grants,
        successfulshipping           and quality of life.                                        providing funding for projects that leverage
        ports in the world.                    1996-2000: The Elizabeth River                    private investment in environmental efforts
        It has been blessed          Project should work with the State, Cities and              and those that link environmental protection
        with the greatest of         private partners to explore federally funded                with sustainable development and
        natural resources            opportunities for enhancing economic vitality               revitalization.
        in its port, and the         by achieving a cleaner Elizabeth River.                              Also encourage local tourism
        maritime
        community has                          Explore initiatives including: a) EPA             bureaus, economic development departments
        taken full                   Brownfields Economic Redevelopment                          and the Chamber of Commerce to become
        ad@antuge of this            Initiative, providing up to $200,000 for                    partners in river cleanup efforts out of
        resouAce,                    improving the economic viability of                         recognition for the value that clean rivers play
        constantly growing           abandoned, idled or underused sites by                      in a community's marketability to tourists and
        and diversifying..           cleaning them up. b) EPA Project XL                         businesses concerned about quality of life.
        - Hampton Roads              Communities, providing flexibility for                               Cost: Matching local and/or private
        Maritime Assoc.              communities to implement community-                         funding may be required for federal
        Annual Repo:rt 1996          designed and directed strategies to achieve                 programs. Cost-benefit should be high.


                                        ncrease public access to the Elizabeth River for the purpose of
        A ction             12       lincreasing appreciation of the river and support for restoration.

                                               A lack of positive river experiences              publicize existing access sites, providing a
                                     contributes to a lack of concern for the                    map and lists of facilities available. Use
                                     Elizabeth River. Increasing recreational                    volunteers to contact government officials.
                                     access is one way to increase appreciation of               Have results printed and distributed
                                     the river.                                                  throughout the area, modeling the effort after
                                               Underway: Initiate boat trips to                  the Chesapeake Bay Program's Bay Area
                                     expose children to the beauty, history,                     Access Plan (1990). Support the expansion of
                                     recreational, economic and ecological values                existing public access opportunities,
                                     of the river. Working with the Elizabeth River              particularly those such as Virginia Beach's
                                     Project, the passenger schooner American .                  Elizabeth River Nature and Canoe Trail that
                                     Rover begins Elizabeth River education for                  at the same time preserve habitat. Develop
                                     students in Spring 1996.                                    additional access to the river on sites
                                               1996-1997. Elizabeth River Project                identified by previous studies including the
                                     should obtain a small grant to identify and                 Bay Program Public Access Plans.

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                                                          ACTION AGENDA
         R
                move abandoned vessels and pilings, where possible also conserving                             Action 13
              @r replacing habitat.

                 Abandoned vessels are unsightly,            deteriorated structures in the Elizabeth River.
         contribute to negative attitudes about the          The Marine Resources Commission has
         river, can leak pollution and may be                already mapped the location of derelict
         navigation hazards. The Western Branch              pilings, piers and vessels in the river. These
         alone has at least 44 abandoned vessels and         objects leach oil and other hazardous
         almost 500 abandoned pilings.                       substances. At times, however, abandoned
                 Undenvay: The 1996 General                  vessels do provide scarce habitat. Efforts
         Assembly adopted a state budget amendment           should be made to replace any habitat lost.
         allocating $ 100,000 a year for 1996 and 1997       Special thanks to the Hon. Stanley C. Walker,
         to the VA Marine Resources Commission for           VA Senate, early patron of the budget
         removal of abandoned vessels and other              amendment.











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                                                          ACTION AGENDA
         Section IV - Increasing our knowledge of the Elizabeth River
                                        Making more informed decisions
              Goal: Develop a state-of-the-art Watershed Action Plan that is effective...
                                                 affordable... and acceptable.

                                      stablish and maintain an Elizabeth River monitoring program and
       Action 14 Edata bank to provide the scientific foundation for protecting, restoring
                                  and sustaining living resources and human health in the Elizabeth River
                                  watershed.

                                          Monitoring provides the only sound           was requested to enhance toxics monitoring
                                  basis for guiding effective management of the        capabilities of DEQ as one part of a
                                  river, including implementation of actions in        comprehensive monitoring and data
                                  this plan. Without a consistent way to               collection program, also pooling other local
                                  measure river conditions over time, it is            and private resources. During the first year,
                                  unknown whether management efforts are               scientific, citizen, business, academic and
                                  appropriate and we may be unable to tell if          government interests should be brought
                                  our proposed actions make any difference.            together for facilitated discussions of a)
                                          Underway: At the request of the              achieving an effective monitoring program;
                                  Elizabeth River Project, the 1996 General            b) resources to be pooled from the public and
                                  Assembly adopted a state budget amendment            private sector. A centralized data bank should
                                  providing $250,000 over two years to                 be established and improved DEQ monitoring
                                  enhance toxics monitoring capabilities of the        begun.
                                  VA Department of Environmental Quality.                      1997. In the second year, the
                                  Speaker Thomas Moss of the House and                 monitoring program should provide data for
                                  State Sen. Stanley C. Walker were early              an annual State of the River report to be
                                  patrons of the bill. The budget amendment            presented to the public.


                                        etermine the ecological effects of Craney Island operations on the
       Action 15                  DElizabeth River, with the purpose of reaching consensus among
                                  interested parties about best management practices and remediation needs.
                                          Craney Island is a 2,500-acre                        1998-99: Complete data collection
                                  confined site operated at the confluence of the      and analysis, develop any recommendations
                                  Elizabeth and James Rivers for the disposal of       for possible improvements, and prepare report
                                  dredged material. Questions have been raised         for distribution to concerned parties.
                                  about the possible escape of contamination                   Cost: Cannot be accurately estimated
                                  from these materials, although no studies have       prior to completing the study design. Cost of
                                  identified any major pollution problems.             preliminary work needed to design a study,
                                           1997. Design a comprehensive,               including a review of existing literature, and a
                                  independent, technologically sound study to          preliminary report would cost $15,000 to
                                  generate new data and provide die basis for          $20,000. Cost would be justified by factors
                                  recommending possible improvements.                  including the significance of Craney Island as
                                  Stakeholders and beneficiaries should be             one of the world's largest confined dredged
                                  involved in planning and financing the study.        material placement areas and the need to
                                  Review existing pertinent literature, rules,         educate the public about the ecological effects
                                  regulations and permits; design the study,           of Craney Island operations (positive or
         14                       obtain financial support, organize study team.       negative).







                                                                ACTION AGENDA
          D
                evelop and implement a "load allocation approach" as a voluntary                                           Action 16
                tool for making more informed,, more cost-effective decisions on how
          to manage the Elizabeth River.
                  Load allocations improve the ability              ("load capacity"). 4) Suggest "load" levels to
          to understand and predict pollution impacts               be allocated among point and non-point
          on the watershed, providing checks and                    sources consistent with target reductions.
          balances to assure that resources are spent on            'Ibis step can create "pollutant trading                              "The care
          the greatest environmental needs.                         opportunities" which can encourage more                              ofrivers is
                   1996-2000 - 1) With VA DEQ as the                cost-effective environmental results ("die                        not a question
          lead agency, prepare a "load" inventory                   biggest bang for the buck"). 5) Suggest                                of rivers,
          documenting all point and non-point source                appropriate allocations and management                                 but of the
          pollution input into the river. 2) Calculate the          strategies based on what we have learned.                        hunian heart. "
          "load capacity" of the river, or the amount of            NOTE: This reduction action is not intended                          Tanaka Show
          pollutants the river can assimilate without               to be used in a regulatory context.
          adverse impacts to environmental quality. An                       Costs: Funding is envisioned to be
          essential step, modeling the river's flow, is             obtained from grants. Funding may also be
          near completion at Old Dominion University.               obtained from stakeholders if they feel that
          3) Prepare "load allocation reduction targets."           the process will benefit them by reducing
          Detennine the amount of pollution which                   their costs for toxics reduction actions. Total
          must be removed in order not to exceed the                costs could range as high as $2 million.
          river's ability to assimilate the pollutant
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                evelop a nutrients task force to establish Elizabeth River nutrient                                        A ction 17
          Dgoals and basis for goals, and to recommend control measures needed
          to achieve goals.
                   Excess nutrients are well-recognized             Recommend further studies where existing
          as a serious pollution problem of the                     data is insufficient to establish nutrient goals.
          Chesapeake Bay and its rivers. At the same                         2000 - Develop a comprehensive
          time, high uncertainty exists regarding                   water quality model for the river to evaluate
          appropriate nutrient reduction goals and                  nutrient flux, determine the dominant sources
          controls for the Elizabeth.                               and explore the effectiveness of different
                    Underway - A nutrients task force               control measures. Recommend those nutrient
          has b con formed, including liaison                       control measures needed to achieve goals.
          representation on the Hampton Roads                       Follow through to assure that the
          Tributary Strategies work group of the                    recommended controls are implemented.
          Hampton Roads Planning District                                    Cost of task force: Low unless
          Commission. Establish nutrient goals and                  additional technical research is needed
          basis for goals. Evaluate existing data.                  beyond the work of the strategies project.                                    15







                                                                          ACTION AGENDA
                                    Section V - Creating an active partnership
                                           to manage & maintain a healthy river
                                                                       Working together
           Goal: To forge partnerships between citizens, industry, scientists and government,
                                                            while balancing competing uses.

                 Action 18     Build strong partnerships between the Elizabeth River Project and all
         public and private authorities relevant to this plan, for the purposes of
                                           ensuring public input and support; achieving environmental equity, and
                                           promoting speedy, effective implementation and enhanced regional
                                           watershed planning.
                                                      1996 - Establish on-going leadership                       environmental justice-related groups;
                                           for the Action Plan at the highest levels of                          c) governments and agencies, including the
                                           authority, and establish strong working-level                         Commonwealth of Virginia; the Cities of
                                           relationships, in each of these areas:                                Norfolk, Portsmouth, Chesapeake and
                                           a) businesses and their trade organizations;                          Virginia Beach; the Hampton Roads Planning
                                           b) residents and their civic groups; educational                      District Commission, the Hampton Roads
                                           and scientific institutions; recreational                             Sanitation District, EPA, US Congress, Army
                                           organizations, environmental and                                      Corps of Engineers, Navy and Coast Guard.
           Your Role in Implementation

                                                      We have believed from the start that                           The Elizabeth River Project invites you to
                                           our community should decide for itself the                            be a part of bringing this caring vision of
                                           kind of river it wants. Volunteers from all                           a cleaner river to fruition. A number of
                                           walks of life have worked side by side for                            actions are already underway, thanks to the
                                           nearly three years to give us a plan                                  credibility and can-do spirit of those
                                           representing the great breadth of interests in                        involved to date. Other actions depend on
                                           the Elizabeth River watershed. We believe                             you.
                                           they have prepared a rare gift for our                                          Let us. know how you would like to
                                           community: an action plan that is meaningful                          help with the Elizabeth River Restoration.
                                           and ambitious, yet practical and inclusive.
           

  " America is a
great story, and there is a river on every page of it."

			
Opportunities to Participate
Implementation Team Action Committees (pursuing each action)
Public Involvement Committee (building public support)
Technical Review Committee (making actions effective)
Ways & Means Committee (finding funding for actions)
Charter Memberships-$25 Individual, $50 Supporting, $100 Sustaining; 175 Organization



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      Acknowledgments
                          9,9pecial Thanks'to               Discussion Paper Authors
            7he following, Watershed Action Team. memberY developed discussion papers in support of this plan:
            Piada Bailey               William Copeland             William Hunley             Dr. Morris Roberts
            Chenyl Barnett                Cheryl Copper               Nancy1bison                 Eileen Rowan
       June Barrett-McDaniels             James Daman                 Leta Mitchell               David Sump
              Lisa Billow                 Kenneth Dierks            Deborah Mosher           Dr. Lewis "Jay"Taylor
            John-Blandin                  Pam Ferguson             MikeNickelsburg            Susan Taylor Hansen
            Keith Carmady                 Chris Fischer               -James Nixon            C.D. "Carl" Thomas
            John Carlock                  Dr. Carl Fisher             Randy, Owen               Claude Thompson
              Kim Coble                   Thomas Friberg             Marina Phillips              Mollie Wolcott
              Linda Cole                   Mike Host                  Walter. Priest              Ros's Worsham

                          Consultants                                  Action Teani Event Sponsors
                    URS Consultants, Inc.                                 Chesapeake Bay Foundation
                          Lamont Curtis                                          City of Norfolk
                      Michael. Barbachem                                        J.H. Miles & Co.-
                           Shelly Frie                                        Langley & McDonald
                        Rebecca Savage,                                     Lewis J. Taylor & Assoc.
                           John Noles                                     Norfolk Southern Corporation
              Hatcher-Sayre, Inc.@- John Hanscom                                 URS-Consultants
       Center for Watershed Protection - Tom Schueler                 US Environmental Protection Agency
       Facilitators - Elizabeth Waters and Jan Eliassen                  -VA Environmental, Endowment
                                                                    VA.Department of Environmental Quality
                  Special Assistance
       VS ERA Project Officer - R@dges Ankrah
       VA DEQ Project Manager - Eileen Rowan
                                                             Elizabeth River Project Board of Directors
            Elizabeth River Project staff                          President - Ray E. Moses, RADM (NOAA Ret.)
                                                          Vice-President - br J Frank Sellew, Deputy Superintendent, Norfolk
        Marjorie A@. Mayfield, Executive Director                                Public Schools
          Pamela Boatwright, Admin. Assistant               Treasurer -.Katherine Cross, Attomey,, Cooper, Spohg, & Davis
                                                          Secretary - Elizabeth A. Brichter, Junior.Lcague of NorfolkNA Beach.
                                                                Thomas L. Ackiss,.Vice-President, Lyon Shipyard, Inc.
            Special Thanks for Artwork                          Sharon Q. Adains, Executive Director, VA Beach SPCA
          Photography -. Courtesy Bill Tiernan,            -Cherryl Barnett, Director of Environmental Programs, Naval Base
                     copyright 1996.                           June Barrett-McDaniels, Engineer, Aquarius Engineering
           Map - Courtesy Katherine Hopkins,                   Keith Cannady, Environmental Engineer-, City of Norfolk -
                                                          Robert K. Dean, Chairman, Clean the Bay Day, Inc.; VA Beach City -
              VA Institute of Marine Science                                    Council Member
        Illustrations - Copyright 1984-Alice Jane                          D.r Carl Fisher (NOAA Ret.)
                          Lippson.                           Marilee Hawkins, Director of Environmental Services, City of
                                                                                   Portsmouth
                                                           Mike Kensler, Hampton Roads Assoc., Chesapeake Bay Foundation
                                                                      Richard H. Love, President', TI Associates
                  Grassrools Support                         Dr.Venita Newby-Owens, Health Director, VA Dept. of Health
                                                '.Om
                                                t JSchueler'_




              1996 Charter Membersh'                      Walter Priest, Wetlands Scientist, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
                                           'P             John Van Name, Manager of Air & Water Compliance, Naval Amphib
            of the Elizabeth River Project                                     Base - Little Creek


Actions are the result of conserisus decisions based on thousands of hours of research and debate by:

				The Watershed Action Team

	The Elizabeth River Project's Watershed Action Team envisions a river that:
		- Nourishes and sustains a wide variety of economic and public uses,
			-Supports a healthy and diverse ecosystem, and is
- Actively and responsibly managed by an educated citizenry and a partnership of river users.
								Vision statement, June 12, 1995


President of the Board - Ray E Moses ( RADM NOAA Ret.)
Oversight & Public Involvement Chairperson - Susan Cofer
Integration Team - Mike Barbacheau, Keith Cannady, Dr. Carl Fisher, Marjorie Mayfield & David Sump
Human Health Representative - Dr. Venita Newby-Owens
Ways & Means Chairman - John Van Name


Habitat & Living Resources Task Force
Co-Chair- Keith Cannady, City of Norfolk
Co-Chair- Marilee Hawkins, City of Portsmouth
Dutch Anderson, Shea Terrace Civic League
Gall Bradshaw, City of Chesapeake
Dr. George Brown, Norfolk State University
Dr. Robert Croonenberghs, VA Dept Health
Phillip Davey, Davey Assoc.
Kenneth A. Dierks, Langley & McDonald
Commander John Doswell, US Navy
Tom Eaton, Portsmouth Parks & Recreation
Madalyn Grimes, Port Norfolk Civic League
Nancy Ibisom, DCR
R. Harold Jones, US Army Corps of Engineers
Michael Kensler, Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Harold Marshall, Old Dominion University
Debora Mosher, Cox High School
Michael Nickelsburg, Tidewater Comm. College
Mark Perreault, Norfolk Southern
Walter Priest, VA Institute of Marine Science
Josh Priest, US Navy
Gray Puryear, Cape Henry Audubon Society
Lee Rosenberg, City of Norfolk
Carlene Smith, Park View Civic League
Fred Stemple, Tidewater Community College
James Wilson, Norfolk Clean Community
Mollie Wolcott, VA Port Authority


Sediment Quality Task Force
Co-Chair - John Blandin, Geologist
Co-Chair - Dr. Carl Fisher, NOAA (Retired)
DR. Raymond Alden III, ODU Applied Marine Lab
Diana Balley, US Army Corps of Engineers
Dr. David Baaco, Old Dominion University
William Copeland, NAACP
Dr. Daniel Dauer, Old Dominion University
Roger Everton, VA Dept of Environmental Quality
Thomas Friberg, Us Army Corps of Engineers
Hank Ghittino, R.E. Wright Assoc.
Susan Taylor Hansen, Cooper, Spong & Davis
Robert Harrell, Center for Innovative Technology
Woody Holton, Waterways Surveys & Engineering
William Hull, Hampton Roads Maritime Assoc.
E.L. Lash, River Shores Civic League
Gregory Magnus, VA's Environment
Nancy Merhige, Naval Amphib Base-LC
James Nixon, Portsmouth Community Health
Randal Owen, VA Marine Resource Comm.
Dr. Morris Roberts, VA Institute of Marine Science
Dr. Lewis J. Taylor, Lewis Taylor & Assoc.
Claude Thompson, Consultant
Dudley Ware, Norfolk Dredging
Ross Worsham, Atlantic Wood Industries

Toxics Reduction Team
Co-Chair- James Herndon, The Herndon Group
Co-Chair- Dr. J. Frank Sellew, Norfolk Public Schools
Dr. Robert Ake, Cape Henry Audubon Society
Guy Aydlett, Hampton Roads Sanitation District
Mike Barbachem, URS Consultants
June Barrett-McDaniels, Aquarius Engineering
Tom Beacham, Norshipco
Dr. George Brown, Norfolk State University
Kim Coble, Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Frank Daniel, VA Dept. of Enviromental Quality
Paul Dickson, Norfolk Southern
Thomas Friberg, US Army Corps of Engineers
Rick Goldbach, Metro Machine
Dr. Robert Hale, VA Institute of Marine Science
Mike Host, Norfolk Naval Shipyard
Will Jones, City of Portsmouth
John Keifer, City of Norfolk
Michael Kensler, Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Sid Kitterman, City of Portsmouth
Dr. Susan B Lingenfelser, US Fish & Wildlife
Tyla Matteson, Sierra Club
Jack Miles, J.H. Miles & Co.
Sandi Olek, City of Portsmouth
Marina Phillips, Kaufman & Canoles
James Pletl, Hampton Roads Sanitation District
Dr. Morris Roberts, VA Institute Marine Science
Ken Roller, VA Power
Gary Schafran, Old Dominion University
Craig Seltzer, US Army Corps of Engineers
Louis Speas, Naval Facilities Engineering Comm.
Dr. Valerie Stallings, Norfolk Health Dept.
Diana Starkey, Norfolk Convention & Visitors
Thomas Stokes, Stokes Enviromental
C.D. Thomas, VA Dept of Enviromental Quality
Claude Thompson, Consultant
Bernadette Woodhouse, Hoescht Celannese
Steven C. Wright, City of Chesapeake
Stephen Zylstra, US Fish & Wildlife Serive

Water Quality Task Force
Co-Chair - Kim Coble, Chesapeake Bay Foundation
Co-Chair - David Sump, Crenshaw, Ware & Martin
Lt. Delano Adams, US Coast Guard
Dr. Larry Atkinson, Ctr Coastal Physical Ocean
Richard Ayers, VA Dept Enviromental Quality
Cherryl Barnett, Naval Base
June Barrett-McDaniels, Aquarius Engineering
Joanne Berkley, Baycare
Lisa Billow, HSMM Environmental Group
John Carlock, Hampton Roads Planning District
Janet Causey, Hampton Roads Planning District
Susan Cofer, Educator
Linda Cole, Norfolk Naval Shipyard
Cheryl Copper, City of Hampton
James Daman, City of Norfolk
Chris Fischer, Tarmac
John Hanscom, Hatcher-Sayre
William Hunley, Hampton Roads Sanitation Dist
Dr. Albert Y. Kuo, VA Institute Marine Science
Michelle Long, Texaco Lubricants
Jack Miles, J.H. Miles & Co.
Lets Mitchell, Environmental Health Specialist
Derek Speetles, Texaco Lubricants
C.D. Thomas, VA Dept of Environmental Quality
Van White, Huntsman Chemical



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