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☼ FY 2008 ANNUAL PLAN OF WORK ☼
☼Back Creek TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD Implementation Plan This project is designed to address water quality problems in the Back Creek Watershed and in rural watersheds with livestock production. Water quality problems (fecal bacteria and sediment) in Back Creek Watershed will be addressed through obtaining stakeholder input on innovative Best Management Practices, developing a Total Maximum Daily Load Implementation Plan, implementing and evaluating innovative Best Management Practices, and securing additional funds to support continued implementation in the watershed. Monitoring will be performed in Hutton Creek to evaluate the effects of Best Management Practices already established there and to estimate the impact of implementing more traditional Best Management Practices. __________________________________________________________________________________ ACTION COST COUNCIL STAFF PLANNED ESTIMATE: REPRESENTATIVE: REPRESENTATIVE 2008: 2009: & TIME ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Implement | Complete | $133,630 | Joseph Gorman | Gary Boring 120 hours
☼bacterial source tracking analysis for total maximum daily loads 2007-2008 The RC&D Council joined in a collaborative effort with MapTech, Inc. and the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality to support Virginia’s efforts to develop Bacterial Total Maximum Daily Load Studies. This project will conduct a bacterial source tracking analysis on samples collected from impaired waters. The project will provide an analysis for 1,200 samples over a two-year period for 60 free flowing surface water stations and 60 shellfish water stations. ___________________________________________________________________________________ ACTION COST COUNCIL STAFF PLANNED ESTIMATE: REPRESENTATIVE: REPRESENTATIVE 2008: 2009: & TIME ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Complete | | $218,546 | C. P. Shorter | Gary Boring 20 hours Becky Smith 20 hours
☼JAMES RIVER TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD STUDY The VA Department of Environmental Quality identified 40 segments of the James River as impaired with regards to fecal coliform bacteria, dissolved oxygen or pH. The Total Maximum Daily Load Study establishes the allowable loadings or other quantifiable parameters for a water body and thereby provides the basis for the commonwealth to establish water quality based controls. These controls should provide the pollution reduction necessary for a water body to meet water quality standards. ___________________________________________________________________________________ ACTION COST COUNCIL STAFF PLANNED ESTIMATE: REPRESENTATIVE: REPRESENTATIVE 2008: 2009: & TIME ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Complete | | $652,791 | M. Jay Hubble | Gary Boring 20 hours
☼COMMUNITY FIRE PROTECTION PROGRAM 2005 This project will implement mechanical fuel reduction activities on 265 acres protecting approximately 200 homes across Virginia. This state-wide fuel reduction project will be targeted to high risk communities and individual homes located within 3 miles of U.S. Forest Service land. The project will improve the safety of 200 homes and serve as demonstration sites across Virginia. This project will enhance the educational campaign to promote the Firewise Virginia campaign as a means of promoting additional hazard mitigation projects throughout identified hazard communities. Virginia’s citizens, landowners, planners and community leaders will be made more aware of the need for pre-planning as well as the benefits of hazard mitigation activities. Wildfire and property damage risks will be significantly reduced and communities will be made safer through cooperative efforts. ___________________________________________________________________________________ ACTION COST COUNCIL STAFF PLANNED ESTIMATE: REPRESENTATIVE: REPRESENTATIVE 2008: 2009: & TIME ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Complete | | $200,000 | Louis Brossy | David Richert 60 hours Gary Boring 16 hours |