Trading and Offset Technical Memoranda for the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
To assist the Bay jurisdictions in strengthening their trading and offset programs, EPA is developing a series of technical memoranda. Bay jurisdictions include Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsyvlania, Virginia, West Virginia and the District of Columbia. The memoranda will also provide EPA, the jurisdictions with a framework for determining whether trading and offset program elements meet EPA expectations. To view the memoranda, please click on the links below.
- Establishing Offset and Trading Baselines in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed - EPA Technical Memorandum (pdf)
- Net Improvement Offsets for New or Increased Loads - EPA Technical Memorandum (pdf)
- Sector Load Growth Demonstration (pdf)
- Accounting for Uncertainty in Offset and Trading (pdf)
- Local Water Quality Protection when Using Credits for NPDES Permits (pdf)
- Evaluation of Sampling Variability in Chesapeake Bay Wastewater (pdf)
- Components of Credit Calculation (pdf)
- Permanence of Credits Used for NPDES Permit Issuance and Compliance (pdf)
- Certification and Verification of Offset and Trading Credits in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed (pdf)
- Discussion Paper: Considerations for Interstate Trading and Offsets in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed (pdf)