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WQT and Offset Programs by State

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Trading Programs at State Level

State Trading Programs

Alabama

Arizona

  • Pinto Creek - Carlotta Copper Case:
    • Copper Loading Offset Legal Decision: Legal Decision: Copper loading offsets.
  • Arizona Water Allocations

California

Colorado

  • (2004) Colorado State Pollutant Trading Policy: Colorado Pollutant Trading Policy.

  • Chatfield Reservoir Water Quality Trading:

  • Cherry Creek Basin Phosphorus Credit Trading:

    • Program Summary: Program Description.
    • (2008) Cherry Creek Basin Nonpoint Source Phosphorus Trading: Nonpoint Source Phosphorus Trading in the Cherry Creek Reservoir Watershed in Colorado. (2008). Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering.
    • EPA Case Study on Cherry Creek: Case Study: Watershed-Based Permitting in the Cherry Creek Reservoir Drainage Basin, CO.
  • Dillon Reservoir Water Quality Trading:

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

  • Kansas Feasibility Assessment Studies
    • (2009) Research Paper: [Assessment Environmental Equivalents for Water Quality Trading](- Iowa Market Feasibility Assessment Studies)
    • (2005) Research Paper: Water Quality Trading Simulation for Northeast Kansas.

Kentucky

Louisiana

  • (2019) Louisiana Water Quality Trading Program

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

-Minnesota Water Quality Trading:

Missouri

Montana

Nevada

New Jersey

New York

North Carolina

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

South Carolina

Tennessee

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

Washington D.C. (District of Columbia)

  • Washington D.C. Stormwater Retention Credit Trading Program Website.

  • Chesapeake Stormwater Network:
    • The District Department of the Environment (DDOE) finalized a new regulatory framework for stormwater management by large development sites in the District of Columbia. The new regulations were published in the DC Register on Friday, July 19, 2013.
    • DC Stormwater Regulations and Federal Facilities Webcast Presentation.
    • Regulations and Guidebook: New Regulations and Guidebook: Overview.
    • Generation and Certification: Generation and Certification of Stormwater Retention Credits.
    • Quantification spreadsheet: Spreadsheet Instructions.
    • Spreadsheet instructions: MS4 Permit.

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

Interstate Trading Programs:

Chesapeake Bay Program

  • State Pages & WIP's:

  • Additional Reports & Studies:

    • (2012): Report: "Nutrient Credit Trading for the Chesapeake Bay: An Economic Study."
    • (2012): Report: "Accounting for Transaction Costs in Point/Nonpoint Water Quality Trading Programs in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed."
    • (2010): Executive Order: "Strategy for Protecting and Restoring the Chesapeake Bay Watershed."
    • (2010): Newsletter: "Bay Bank - The Chesapeake's Conservation Marketplace" (The Pinchot Letter, Vol.15, No.1).
    • (2010): Working Paper: "How Baywide Nutrient Trading Could Benefit Virginia Farms" (WRI).
    • (2010): Working Paper: "How Nutrient Trading Could Help Restore the Chesapeake Bay" (WRI).
    • (2009): Study: "Evaluation Framework for the Water Quality Trading Programs in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed."
    • (2009): Testimony: "Testimony of J. Charles Fox, Senior Advisor to Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Before the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research Committee on Agriculture, U.S. House of Representatives."
    • (2009): Testimony: "Statement by Ann Mills, Deputy Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment, US Department of Agriculture, Before the Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research, Committee on Agriculture, US House of Representatives."
    • (2009): Bill: "Chesapeake Clean Water and Ecosystem Restoration Act of 2009."
    • (2007): Analysis: "Bay Bank Baseline Analysis: Regulatory Drivers of Ecosystems Markets in the Chesapeake Bay" Conducted by Environmental Law Institute for the Pinchot Institute for Conservation.
    • (2005): Article "Nutrient Credit Trading: The New Bay Cleanup Tool."
  • Workshop Proceedings:
    • (2013): "Technical Memorandum: Local Water Quality Protection" Trading and Offsets Work Group Presentation.
    • (2012): 2013 "EPA Chesapeake Bay Trading and Offsets Workplan" DRAFT Workplan.
    • (2012): "Chesapeake Bay Program: Trading and Offsets Workgroup (TOWG) Conference Call" Minutes.
    • (2001): Nutrient Trading Public Workshop - Public Comments Summary.
    • (1998): "Nutrient Trading to maintain Nutrient Cap in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed" Workshop Proceedings.