smart growth strategies- jennifer bevan-dangle
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Presentation given by Jennifer Bevan-Dangle on June 4, 2012 at the Third Annual Choose Clean Water ConferenceTRANSCRIPT
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Cleaner Waters through Smarter GrowthJennifer Bevan-Dangel1000 Friends of Maryland
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Growth Matters
Source: Chesapeake Bay Program, 2009 Bay Barometer (April 2010)
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Growth Matters
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Future Household Growth Future Pollution Load
2010-2035 Household Growth vs. Nitrogen Pollution Load
sewer septic
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Growth Matters
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Growth Matters
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Chapter 3: Accounting for Growth
• EPA Guidance: Accounting for future pollution loads from growth can be done in two ways. • 1) Future loads can be estimated and included in quantitative
load reduction analyses.• 2) Policies and programs can be adopted to ensure all future load
increases are off set by commensurate load reductions on an as-needed basis.
• Integrating smart growth into the process:• Establish differentiated loads for types of growth that accurately
reflect the entire loading from a development.• Require all new development since 2009 to offset its true load.• Devil is in the details!
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Growth and Offsets in Action• Calculate post-development nitrogen load from the
development parcel• Require no offset for redevelopment• Require no offset for wastewater discharged to a WWTP
operating below its nutrient cap(1)• For all other development, require developer to offset 100% of
the post-development load • Implement under MDE’s existing authority to regulate
discharges and water quality• Allow trading to offset post-development load
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Growth and Offsets in Action
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Policy Reform: Sustainable Growth
• Creates four tiers of growth• Limits sprawling subdivisions on septic tanks in rural areas• Requires economic and environmental analysis of sprawl
subdivisions in rural growth areas.• Positioned as a water quality bill – part of a package of
legislation to implement WIPs and clean local waters.
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How NOT to Plan
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County Approach: Connecting the Dots
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County Approach: Connecting the Dots
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County Approach: Connecting the Dots
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Other Ideas• Focus on reducing widgets of pollution is making it hard to
shift attention to preventing future loads.• Offset credits for preserving land?• Fund smart growth and growth infrastructure• Utilize opportunities presented by redevelopment.
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Location, Location, Location• We cannot restore and protect our
watersheds without restoring existing communities and protecting our land from sprawl.
• Even a ‘perfect’ development – mixed use, mixed income, transit oriented, walkable, full ESD implementation, etc – is not smart growth unless it is in a smart location.
• The WIP process provides a golden opportunity to promote smart growth, and we must not squander it.
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For More Information• Jennifer Bevan-Dangel
• www.cleanmarylandwaters.wordpress.com