The Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area Designation and Management Regulations require Bay Act localities to annually submit a report outlining implementation of their local programs. The annual implementation report is intended to complement the ongoing compliance review processe, and to provide post-review assessments of all local programs. Submittal by Bay Act localities of the two-page 2009 Annual Assessment of Local Government Chesapeake Bay Preservation Area Activity form (DOC) (Annual Report Questionnaire) will help the Chesapeake Bay Local Assistance Board to gauge the status and continued progress of local program implementation for those localities found compliant by the Board.
Localities will be required to submit their completed annual reports at the end of each fiscal year. This fixed reporting cycle will ensure that local reports reflect the current status of each local government’s program and help Department staff better assist localities in completing the reports and subsequent compliance evaluations.
To give all localities ample time to compile the necessary information prior to submission deadline, each locality will be informed of the information to be tracked for the annual report at the time their program is found compliant.; The Department has developed spreadsheets and databases that can be used by localities to track the requested information.
To return the questionnaire you may either:
Print a copy of the two-page questionnaire, fill out all the fields available for each of the 13 questions (along with any additional information you may want to include on a separate page) and mail it to:
Shawn Smith
Principal Environmental Planner
DCR/CBLA
900 East Main Street, 8th Floor
Richmond, VA 23219
(804) 371-0609
or
Please direct any questions or comments about the annual report requirement to:
Shawn Smith
shawn.smith@dcr.virginia.gov
(804) 371-0609
