Chesapeake Bay Governors Seek Runoff Controls

Karl Blankenship at the Bay Journal reports that the governors of the six states in the Chesapeake Bay watershed are asking that language requiring runoff controls be included in the Surface Transportation Authorization Act of 2009[PDF] currently being drafted by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

6 Bay governors unite in drive to put runoff controls in highway bill

"In the Chesapeake watershed, it is the urban sector and the paved sector that is growing at the fastest rate," said Ann Swanson, executive director of the Chesapeake Bay Commission. "If we don't start institutionalizing proper water management provisions, we will never be able to mitigate all of the mistakes.
"So we better move forward ensuring that we are addressing water quality issues as more pavement is laid down."

Read the entire story at the Bay Journal.