Join us from 11 am -12 pm EDT for the meeting and 2 pm - 3 pm for the press conference:
http://www.epa.gov/live
July 11, 2011: Chesapeake Bay Program's Executive Council Meeting Web Cast, Monday, 11 am - 12:15 pm for the Council meeting and again at 2 pm - 3 pm for the Press Conference. This an annual meeting where meeting tough, new pollution reduction goals are on the agenda.
The meeting will be Web Cast from the Maymont Nature Center in Richmond, VA. Members include the governors of all six states in the bay watershed, the mayor of Washington, and EPA's Administrator Lisa P. Jackson. The council sets policy for the joint state and federal effort that has led bay restoration.
The states are working to implement a new EPA strategy issued in response to a presidential executive order.
The bay watershed covers Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania and New York.
