Officials To Discuss Plans To Clean Up Chesapeake Bay
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Regional leaders and federal officials are getting together to talk about cleaning up the Chesapeake Bay.
Thursday's annual meeting of the Chesapeake Executive Council will include an announcement of how officials plan to meet the goals of a federal-led bay cleanup agreement that was signed last year.
The agreement establishes pollution limits in the nation's largest estuary and sets goals for the bay to be fully restored by 2025.
Among the officials scheduled to attend Thursday's meeting in Washington are EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser and Maryland Lt. Gov. Boyd Rutherford. Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan will miss the meeting while he undergoes treatment for cancer.
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