Vermont Business Magazine The Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission (CCRPC) will aid the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) in cleaning up state waters through the incorporation of potential projects into DEC’s Watershed Projects Database. This Database is a key component of the DEC’s Tactical Basin Plans that address water quality issues throughout the State. These plans prioritize water quality problems, consider alternatives, and recommend solutions and funding sources. The Database keeps track of potential projects to address these problems as well as assess project readiness. For example, some projects are only at the scoping level and would need further definition while others have been fully designed with both construction plans and cost estimates prepared.
The CCRPC will work over the winter of 2018/2019 to identify projects from Flow Restoration Plans for stormwater-impaired streams and from River Corridor Plans and other studies on stream erosion and then collate relevant information for incorporation of projects into the DEC database. Incorporation of these projects into the database will enable DEC basin planners, municipalities, watershed organizations, and others to efficiently and quickly identify all of the projects needed to help clean up our water, and prioritize the projects that should be implemented first.
This work by CCRPC is under the State’s 604 B water quality program and funded by a Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) grant in the amount of $3,636 to the CCRPC. The DEC is required to pass through to regional planning organizations 40% of its annual federal Clean Water Act Section 604 B allocation to conduct a variety of water-related planning activities.
Source: Winooski, VT – Chittenden County RPC ccrpcvt.org