Speak Up for the Bay Tomorrow Night

Elected and appointed officials in Richmond and Washington, D.C. are making decisions about Bay restoration right now! They need to hear from you.

Please join CBF tomorrow evening for a Chesapeake Bay Town Hall meeting in Arlington, VA. Find out about progress on Bay restoration efforts—including the President’s Executive Order and upcoming legislation in the House and Senate.

Whether you have specific questions you’d like to get answered or simply want to hear the latest updates directly from the movers-and-shakers involved, your participation will help make the point that you want promises turned into actions! For more information and to RSVP, click here.

Guest Speaker:
Congressman Jim Moran, Virginia District 8

Panel Speakers:   
Chuck Fox, EPA Senior Advisor on the Chesapeake Bay
Senator Mary Margaret Whipple, Virginia District 31
Dr. Roger Mann, Director of Research and Advisory Services, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Roy Hoagland, Vice President, Chesapeake Bay Foundation

For more information and to RSVP, click here.

Comments

[Catherine Voorhees]

Fairfax County Virginia permits waivers of Best Management Practices if the "minimum" necessary for relief is being requested. According to James Patteson, Director of Land Development Services, 18 waivers of Best Management Practices in Hollin Hall Village, Fairfax County followed all the necessary regulations when only 9 dwelling units had existed on the land for 60 years. How could granting 2 waivers per one parcel of land upon which one house stood thereby enabling a developer to build 6 houses per acre in an area zoned 3 houses per acre be the minimum? Enforcement of the Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act/Ordinance is needed to stop waivers being granted that exceed the minimum necessary for relief. Who enforces these regulations? Obviously not, Fairfax County in Hollin Hall Village.