Providing Meaningful Water Quality Improvements Through Collaboration And Oversight Of Federal Support

The order shifts federal resources to projects that directly reduce pollution and directs the Federal Government to encourage repeal of state and local stormwater fees imposed on residents.

What the order does ​

• Revokes Executive Order 13508 on Chesapeake Bay protection and restoration.
• Directs six departments and the Environmental Protection Agency to assess their Chesapeake Bay support and focus resources on high-need, on-the-ground projects.
• Prioritizes funding for projects that directly reduce nutrient and sediment runoff into the bay and its tributaries.
• Requires the Environmental Protection Agency to assess residents’ stormwater-fee burdens with watershed jurisdictions and explore alternatives that do not raise individual costs.
• Directs the Environmental Protection Agency to encourage states and localities to repeal or rescind resident-funded stormwater fees.
• Requires strategies to use scientific evidence, objective metrics, and documented outcomes for sediment, phosphorus, nitrogen, and water quality.

Who it affects ​

• Residents and small businesses in the Chesapeake Bay watershed that pay stormwater management fees.
• Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New York, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia.
• Federal agencies and funding programs supporting Chesapeake Bay water quality.