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Electric Vehicles in Metropolitan Washington

Oct 17, 2012

This report seeks to provide a framework for establishing a regional readiness plan for the deployment of electric vehicles (EVs) in the metropolitan Washington region.

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Plastic Bag Report

Nov 5, 2012

The Washington region has become a national leader in single-use carryout bag management. Concern over bag pollution, particularly for plastic bags, sparked efforts to regulate the bags about five years ago, primarily on the West Coast. During the last three years, two large local jurisdictions have passed bag-fee laws making the area nationally unique in its application of fees to limit use of both paper and plastic bags. This report reviews recent local and national developments.

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Wise Water Use Landscaping Guide

Mar 8, 2013

A wise water use landscaping and watering guide for the COG region.

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Washington DC-MD-VA 1997 PM2.5 NAAQS Maintenance Plan and Redesignation Request

May 22, 2013

This document demonstrates that PM 2.5 air quality in the Washington DC-MD-VA area will remain compliant with the 1997 PM 2.5 NAAQS, as measured by a monitoring network that meets all federal requirements.

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Summary of Potential Climate Change Impacts, Vulnerabilities, and Adaptation Strategies

Jul 1, 2013

A synopsis of lessons learned from the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments’ climate adaptation planning initiatives from 2010 – 2012

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Air Quality Conformity Determination of the 2013 CLRP and FY 2013-2018 TIP for the Washington Metropolitan Region

Jul 17, 2013

This report documents the assessment of the 2013 Constrained Long Range Plan (CLRP) and the FY 2013-2018 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) with respect to air quality conformity requirements under the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments. The assessment used criteria and procedures contained in the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s final conformity rule, published in the November 24, 1993 Federal Register, with subsequent amendments and additional federal guidance published by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). The assessment is a responsibility of the National Capital Region Transportation Planning Board (TPB).

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BPSA Long Term Planning Study 2013

Apr 29, 2014

The information and analysis developed in this report is intended to identify the flow projections for the Blue Plains Wastewater Treatment Plant and associated Potomac Interceptor. It is also intended to aid the IMA-RC in identifying those actions needed to ensure that the long-term (Year 2040) wastewater management plans continue to address their individual and collective wastewater capacity and transmission needs in the BPSA, and to comply with the 2012 IMA capacity allocations.

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2011 Base Year Emission Inventory for the Washington DC-MD-VA 2008 Ozone NAAQS Nonattainment Area

Jun 9, 2014

This document contains a detailed explanation of the 2011 base year emissions inventory for stationary, area, nonroad, and mobile anthropogenic sources as well as biogenic sources.

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Protecting Local and Regional Water Quality: Stormwater Management in the Metropolitan Washington Region

Jun 11, 2014

This fact sheet provides an overview of the challenges, accomplishments and financial implications of local government stormwater programs in the region, as well as a sense of the many deadlines that these programs are operating under.

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Building a Climate Resilient National Capital Region

Sep 24, 2014

From fall, 2013 to spring, 2014, NCPC, GSA, NASA, MWCOG, US Global Change Research Program, and the Smithsonian Institution sponsored two series of webinars and workshops to assist with climate adapta