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EPA Chesapeake Bay Program-Report 2013 1 Hot Topics I Turfgrass Producers International 7/8/13 10:56 AM <br /> Find LIS On <br /> Facebook <br /> USER NAME PASSWORD <br /> NOT A MEMBER?JOIN TPI > Site Search <br /> eNEWS&UPDATES SEF,.D WITH CONFIDENCE <br /> Sign up to receive the the NE)NIARK <br /> latest news and updates <br /> Enter your email <br /> Home Hot Topics EPA Chesapeake Bay Program-Report 2013 <br /> HOT TOPICS Harvester For Sale <br /> Contact:Bill at 302-462-0186 or <br /> bradford@whriandscape.com <br /> EPA Chesapeake Bay Program - Report (admin0910) <br /> Biodearadabfe Sad <br /> 2013 Contact:860-434.9668 <br /> (WOOD)Fax: <br /> 60-434-1371 or rachel@ewhannas.com <br /> CONCLUSION -"A dense vegetative cover :rwww.ewhannas.corn (admm091O) <br /> of turfgrass on a lawn reduces pollution and C <br /> runoff." <br /> -EPA Chesapeake Bay Program Final Report 2013 EAST <br /> DUNDEE,IL—June 14,2013 TPI summer Convention <br /> &Field Days <br /> According to a recent report released by the Chesapeake 0 Registration Now Openl <br /> Stormwater Network,more than 3.5 million acres of urban eTN TPI Midwinter Conference <br /> pervious lands exist in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, Thank you for making our <br /> comprising nearly 10%of its total area and a good part of that Midwinter Conference a big <br /> land cover is comprised of both fertilized and un-fertilized success! <br /> turfgrass.The question is-were the original approved definitions <br /> of Urban Nutrient Management proposed by the Chesapeake Bay <br /> Program ambiguous and justified? <br /> Let's begin by turning back the clock to March 2011 when a report No Active Survey at this time, <br /> by Environmental Maryland titled, "Urban Fertilizers and the EPA-Chesapeake <br /> Chesapeake Bay Program-Report ec,, turf' <br /> Chesapeake Bay.,An Opportunity for Major Pollution TPI Membership Due Renewal) <br /> MIDWEST INC. <br /> Reduction",detailed the harmful effects of lawn fertilizer on the <br /> Chesapeake Bay and concluded that to reduce pollution for lawn Experience TPI 2013 VIDEO <br /> fertilizer,lawmakers needed to take two broad steps:limit the Children&Synthetic Turf,Health <br /> amount and type of nutrients in the fertilizer itself,and ensure that a experts discuss children's health and <br /> homeowners and lawn care companies apply less fertilizer to the irtificial playing surfaces <br /> ground. <br /> Prior to,and well after the report was released,concerned <br /> citizens,local law makers,environmentalists,community activists, <br /> etc.,all with the best of intentions expressed their concern and <br /> the need for stronger restrictions or the discontinued use of lawn <br /> fertilizers all together. <br /> But wait!More than a few heads turned last winter when the U.S. <br /> Environmental Protection Agency's Chesapeake Bay Program <br /> pulled together a"panel of experts"to look at lawns,lawn care <br /> and the impact lawns have on water quality in the Chesapeake <br /> Bay.Their approved final report, "Recommendations of the <br /> Expert Panel to Define Removal Rates for Urban <br /> Management",that was prepared by Tom Schueler and Cecilia <br /> Lan of the Chesapeake Stormwater Network revealed some <br /> interesting conclusions including--Lawn fertilization is actually <br /> good for water quality. <br /> The"panel of experts"was comprised of a diversified group <br /> including: <br /> -Jonathan Champion,District Department of the Environment- <br /> Stormwater, <br /> Watershed Protection Division,District of Columbia <br /> I <br /> http://www.turfgrasssod.org/publisher/hot—topics/2013/6/18/epa—chesapeake—bay—program--report-2013 Page I of 4 <br /> 13 . ( I <br />