Sec. 4. Adaptive Management Plan
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Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in consultation with appropriate Federal and State agencies, shall develop and implement an adaptive management plan for restoration activities in the Chesapeake Bay watershed that includes— a definition of specific and measurable objectives to improve water quality, habitat, and fisheries; a process for stakeholder participation; monitoring, modeling, experimentation, and other research and evaluation practices; a process for modification of restoration activities that have not attained or will not attain the specific and measurable objectives set forth under paragraph
(1); and a process for prioritizing restoration activities and programs to which adaptive management shall be applied. The Administrator shall update the adaptive management plan developed under subsection
(a)once every 2 years. Not later than 6 days after the end of each fiscal year, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a report on the implementation of the adaptive management plan required under this section for that fiscal year. The report required under paragraph
(1)shall contain information about the application of adaptive management to restoration activities and programs, including programmatic and project level changes implemented through the process of adaptive management. Paragraph
(1)shall apply to the first fiscal year that begins after the date of enactment of this Act. The Administrator shall ensure that the annual Chesapeake Bay Action Plan and Annual Progress Report required by section 205 of Executive Order 13508 ( 33 U.S.C. 1267 note; relating to Chesapeake Bay protection and restoration) includes the adaptive management plan outlined in subsection (a).
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