Name: Edge of Tide Factors (CBP P6) for Water Quality Trading
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Description: This polygon file represents the Phase 6 Chesapeake Bay model segments in Maryland. This is the scale at which nutrient and sediment loads are calculated in the Phase 6 model. The file represents an intersection of the model watershed segments (also known as river segments) and county boundaries (land segments). The unique modeling segments are often referred to as land-river segments.These maps display the Maryland’s Water Quality Trading Program’s Edge of Tide (EoT) Factors and the purchasing areas for NPDES permitted entities. These maps are designed to help identify your nutrient and sediment region specific factors and demonstrate where you can potentially trade credits, after they are certified and verified by the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE). If you are interested in certifying credits and need your EoT factors to calculate credits, select your location on the map to identify the delivery factor for the location of your project(s) or you can search by an address. Click on your segmentshed to display the EoT Factor numbers for.If you are interested in acquiring credits to meet permit conditions, then select your county’s purchasing area, which will then display purchasing areas you are eligible to trade with as described within Maryland’s current permitting framework.
Copyright Text: Maryland Department of the Environment - Water Services Administration, TMDL Development Program & US EPA Chesapeake Bay Program