Specifications include, but are not limited to: The Grantee will provide relevant educational programming and communication to stakeholder organizations and landowners in their respective jurisdictional areas about the requirements of the new VCWA, relevant TMDLs (including Champlain, Memphremagog, and Long Island Sound), and related regulatory requirements. The State shall collaborate with the Grantee in developing and then specifying the components of this training which will include all sector specific components of VCWA. To complete this, the Grantee will, in collaboration with State staff, deliver at least two comprehensive stakeholder/ landowner outreach presentations on the requirements and timelines in VCWA and relevant TMDLs. The Grantee shall track outreach efforts and which stakeholder/ landowners have participated in these outreach sessions. Deliverables: 1. The Grantee will document the dates and attendees of presentations provided by the Grantee in DEC’s nForm portal (also called, ANR Online). 2. The Grantee will publish standardized fact-sheets on its website. 3. The Grantee will make at least one web post per quarter in the State’s blog entitled “FLOW” describing activities undertaken or meetings held under this agreement. 4. Grantee will: a. Provide targeted outreach to landowners, stakeholder organizations, and the public regarding VCWA elements and sectors (submit relevant nForms to the Clean Water Program). Grantee will provide quarterly report to (relevant) DEC Watershed Coordination on meetings and outcomes. b. Provide targeted outreach to landowners, stakeholder organizations, and the public with impaired, altered, or stressed waters - these target areas can be identified by Watershed Coordinators (Basins in the planning phase for FY18 – Southern Lake Champlain (2-4), Otter Creek (3), Northern Lake Champlain (5), Winooski (8), White (9), Ottauquechee/ Black (10), Deerfield (12-13), and Passumpsic (15)). Grantee will provide quarterly report to (relevant) DEC Watershed Coordination on meetings and outcomes. c. Provide a quarterly report to DEC (relevant Watershed Coordinator) regarding coordination and outcomes (for targeted VCWA outreach within the FY18 timeframe). d. Provide an assessment of stakeholders for targeted VCWA outreach within the FY18 timeframe. e. Meet quarterly with regional Watershed Coordinator(s) to discuss progress on landowner, stakeholder organizations, and public outreach, basin planning priorities, and opportunities/ challenges encountered during basin planning and project development/ implementation processes.
