Common use of Monitoring Progress Clause in Contracts

Monitoring Progress. Two types of monitoring are being considered: (1) programmatic and (2) environmental. Programmatic monitoring will focus on completion of planned activities for actions in the research strategy and biannual workplan. Environmental monitoring provides several types of information (1) to improve of knowledge of baseline conditions for occurrence, concentrations, sources and effects for the highest priority pollutants and (2) supports the policy and prevention outcome to help assess effects of management practices. Initial ideas for monitoring to improve information of environmental conditions for 5 major issues include: • Human consumption: Update the status of fish health consumption advisories and impairments in the Bay watershed due to PCBs and mercury. • Fish and wildlife health: Develop indicators for fish and wildlife health to better characterize their extent in the watershed. Possibilities include indictors of (1) intersex conditions in fish, and/or (2) presence of tumors in fish.

Monitoring Progress. Two types of monitoring are being considered: (1) programmatic and (2) environmental. Programmatic monitoring will focus on completion of planned activities for actions in the research strategy and biannual workplan. Environmental monitoring provides several types of information (1) to improve of knowledge of baseline conditions for occurrence, concentrations, sources and effects for the highest priority pollutants and (2) supports the policy and prevention outcome to help assess effects of management practices. Initial ideas for monitoring to improve information of environmental conditions for 5 major issues include: • ◼ Human consumption: Update the status Monitor number and location of fish health consumption advisories and impairments in the Bay watershed due to PCBs and mercury. • Monitoring of levels of PCBs and mercury at sentinel sites to assess if reduction activities are having desired benefit. ◼ Fish and wildlife health: Develop indicators for fish and wildlife health to better characterize their extent in the watershedeffects of contaminants. Possibilities include indictors of (1) intersex conditions in fish, and/or (2) presence of tumors in fish.and/or