Key Partners

Our partner network expands constantly...here is a snapshot of some newly-forged collaborations:

• EPA Region 3 has partnered with the National Asphalt Pavement Association, Prince George’s County, the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association, and Villanova University to conduct a study of porous pavements as stormwater BMPs.  The study will compare their effectiveness in handling water quantity and quality, their durability, long-term O&M costs, and where they can be used most advantageously.      
  
  
• GHP recently took part in some Virginia Regional Environmental Management System (V-REMS) meetings; as a result, V-REMS, the Army Environmental Center, ACPA, and Essroc Italinite Group have joined together to study NOx absorbing pavement.    
  
  
• EPA Region 3 has been contacted by a number of programs looking to transfer the Green Highways model to other regions.  For example, the Great Lakes Program signed on as a partner in order to incorporate Green Highways stormwater strategies into its regional development initiatives.     
   
  
• The Recycling and Reuse Theme Team is working closely with the Industrial Resource Council, members of which serve on the team.  The IRC is developing a number of parallel activities that will promote the beneficial use of recycling and/or using industrial byproducts, including applications for the transportation sector.    
  
  
• EPA Region 3 is working with The Conservation Fund, EPA MAH group, and Departments of Transportation from West Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, and New York.  This partnership will investigate a Green Highways pilot project using Green Infrastructure and Eco-Logical in the Mid Atlantic Highlands.    
  
  
• Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is partnering with Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to integrate goals in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement.  PennDOT is examining ways to use local manure products, which will help reduce commercial fertilizer use, as well as assist in building a market for manure products.    
  
  
• GHP’s involvement in the Anacostia Watershed revitilization has resulted in a number of powerful new partnerships:  Koch Industries is a well-respected company with multinational holdings devoted to community resource supply;  Groundwork USA is a national non-profit sponsored by the EPA and the Department of Interior and is an instrumental community-based revitalization organizations; and North American Realty, a renowned firm specializing in redevelopment activities of former PEPCO properties.     
  
  
• EPA, Prince George’s County, and MDSHA have partnered to utilize Prince George’s County’s Best Management Practice (BMP) Decision Support System in selecting pilot stormwater management pilot projects in Maryland.