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Chesapeake Bay’s cleanup focus of Monday meeting

Chesapeake Bay’s cleanup focus of Monday meeting

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MOUNT VERNON, Va. — The key players in the restoration of the are in northern to assess the progress of the massive undertaking.

The annual meeting of the Chesapeake Bay Program’s executive council begins at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Gunston Hall near . Those scheduled to attend include administrator Lisa Jackson, Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley and District of Mayor Vincent Gray.

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell will send his secretary of , Doug Domenech. McDonnell is away on a trade mission.

The meeting is expected to produce an update on how six states and the district are doing in the effort to bring back the bay after years of neglect.

The is one of the biggest water control projects in U.S. history.