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LISTING DECISION FRAMEWORK 
The Chesapeake Bay Program partners reached agreement on how to apply the 
results of the refined criteria assessment procedures most effectively in making 
Chesapeake Bay tidal-water listing decisions. The resultant decision-making frame¬ 
work, presented here in the form of a flowchart, can guide jurisdictional decisions in 
preparing future integrated reporting cycle submissions for the Chesapeake Bay 
system (Figure VIII-1). 
All of the designated-use segment combinations for the five possible tidal-water 
designated uses—migratory fish spawning and nursery, shallow-water bay grass, 
open-water fish and shellfish, deep-water seasonal fish, and shellfish and deep- 
'Dissolved oxygen, water clarity and chlorophyll u. 
: SAV acreage and benthic index of biotic integrity. 
Figure VIII-1. The 303(d) listing decision flow chart for assessing tidal waters designated 
uses in Chesapeake Bay and tidal tributaries. 
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