EPA ALONG WITH MDE AND DOJ, HAS NEGOTIATED WITH BALTIMORE CITY TO MODIFY THE 2002 BALTIMORE CITY SANITARY SEWER OVERFLOW (SSO) CONSENT DECREE (CD). THE MODIFICATIONS INCLUDE A PHASED ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT APPROACH WHERE CD WORK IS COMPLETED TWO PHASES. PHASE I WILL BE COMPLETED BY JANUARY 2021 AND PHASE II WILL BE COMPLETED BY DECEMBER 2030. BALTIMORE HAS COMMITTED TO ACHIEVE AN 83% REDUCTION IN SSOs BY THE COMPLETION OF ITS PHASE I PROJECTS. INCLUDED IN PHASE I IS A PROJECT TO ADDRESS A HYDRAULIC RESTRICTION AT THE BACK RIVER WWTP. UNDER THE MODIFIED CD, POST CONSTRUCTION MONITORING WILL BE COMPLETED AT THE END OF PHASE I AND IT WILL INFORM PHASE II PROJECTS. THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A PHASE II PLAN THAT WILL INCLUDE A LIST OF PROJECTS THAT WILL BE COMPLETED BY NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 2030. THE MODIFIED CD PROVIDES FOR TWO YEARS OF MONITORING AFTER PHASE II. IF BALTIMORE HAS NOT ACHIEVED THE GOALS OF THE CD. EPA AND MDE CAN ASK THAT BALTIMORE COMPLETE ADDITIONAL PROJECTS.