United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Office of Wetlands,
Oceans and Watersheds
EPA 841-N-94-006
July 1994
SEPA The Water Monitor
Regional and State Actmhes
Region 1
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Regional Coordinators
Monitoring, 305(b), Volunteer Monitoring: Diane
Switzer (617) 860-4377
Waterbody System: Al Pratt (617) 860-4379
303(d)/TMDL: Mark Voorhees (617) 5654173
Nonpoint Source: Bob Moorehouse (617) 565-3513
Clean Lakes: Warren Howard (617) 565-3515
REGIONAL OFFICE: Merrimack River Water-
shed Study: The Massachusetts Department of
Environmental Protection, New Hampshire Depart-
ment of Environmental Services, and EPA Region 1
are collaborating in an effort to establish baseline
data for the Merrimack River Watershed as part of
the Region's Merrimack River Initiative. During the
index period of late July through September, study
participants will collect samples along the mainstem
and primary tributaries of the river for
macroinvertebrates, dry-weather ambient toxicity,
bacteria, nutrients, total and dissolved metals, and
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other water quality indicators. Sediment and fish
tissue samples might also be collected for metal and
organic analyses at selected sites. Participants will use
the data to develop indices of biotic integrity, assess
problem areas, and provide baseline information for
future monitoring activities in tributaries. For further
information, contact Mark Voorhees, Water Quality
Section, EPA Region 1 at (617) 565-4173.
Regional Coordinators
Monitoring: Randy Braun (908) 321-6692
305(b), Waterbody System: RickBalla (212) 264-5671
Volunteer Monitoring: Diane Cabsso (908) 321-6728
303(dyTMDL: Rosella O'Connor (212) 264-8479
Nonpoint Source: Barbara Spinweber (212)264-8632
Clean Lakes: Terry Faber (212) 264-8708
REGIONAL OFFICE: R EMAP Sediment
Project: The first year of sampling under the
Region 2 R-EMAP project, "Sediment Quality of the
New York/New Jersey Harbor Complex and Re-
gional Validation of EMAP-Like Indicators of
Sediment Quality," has been completed. The
Region is analyzing sediment chemistry data,
benthic macroinvertebrate measures, and sediment
toxicity results from 85 stations in 6 basins of the
Harbor and Bight Apex. The six basins are Upper
New York Harbor, Jamaica Bay, Western Long
Island Sound, Newark Bay, New York Bight Apex,
and Lower New York Harbor/Raritan Bay. The
project collected the samples using a probabilistic
design, and emphasizes addressing management
questions for the Harbor complex.
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Participants in the study held their first year results/
second year planning meeting on June 28 and 29,
1994. A total of 60 representatives from the Harbor
Estuary Program and other involved parties deter-
mined what additional data analyses should take
place for the 1993 data and decided that there would
be no substantive changes in the sampling program
for 1994. For more information, contact Darvene
Adams at (908) 321-6700.
NEW YORK: Whole Effluent Toxicity Testing:
Under mandate from the New York Department of
Environmental Conservation, the Rensselaer County
Sewer District (RCSD) has been working for some
time to isolate the source of suspect levels of toxicity
in treated effluent from a District sewage treatment
plant. Recently, the RCSD required a large indus-
trial discharger, BASF, to conduct a toxicity identifi-
cation evaluation of its input and its effect on the
sewage treatment plant. For more information,
contact Peter Mack at (518) 457-3495.
Regional Coordinators
Monitoring, 305(b), Waterbody System: ChuckKanetsky
(215) 597-8176
303(d TMDL: Thomas Henry (215) 597-8243
Volunteer Monitoring: Peter Weber (215) 597-4283
Nonpornt Source, Clean Lakes: Hank Zygmunt
(215) 597-3429
MARYLAND: Aquatic Toxicity Tests on Sor-
bents: The Maryland Department of the Environ-
ment recently conducted bioassays on leachates from
sorbents routinely used in emergency response
clean-up activities. Although contact with the
spilled material will minimize leaching of chemicals
from the sorbent, there is potential for some leaching
to occur during clean-up activities. Acute toxicity
tests were chosen for this evaluation because sor-
bents used in cleanup are routinely retrieved (with
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Region 3
any sorbed material) within 24 hours of their place-
ment. Forty-eight hour acute toxicity tests were
performed with freshwater and estuarine species to
assess the relative toxicities of any leachates from
several types of sorbents: (1) zeolite/perlite/cellu-
lose, (2) short fibered cellulose, (3) melt blown
polypropylene, and (4) sawdust. Sorbent leachates
were prepared in separate vessels by placing sorbent
on water in static vessels, at a ratio of 1 gram per
100 ml for 24 hours. None of the three sorbents’
leachates exhibited any statistically significant acute
toxicity to the two freshwater and two saltwater
organisms tested. Only the sawdust leachate exhib-
ited a detrimental effect in the undiluted leachate. In
the Ceriodaphnia dubia test, the undiluted sawdust
leachate killed 35 percent of the exposed organisms.
The Mysidipsis bahia test yielded an LC 50 of 32.7
percent sawdust leachate. For more information,
contact Deirdre L. Murphy at (410) 631-3906.
Monitoring, Volunteer Monitoring, 305(b), Waterbody
System: David Melgaard (404) 347-2126
303(d TMDL: Jim Greenfleld (404) 347-2126
Nonpoint Source: MaiyAnn Ge,ber (404)347-2126
Clean Lakes: Howard Marshall (404) 347-2126
GEORGIA: First Annual Georgia Adopt-A-
Stream Conference: Approximately 200 people
attended the first annual Adopt-A-Stream and
Citizen Monitoring Conference July 9 at Kennesaw
State College. Georgia Environmental Protection
Division (EPD) Director Harold Reheis kicked off
the 1-day conference, emphasizing that volun rs
and the state have the same goal—cleaner streams in
Georgia. The opening plenary panel discussion
covered everything from combined sewer overflows
in the Chattahoochee River to specific activities
groups can conduct when they start an Adopt-A-
Stream program. Later sessions included 4 ’How to
Region 4
Regional Coordinators
North Carolina
Kentucky
South Carolina
Tennesee
Georgia
Alabama
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Start an Adopt-A-Stream Program,” “Citizen
Monitoring as an Educational Tool,” and “Local
Government Involvement.” The EPD’s Water Quality
Management Program set up its “artificial stream,” a
wooden trough filled with rocks, leaves, and
macroinvertebrates, to demonstrate a living stream
ecosystem.
Georgia Adopt-A-Stream is unique in its approach to
citizen involvement in the protection of streams, rivers,
and lakes. Other states have created centralized
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programs with a state agency training volunteers,
distributing equipment and managing data. Georgia’s
program emphasizes forming local partnerships
between volunteers, local governments, and busi-
nesses. Local control will hopefully foster local
solutions to water quality protection. Georgia Adopt-
A-Stream offers coordination between groups,
training materials and workshops, and guidance on
starting new programs. For more information about
Georgia Adopt-A-Stream, contact Laurie Hawks at
(404) 656-4988.
Developing Successful Runoff Control Programs for
Urbanized Areas, Final Report, July 1994. This 94-page
report was prepared by the Northern Virginia Soil and
Water ConservatiOn District (NVSWCD) under an EPA
grant. Itincludes sections on defining the problem of
urban runoff management, a brief survey of current
methods and techniques, a discussion on the develop-
ment and implementation of an urban runoff control
program, and a series of urban runoff case studies from
around the country. Available for $10 from the NVSWCD,
12055 Government Center Parkway, Suite 905, Fairfax,
VA 22035, (703) 324-1480.
Interagency Framework for Monitoring the Presidents
Ecosystem Plan, 1994. This document outlines the
strategy for interagency monitoring of forest ecosystems.
See story, p. 9. For a copy, contact Gretchen Hayslip at
USEPA, Region 10, Environmental Services Division,
1200 Sixth Ave., Seattle, WA 98101, (206) 553-1685.
Urbanization and Water Quality: A Guide to Protect-
ing the Urban EnvIronment. This 67-page document,
produced by the Terrene Institute under an EPA grant,
was developed to help decision makers understand the
causes of nonpoint source pollution and design and
implement a program to control this pollution. Including
chapters on planning to prevent urban runoff, urban
nonpoint source control methods, and community
education/citizen involvement, it provides a guide for
developing a nonpoint source program tailored to an
indMcual community. Available for $12.95 plus $3
shipping and handling from Terrene Institute, 1717 K St.
NW, Suite 801, Washington, DC 20006,
(202) 833-8317; FAX (202) 296-4071.
Water Quality Monitoring in the United States: 1993
Report of the Intergovernmental Task Force on
Monitoring Water Quality, January 1994. This report is
the second prepared by the Intergovernmental Task
Force on Monitoring Water Quality (ITFM). It describes
the progress of the 1IFM and its task groups in develop-
ing concepts, guidelines, and procedures for use in a
nationwide monitoring strategy. This 29-page document
focuses on tools needed to implement a national monitor-
ing strategy. Also available lea separate volume of
technical appendices covering items such as the frame-
work for a water quality monitoring program; environmen-
tal indicators for meeting management objectives;
ecoregions, reference conditions, and index calIbration;
and an annotated bibliography of selected outstanding
water quality reports. To obtain copies Of the report and
the volume of its technical appendices, contact The U.S.
Geological Survey, Office of Water Data Coordination,
417 National Center, Reston, VA 22092,
(703) 648-5023; FAX (03) 648-6802.
Correction: In our last issue, we cited an
incorrect phone number to call for subscrib-
ing to contaminated Sediments News. The
contact and correct number to call to be
added to the Contarnlnated Sediments News
mailing list is Charlie MacPherson, Tetra
Tech, Inc., at (703) 385-6000. We regret
any inconvenience this error may have
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SOUTH CAROLINA: Water Quality Models
Being Developed for Charleston Harbor and
Ashley, Cooper, and Wando Rivers: The U.S.
Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the
University of South Carolina, Clemson University, and
the South Carolina Department of Health and Environ-
mental Control (SCDHEC), is developing a series of
dynamic water-quality models for the Charleston
Harbor and the Ashley, Cooper, and Wando Rivers.
Funding for this project, which began in May 1992, is
being provided by the Charleston Harbor Project,
USGS, the Water Resource Research Institute of South
Carolina, and SCDI{EC.
USGS is modeling the hydrodynamics of the three
tributary rivers using its one-dimensional unsteady
flow model, BRANCH. The hydrodynamics of the
lower reaches of the tributary rivers and the harbor are
being modeled with the two-dimensional, depth-
averaged TRIM (Tidal, Residual, Intertidal Mudflat)
model. Study participants will input the simulated
hydrodynamic data from the flow models into the
eutrophication model, WASP4, and estimate loadings
from various land uses in the basin by using one of
three models: AGNES (Agricultural Nonpoint Source
Pollution), HSPF (Hydrologic Simulation Program—
Fortran) or SWRRB (Simulator for Water Resources
in Rural Basins).
The project included a large data-collection effort to
obtain the necessary data for the models. In addition to
maintaining a network of gaging stations along the
Cooper River since the early 1980s, the USGS in-
stalled 11 additional water-level and water-quality
gaging stations in the harbor, the Atlanta Intracoastal
Waterway, and the Wando and Ashley Rivers, collect-
ing flow measurements and nutrient samples over a
tidal cycle on the three rivers during the summer of
1992. USGS also collected nutrient samples from the
lower tributary rivers and harbor during the summer of
1993.
Data collected by various agencies are being compiled,
analyzed, and cataloged into a hydrologic database.
Included is an extensive data collection effort by the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA) in Charleston Harbor during 1987-1989. As
part of this effort; NOAA deployed more than 40
acoustic Doppler current profilers in the harbor and
illinois
Michigan
Minnesota
Ohio
Wisconsin
tributary rivers. The data from these instruments will
be used to characterize the circulation of the harbor for
the two-dimensional model. For more information,
contact Paul Conrads at (803) 750-6140.
Regional Coordinators
Monitoring, 305(b): Dave Stoltenberg (312) 353-5784
303(d)ITMDL: Robert Pepin (312) 866-1505
Waterbody System: FouadDababneh (312) 353-3944
Volunteer Monitoring: Clyde Maijon (312) 353-5966
Nonpoint Soume, Clean Lakas: Tom Davenport
(3 12) 886-0209
REGIONAL OFFICE: Assistance for Lake
Baikal Studies in Russia: Lake Baikal in Russia
and Lake Superior are similar bodies of fresh water.
While Baikal holds the title of world’s largest body
of fresh water in terms of volume, Superior is largest
in surface area. Starting in July, the Wisconsin
Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) will send
surplus air and surface water monitoring equipment
to Russia for use in assessing water quality in Lake
Baikal and its watershed. Some equipment will be
shipped; other equipment will be hand-delivered by
a delegation of key staff. A partial equipment list
includes portable water testing equipment, sediment
dredges, sample collecting devices, lap-top comput-
ers, and air monitoring equipment. Funding for this
equipment comes from voluntary donations rather
than taxes. This is the third year that the WDNR has
been invited to visit the area and share information
regarding how it has successfully managed water
quality problems similar to those of Lake Baikal.
In studies of Lake Superior, the WDNR has recog-
nized the role that the global environment plays in
affecting the quality of nearby Waters. By assisting
with studies of Lake Baikal, WDNR not only shares
knowledge, but also expands its own. For further
information, contact Marilyn Jupp of USEPA at
(312) 353-5882.
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Operation and Mainte-
nance Excellence Awards:
Region 5 of USEPA has
selected nine municipalities
to receive Wastewater
Operation and Maintenance
Excellence Awards. Award
presentation ceremonies will be
held in the communities
during July and August.
‘ibis year’s winners are
City of Appleton, MN
(Small Secondary
Treatment Plant); Town of Churubusco, IN (Small
Advanced Treatment Plant); Town of Kewanna, IN
(Small Non-Discharging Plant); City of Martinsville,
IN (Medium Secondary); City of Moorhead, MN
(Medium Advanced); Metropolitan Water Reclama-
tion District, James Kirie WWTP, Des Plaines, IL
(Large Advanced); City of Wolverton, MN (Most
Improved Plant); City of St. Johns, MI (Best in State);
and City of Reedsburg, WI (Best in State). For further
information, contact Dave Stoltenberg of USEPA at
(312) 353-5784.
MINNESOTA: Mississippi River Volunteer
Monitoring: The Mississippi Headwaters Board
River Watch Project will collect water quality samples
at more than 30 stations on the upper 400 miles of the
Mississippi at least three times during the summer of
1994. This project is a volunteer monitoring effort by
students and teachers, and is funded by contributions
from area communities. Sampling locations include
Little Falls, Aitkin, Deer River, Brainerd, Crosby, and
Grand Rapids, all in Minnesota. For more informa-
tion, contact Dave Stoltenberg of USEPA at
(312) 353-5784.
Arkansas
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Region
Regional Coordinators
Monitoring: Chathe Howell (214) 655-&354
30 d)lTMDL: Troy Hill (214) 655-6647
305(b): Russell Nelson (214) 655-6646
Waterbody System: Paul Koska (214) 655-8357
Volunteer Monitoring: Mike Bita (214) 655-6666 and
Paul Koska (214) 655-8357
Nonpoint Source: Brad Lamb (214) 655-7140
Clean Lakes: Mike Bira (214)655-6666
ARKANSAS: Lake Water Quality Assessment
Grant Awarded: Region 6 has just awarded the
Arkansas Department of Pollution Control and
Ecology its first-ever lake water quality assessment
grant. The FY 94 grant, being made through the
section 314 Clean Lakes Program, is for $50,000 and
requires an equal match from the state. The purpose
of the grant is to promote the development of
volunteer monitoring programs in lakes and water-
sheds throughout the state using the Water Educa-
tion Teams (WET) program. WET is a national
program involving teachers and students in environ-
mental education through the study of water re-
sources. For more information, contact Gregg
Patterson at the Department of Pollution Control and
Ecology at (501) 562-4632.
TEXAS: Contaminants Study in Patrick’s
Bayou: Region 6 is working with the Texas Natural
Resource Conservation Commission on a study of
contaminants in Patrick’s Bayou. Patrick’s Bayou is
a small, tidally influenced, effluent-dominated
tributary of the Houston Ship Channel. The study
will include 10 sampling stations; participants will
collect data for field parameters, conventional
parameters, and priority pollutants in water and
sediment. Also included will be benthic
macroinvertebrate community assessments and
toxicity tests on water and sediment elutriate using
marine chronic toxicity tests. Recent data have
shown that this bayou has several inorganic and
organic contaminants of concern in bottom sedi-
The Water Monitor is produced monthly
to exchange surface water assessment
information among states and other
interested parties. If you would like more
information or want to be added to the
mailing list, please fill out the order and
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ments; water column and sediment toxicity have
been demonstrated. This study will aid in detennin-
ing the disthbution of contaminants and their
possible sources. For more information, contact
Philip Crocker at (214) 655-6644.
Region 7
Regional Coordinators
Monitoring: Jerry Anderson (913) 551-5066
305(b), 303(d TMDL: John Houllhan (913)551-7432
Waterbody System: Jerome Pitt (913) 551-7766
Volunteer Monitoring: Jerome Pitt (913)551-7766
Nonpolnt Source: Julie ElMng (913) 551-7475
Clean Lakes: Larry Sheridan (913) 551-7439
REGIONAL OFFICE: Region 7 Watershed
Protection Approach: EPA Region 7 has been
working for several months on the development of a
regional Watershed Protection Approach (WPA),
which defines an integrated approach to manage
environmental and human health issues on a water-
shed basis. As an important first step in this pro-
cess, EPA and representatives from Iowa, Kansas,
Missouri, and Nebraska met on June 30 to define the
WPA concept and to develop a WPA framework
document.
The meeting resulted in:
A consensus on the fundamental elements of the
WPA
- Includes surface and ground water
- Identifies geographic areas of concern
- Involves stakeholders
- Includes comprehensive/integrated action
- Is based on hydrologic units which may be
large or small
• A modified WPA framework document which
outlines the way in which EPA and the states
intend to implement the WPA
• A force-field analysis to identify barriers to
implementation
Montana
Utah
Wyoming
Colorado
North Dakota
South Dakota
• The establishment of a State/EPA workgroup to do
planning for an implementation strategy
• A schedule for future WPA activities.
This represents a significant step forward in the
creation of a coordinated regional watershed protec-
tion program; the Region looks forward to continued
progress as more detailed planning and implementa-
tion activities begin. For more information, contact
John Houlihan, EPA Region 7 Water Management
Division, at (913) 551-7432.
Regional Coordinators
Monitoring, 305(b): Phil Johnson (303) 293-1581
303(d IMDL: Bruce Zander (303) 293- 1580
Waterbody System: Toney Ott (303) 293-1573
Volunteer Monitoring: Paul Mo! ver (3(13) 293-1552 and
Phi/Johnson (303)293-1573
Nonpoint SourcelClean Lakes: Dave Rathke
(303) 293-1703
REGIONAL OFFICE: TMDL Development for
the Red River of the North: The Fargo/Moorhead
area has begun a cooperative effort to begin a phased
Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) on the Red
River of the North. Last month, representatives from
EPA Region 5, EPA Region 8, the U.S. Geological
Survey (USGS), Minnesota, North Dakota,
Moorhead, Fargo, and American Crystal met to
begin planning. Participants reached consensus on
the process, timing, geographic scope, pollutants of
concern, and models to be used to develop a first-
phase TMDL.
The first phase will focus on dissolved oxygen and
ammonia toxicity for low flow conditions. A
monitoring plan will be developed to further cali-
brate current modeling efforts by USGS, consider
Fargo’s new discharge, and determine the persis-
tency of discharges from Mud and Traverse dams.
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California
Nevada
Arizona
Hawaii
Guam
For additional information contact Mike Eli, North
Dakota Department of Health and Consolidated
Laboratories, at (701) 221-5214 or Bruce Zander,
USEPA Region 8, at (303) 293-1580.
Regional Coordinators
Monitoring, 305(b): EdLiu (415) 744-1934
Waterbody System: Janet Hashimoto (415)744-1156
303(d)I1MDL: David Smth (415) 744-2019
Volunteer Monitoring: Clailce Olson (415)744-1489 and
Janet Hashimoto (415)744-1156
Nonpoint Source: Jovita E. Pajarillo (415) 744-2011
Clean Lakes: Wendell Smith (415) 744-2018
CALIFORNIA: Toxicity Monitoring Evaluated:
The California State Water Resources Control Board
has made important strides in advancing the use of
toxicity testing to evaluate the biological impacts of
chemical inputs to surface waters. Thorough
protocol development and standardization of statisti-
cal analyses have improved toxicity testing methods
while database management has allowed further
evaluation of toxicity testing data.
California uses the U.S. EPA three-species chronic
toxicity tests, which measure decreases in growth or
reproduction of plants, invertebrates, and larval fish.
The water flea Ceriodaphnia dubia, the algae
Selanastrum capricornutwn, and the larval fathead
minnow Pimephales promelas are recommended for
fresh water by EPA and are used by California both
for testing of NPDES discharges and for ambient
surface waters.
Protocols for native California marine species were
developed for the salt water tests. Over a period of 6
years, the Marine Pollution Studies Laboratory in
Granite Canyon developed and tested protocols for
the giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera, the red abalone
Haliotis rufescens, the mysid Holmesimysis costata,
and the tospmelt Atherinops affinis. Funding for the
project was provided by Clean Water Act 205(j)
grants to the State Water Resources Control Board.
The State Water Board developed a standardized
data format for NPDES to submit toxicity data to the
regional boards. The State Water Board uses a
regional database, the Toxicity Information Manage-
ment System, to determine compliance, evaluate
data trends, and quantify test precision.
Two important findings have emerged from the
rigorous protocol development and laboratory check
program: (1) commercial laboratories perform
chronic toxicity protocols with reproducible and
consistent results, and (2) when performed with
strict QA/QC protocols, the variance of biological
toxicity results is low; coefficients of variation are
the same as for common chemical laboratory tests.
In the field, the State Board has detected significant
ambient toxicity in some of the major rivers in
California. In one investigation, toxicity identified
in the Sacramento River was linked to pesticide
runoff from rice fields. Once identified, the problem
was solved by changing application practices and
water holding times.
For more information, contact Amy Wagner, EPA
Region 9 Laboratory, at (510) 412-2329.
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Calendar Highlights
13-14 Westeni Wafer—Wise Use or Misuse, Denver,
Colorado. Contact Dick Piper ,(303)424-4743ct
J DeBon )406 -O041.
15 Rhers Cundculum Workshop, EdwardsviUe, IL.
Contact Dr. Roberl Wilhan s, Rwers Curricdum
Pro ect, Box 2222, Edwardsville, 11.62026-2222, at
(618)692-3788, FAX (618) 692-3359.
23-26 EValuating the Effectiveness of Foresby Best
• Management Practices In Meeting Water Qualfty
Goats or Standeids, Blacksburg, VA. Contact George
Dissmayer, US k Fàreet SeMee, 1 720 Peachtree
Rd., NW, Atlanta, GA 30367, (404)347-7221,
FAX (404) 3474448
SEPTEMBER
Celebrating the Year of the Coast. Innovations in
Coastal Management, W mington, NC. Contact
A$ison Ballard, Jordan MCCOH Inc., P.O. Box 3415,
Wibnington, NC 28406, (800)258-6711 or.
• ‘(910)762-6711.
13-15 Water Quality Criteria and Standards forthe2lst
Ceiffiny, Aillngton, VA. Contact: Betty Peterson,
.SAIC, 7600-A Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA
22043, (703) 734-3142; FAX (703)734-2551.
21-23
Environmental Problem Solving with Geographic
Information Systems, Cincinnati, OH. Contact Sue
Schock or Dan Murray, USEPA, CERI, 26W. Mailin
‘Luther King Ddve (G-75) , Cincinnati, OH 45268,
(513) 569-7551 or (513) 569-7522.
22-23 Water Quallty In the Sustainable West, Park City,
UT. Contact Jack Wilbur, UT Dept. of Agriculture,
350 N. Redwood Rd., Saft Lake City, UT 84116,
(801)538-7098.
22-24 SenIors for the Environment Chevy Chase, MD.
Contact EASI, 51 Main St., P.O. Box 36$, The
Plains, VA22171,(7O 253-5821,FAX(703)253-5821.
27-29 A Nat lonal Fonam on MenwyIn Fish, New Odeans,
LA. Contact Chahe MacPherson, Tetra Tech, Inc., at
‘(703)385-6000.
28-30 Watershed 94: Craating the Links: People, Politics,
Science and Stewardship, Bellevue, WA. Contact
Andrea Lindsay at (206) 553-1896 or
1-800-424-4EPA ext. 1896.
29- octi nnuat Friends of Trashed Rivers
Cant ei nce, New Yodç NY, Contact Karen Siteth,
(201)666-2666.
OCTOBER
16 The Relative Role of Urban and Rural Nonpoint
Souice Controls In Managing Wet Weather Water
Quality, ChiCagO H-. Contact Chtistine McKalip, WEF,
601 Wythe St., Alexandria, VA 22314-1944,
(703) 684-2400.
16-20 Water Environment Federatlo&s 67th Annual
Conf erence and Exposition, Chicago, IL. Contact
Maureen Nc iotna, WEF, 601 Wythe St., ftJexandiia,
VA 22314-1944, (703) 684-2400.
NOVEMBER
56 Short Course: Advanced GeOgraphic Information
Systems, at American Water Resources
Association’s 30th Annual Conference, Ct cago, L
Contact AWRA. 950 Hetndon Pkwy, Suite 300,
Herndon, VA 22070(301)493-8600,
FAX (301.) 493-5844.
6-6 ShOrt Course: Writing Professional Communica-
lions, at AWRA 30th Annual Conference, Chicago,
IL. Contact AWRA at (301) 493-8600,
FAX (301) 493-5844.
$hortCouree: Watershed Hydrotàgyarid Water
Quality, at AWRA 30th Annual Conference Chicago,
IL Contact AWRA at (301)493-8600,
FAX (301) 493-5844.
6-10 American Water Resources AssocIation’s 30th
Annual Conference, including National Symposium on
Water Quality, Symposium on the Future Quality of the
$reat Lakes, Sympoalum on National Water Quality
sse srneni, Chicago, IL. Contact AWRA, 950
Herndon Pkwy, Suite XO, Herndon, VA 22070,
(301)493-8600, FAX (301) 493-5844.
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Idaho
Alaska
Regional Coordinators
Monitoring, Watethody System: Gretchen Hayslip
(206) 553-1685
305(b): Donna Walsh (206) 553-1754
303(d) TMDL: Bnice Cleland (206) 553-2600
Volunteer Monitoring: Susan Handley (206) 553-1287
Nonpoint Source: Elbert Moore (206) 553-4181
Clean Lakes: Krista Mendelman (206) 553-1571
REGIONAL OFFICE: An Interagency Frame-
work for Monitoring the President’s Ecosystem
Plan: The President’s Forest Ecosystem Plan, titled
The Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement of
Management of Habitat for Late-Successional and
Old-Growth Forest Related Species Within the Range
of the Northern Spotted Owl (U.S. Forest Service and
U.S. Bureau of Land Management, 1994) recognizes
the importance of monitoring in ecosystem manage-
ment. It stresses that the monitoring effort needs to
emphasize coordination and cooperation among
federal, state, and local agencies, tribes and other
interests.
To initiate the monitoring effort for the implementation
phase of the President’s Ecosystem Plan, a workgroup
with representatives from various state and federal
agencies including EPA has developed a document
entitled Interagency Framework for Mon itoring the
President’s Eco.system Plan. This framework will de-
fine the strategy for integrated interagency monitoring.
The monitoring framework is presented in five sec-
tions. Section I gives a brief introduction of the
purpose and need for monitoring. Section II presents a
conceptual framework for monitoring including its
goal, scope, general approach, and relationship to other
activities. Section III identifies the components of the
monitoring framework. Section IV contains recom-
mendations towards establishing interagency, intergov-
ernmental monitoring. Finally, Section V empahsizes
the need for a full commitment from all participating
entities, including staffing and funding all aspects of
monitoring. For more information or for a copy of the
Interagency Framework document, please contact
Gretchen Hayslip at USEPA Region 10, Environmental
Services Division, 1200 Sixth Ave., Seattle, WA 98101,
(206) 553-1685.
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Assessment and Watershed Protection
Division (A WPD)
Arizona Project Added to aean Water Act
Section 319 National Monitoring Program: EPA
has approved a 6-year Oak Creek, Arizona, water-
shed project as part of the Section 319 National
Monitoring Program (NMP). The NMP is a special
effort under section 319 that employs tightly
controlled, long-term monitoring to measure the
benefits of implementing nonpoint source control
practices in watersheds across the Nation. The
NMP is funded by a 5 percent set-aside of CWA
section 319 funds. For more information, contact
Steve Dressing at (202) 260-7110.
OFFICE OF WETLANDS, OCEANS
AND WATERSHEDS (OWOW)
TMDL Regional Exchange Workshop
On June 28-30, Region 5 hosted a Total Maximum
Daily Load (TMDL) Regional Workshop in Chicago.
The meeting, sponsored by AWPD’s Watershed Branch
and the Office of Science and Technology’s Exposure
Assessment Branch, provided state water quality
agencies with an overview of the TMDL program,
including discussions of the technical and programmatic
support available to states from EPA. For more
information, contact Mimi Dannel at (202) 260-1897.
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NPS BBS Users Top 2,600: The latest user statis-
tics available for EPA’a Nonpoint Source Bulletin
Board System (NPS BBS) show that a record 1,260
people logged on in May 1994. One hundred and
ninety-eight new users registered in May, bringing
the total number of active users of the free service to
2,615.
An estimated 30 percent of the users belong to the
private sector, while 17 percent are from state
government, 12 percent from EPA, 12 percent from
other federal agencies, 7 percent from regional and
local government, and 5 percent from schools and
universities. Three percent identified themselves as
concerned individuals and 3 percent as environmen-
tal groups.
The NPS BBS has now been fully operational since
March of 1991 and in that time has been stoked with
over 1,000 on-line bulletins and downloadable files
including Guidance Specifying Management Mea-
sures for Sources of Nonpoint Pollution in Coastal
Waters, TMDL case studies, the Executive Summary
and Aquatic/Watershed Chapter from the
President’s Forest Plan Report, President Clinton’s
Clean Water Initiative, and all the issues of the
Volunteer Monitor.
Of the eight Specific Interest Groups (SIG) open to all
users, the Volunteer Monitoring SIG was the most
popular in May, fielding 160 calls. The VolMon SIG
hosts two searchable databases—one of state volunteer
monitoring programs, the other of resources for
volunteers. Next in usage was the Fish Consumption
Risk SIG, with its database of U.S. fish advisories. For
more information on the NPS BBS, contact Chdie
Stubblebine, Teira Tech, Inc., at (703) 385-6000.
CZARA Threshold Review Meetings Held in
Alaska: From June 27 to June 30, a team from the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA), AWPD, and Region 10 met in Juneau and
Anchorage with managers and staff from a variety of
Alaska state and local agencies to discuss the state’s
initial proposals for a coastal nonpoint source (NPS)
program. This review was carried out in parallel
with the CWA section 319 NPS program review
conducted each year by Region 10. It afforded
participants an opportunity to visit several section
319-funded projects, including a forest-practices
monitoring effort in the Tongass National Forest, an
innovative agricultural management project in the
Matanuska-Susitna valley, north of Anchorage (one
of Alaska’s two limited agricultural areas), and a
stream restoration project on a salmon spawn-
ing and rearing stream on the outskirts of
Juneau. This was the ninth review conducted
by EPA and NOAA to give states an early
reading on their efforts to develop coastal
nonpoint programs in compliance with
national guidance published in January
1993. For more information, contact Stu
Tuller at (202) 260-7112.
OCEANS AND COASTAL PROTECTION
DIVISION (OCPD)
New Air Deposition Findings in Tampa Bay:
During a meeting of the National Estuary Program
(NEP) Directors in the Southeast sponsored by
Region 4, the Director of the Tampa Bay NEP
reported on recent air deposition analyses. These
analyses show that about 27 percent of the total
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nitrogen load delivered to Tampa Bay is from
rainfall and dryfall directly deposited to the Bay’s
water surface alone. If analyses include atmospheric
deposition to the surrounding watershed—which
enters the Bay as storm water—as much as 67 percent
of the total nitrogen load is believed to originate
from atmospheric deposition. Power plants and
vehicle emissions are local sources of nitrogen
oxides. The Tampa Bay NEP immediately commis-
sioned a study in cooperation with Region 4 and
Mote Marine Laboratories to verify and refine these
findings. Headquarters staff in the Office of Water
and the Office of Air Programs are exploring ways
to assist the study effort. For more information,
contact Holly Greening at (813) 893-2765.
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Call for Abstracts
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
and the National Estuary Program are
hosting a Coastal Technology Transfer
Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana,
February 13-16, 1995. The purpose of this
conference is to bring coastal and estuarine
managers together with scientists and
researchers to learn about new ways tO save
our bays and estuaries. To obtain a Call for
Abstracts for this conference, contact Betsy
Tam of OCPD at (202) 260-6466.
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