A United States January-February 2019 Environmental Protection # 1 Agency Freshwater HABs Newsletter Reauthorization HABHRCA of 2017 On January 7th, 2019 the "Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2017', was reauthorized as part of the National Integrated Drought Information Systems Act (PL 115-423). The act was amended to, among other things include: • Coastal/marine waters in the Scientific Assessments of Freshwater HABs and to complete the assessment not less than once every 5 years instead of no later than 24 months; • Develop and maintain a publicly accessible internet website that provides information as to the HABHRCA Program activities; • Accelerate the utilization of effective methods of intervention and mitigation to reduce the frequency, severity, and impacts of harmful algal bloom and hypoxia events; • For NOAA to develop contingency plans for the long-term monitoring of hypoxia; and • Include a section on Event Response Program and for the appropriate Federal Agency (NOAA for marine and EPA for freshwater) to determine an event of national significance, including the specifics on distribution of costs and donations, and factors for consideration by the appropriate Federal official declaring whether a hypoxia or harmful algal bloom event is an event of national significance. ITRC's Strategies for Preventing and Managing Harmful Cvanobacterial Blooms (HCBs^ Team Interstate Technology & Regulatory Council (ITRC) has formed a new team called the Strategies for Preventing and Managing Harmful Cyanobacterial Blooms (HCBs) Team. The goal of this project team is to develop a technical and regulatory guidance document as a comprehensive resource for prevention and management of HCBs. The project team will produce fact sheets on the primary steps of prevention and early response, best management practices, and risk communication. The group will also develop tools and training materials to aid regulators in identifying prevention and remediation approaches. For more information contact the team's Program Advisor, Cherri Baysinger, at cbavsinaer@socket.net Great Lakes HABs Collaboratorv Webinar on Great Lakes Observing System (GLOS^ Recording On January 23rd the Great Lakes HABs Collaborator hosted a webinar featuring the Great Lakes Observing System (GLOS). The webinar highlighted GLOS initiatives and provided information on how researchers can share data through GLOS. The recording and slides could be assessed in the Great Lakes HABs Col laboratory website here. UPCOMING EVENTS 29th Annual PA Lake Management Society (PALMS) Conference March 6-7, 2019 State College, PA PNWS-AWWA Alaal Toxin Workshop Wednesday, March 13, 2019 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM PDT 11th National Water Monitoring Conference March 25-29, 2019 Denver, Colorado 3rd Interdisciplinary Freshwater Harmful Algal Blooms Workshop April 24 - 26, 2019 Toronto, Ontario 11th International Conference on Toxic Cvanobacteria May 5-10, 2019 Krakow, Poland IAGLR 2019 Conference June 10-14, 2019 Brockport, NY 2019 Gordon Research Conference on Mvcotoxins and Phvcotoxins: Risk and Regulation in a Multi- Toxin Exposure World June 16-21, 2019 Stonehill College, Easton, MA 10th US HAB Symposium Nov 3-8, 2019 Perdido Beach Resort, Orange Beach, Alabama This newsletter was created bv Dr. Lesley D'Analada. Office of Science and Technology, Office of Water, EPA. Mention of trade names, products, or services does not convey and should not be interpreted as conveying official EPA endorsement, approval or recommendation for use. ------- NEW Toxins Special Issue: "Freshwater Cyanobacterial Toxins: Developments in Monitoring. Identification. Impacts and Factors Influencing Production " This Special Issue aims to bring together papers that provide new information on the monitoring of cyanobacterial toxins and the identification of toxins in freshwater environments. Further, papers are invited that develop our knowledge of how cyanobacterial toxins impact humans, as well as different aquatic and terrestrial organisms. Papers that increase understanding of how toxin production by cyanobacteria is regulated are also welcomed. The deadline for submission is June 30th, 2019. Requests for Proposals 2019-2020 Great Lakes HABs Collaboratory Request for Proposals $15,000 of funding will be made available to facilitate collaboration on projects relating to Great Lakes HABs. Projects can range from research focusing on knowledge gaps to outreach products designed to communicate the latest HABs science to a broader audience. To apply, send proposals (1 page or less) to al.habs.collaboratorv@gmail.com by 5:00 P.M. (eastern) on Friday March 22th. For questions regarding the proposal and eligibility, please contact Ken Gibbons (kgibbons@glc.org). For questions regarding eligible content, please contact Silvia Newell (silvia.newell@wright.edu) or Michelle Selzer (SELZERM@michigan.gov). Training Resources - Marine Taxonomic Identification of Harmful Alaae in U.S. Marine Waters August 12 - 21, 2019, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences Research and Education Campus in East Boothbay, ME. Cost: $2,500 Alaal Culturina Course May 12 - 17, 2019, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences Research and Education Campus in East Boothbay, ME. Cost: $3,500 Marine Biotoxin Management Training Video Provides a better understanding of specific biotoxin concepts in the National Shellfish Sanitation Program (NSSP), as described in the NSSP Guide for the Control ofMolluscan Shellfish: 2017 Revision. HABs Training Needs Assessment The community engagement core of the Lake Erie Center for Freshwaters and Human Health is organizing a community engagement training to be held May 20- 23, 2019 at the Maumee State Park, OH. The planning team would appreciate input to identify priorities and preferences for training on HABs by filling out this needs assessment survey. For questions please contact Heather Triezenberg, Michigan Sea Grant, at vanden64@msu.edu Useful Resources CYANOnews Issue 11 f Jan-Feb 2019^ PhvtODlankton Monitoring Network fPMM Modeling Cvanobacteria Movement in Milford Lake, Part II American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting: Geographic Research on HABs NOTICE: We're in the process of revamping the EPA's Cyanobacteria Website. The website can be assessed using this temporary link. Apologies for the inconvenience, we expect the issue to be resolved soon. S To sign up for the newsletter please send an email to epacvanohabs@epa.aov. For more information, please visit the USEPA's CvanoHABs Website ------- BIOOMS, BEACH CLOSURES and HEALTH ADVISORIES 'January/February 2019 A Florida (2) A Oregon (1) * Include blooms, cautions, warnings, public health advisories, closings and detections over the State's threshold, due to the presence of algae, toxins or both. This is NOT a comprehensive list, and many blooms may have not been reported. Recently Published Articles Using rapid quantification of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) as an indicator for early detection and treatment of cvanobacterial blooms Katherine E. Greenstein, Eric C. Wert. Water Research, Volume 154, 2019, Pages 171-179. Removal of Cvanotoxins bv Potassium Permanganate: Incorporating Competition from Natural Water Constituents Juliana R. Laszakovits, Allison A. MacKay. Water Research, 2019. In Press. •OH Inactivation of Cvanobacterial Blooms and Degradation of Toxins in Drinking Water Treatment System Mindong Bai, Qilin Zheng, Wu Zheng, Haiyan Li, Shaoyun Lin, Lingfeng Huang, Zhitao Zhang. Water Research, Volume 154, 2019, Pages 144-152. A web-based analysis and scenario tool for eutrophication of inland waters for Sweden and Europe Lena Strombacka, Charlotta Persa, Johan Stromqvista, Goran Lindstroma, Jens Gustavsson. Environmental Modelling & Software, Volume 111, January 2019, Pages 259-267. Cvanobacterial blooms act as sink and source of endocrine disruptors in the third largest freshwater lake in China Yunlu Jia, Qiqing Chen, Sarah E. Crawford, Lirong Song, Wei Chen, Monika Hammers-Wirtz, Tido Strauss, Thomas- Benjamin Seiler, Andreas Schaffer, Henner Hollert. Environmental Pollution, Volume 245, 2019, Pages 408-418. Space-Time Geostatistical Assessment of Hypoxia in the Northern Gulf of Mexico Matli, V. Rohith Reddy, Shiqi Fang, Joseph Guinness, Nancy N. Rabalais, J. Kevin Craig, and Daniel R. Obenour. 2018. Environmental Science & Technology 52 (21): 12484-12493. Biodiversity and dynamics of cvanobacterial communities during blooms in temperate lake (Harsha Lake, Ohio. USA) Bo Zhu, Huansheng Cao, Gaoyang Li, Wei Du, Guangyu Xu, Jorge Santo Domingo, Haiwei Gu, Ning Xu, Shunshan Duan, Jingrang Lu, Harmful Algae, Volume 82, 2019, Pages 9-18. Occurrence and diversity of cvanotoxins in Greek lakes Christophoridis, C., Zervou, S.-K., Manolidi, K., Katsiapi, M., Moustaka-Gouni, M., Kaloudis, T., Triantis, T.M., Hiskia, A. 2018. Scientific Reports 8, 17877. Global anthropogenic phosphorus loads to freshwater and associated grev water footprints and water pollution levels: A high resolution global study Mekonnen, M. M. and Hoekstra, A. Y. 2018. Water Resources Research, 54, 345-358. Comparative Analysis of Microcvstin Prevalence in Michigan Lakes bv Online Concentration LC/MS/MS and ELISA Birbeck, J.A.; Westrick, J.A.; O'Neill, G.M.; Spies, B.; Szlag, D.C. Toxins2019,11,13. A Review of Water Quality Responses to Air Temperature and Precipitation Changes 2: Nutrients, Algal Blooms, Sediment, Pathogens Coffey, R., M.J. Paul, J. Stamp, A. Hamilton, and T. Johnson. 2018. Journal of the American Water Resources Association 1-25. Evaluation and Optimization of Microcvstin Analytical Methods (project 4647) Mark E. Citriglia, Sheela G. Agrawal, Debmalya Bhattacharyya, Rosemarie A. Read, Deborah C. Schordock, Judy Westrick and Johnna Birbeck. The Water Research Foundation (WRF). 2019. ISBN: 978-1-60573-395-1 ------- |