&EPA Office of Water Fiscal Year 2011 H JESUS ------- APPENDIX D: Explanation of Changes from FY 2010 to FY 2011 Office of Water - National Water Program Guidance FY 2011 Change from FY 2010 Guidance Document Reason for Change Affected Pages and Sections Priorities Major changes to reflect new National Water Program priorities 1. Sustainable Communities - Making Communities More Sustainable • Making America's Water Systems Sustainable and Secure • Safeguarding Public Health • Restoring and Protecting Urban Waters 2. Healthy Watersheds - Restoring and Protecting America's Watersheds • Focusing Efforts in Key Geographic Areas • Strengthening Protections for Our Waters • Improving Watershed-Based Approaches Update to reflect new Administrator and National Water Program priorities Executive Summary, pages i- ii. Introduction, pages 2-4. Strategies Integrating the Public Water System Supervision (PWSS) and Underground Injection Control (UIC) grants within the National Water Program Guidance. This is a continuation of a pilot effort to gain efficiency in the issuance of the grant guidance within the National Water Program Guidance (NWPG). Introduction, page 2. Section II, 1(B) Adding a new section for Children's Environmental Health A new section is added to emphasize the consideration of children's environmental health in the National Water Program. Section VII, page 57 Adding a new section for the Urban Waters Initiative A new section is added to highlight efforts to protect and restore urban waters. Section VIII, page 58 Adding a new section for Climate Change A new section is added to highlight the Section IX, page 59 Appendix D - Explanation of Changes from FY 2010 to FY 2011 1 ------- Strategies National Water Program's response to climate change. Adding a new section for the San Francisco Bay Delta Estuary A new section is added to discuss strategies for the San Francisco Bay Delta Estuary, a current Large Aquatic Ecosystem. Section IV, 10, pages 47-48 Annual Commitment Measures Measure modified: Measure SP-5. Modified to an indicator in the NWPG because the changing baseline distorted OW's reported performance in increasing access to safe drinking water. This measure will be phased out of the next Strategic Plan and replaced by the new tribal measure below (SDW-18). Section II, Appendix A & Appendix F Newly created measure: Measure SDW-18, Number of American Indian and Alaska Native homes provided access to safe drinking water in coordination with other federal agencies. Created for OW to report progress on the number of tribal homes that are provided safe drinking water as a result of combined federal investments in Indian country. This measure will supplement SP-5 in the NWPG and replace SP-5 in the next Strategic Plan. Section II, Appendix A & Appendix F Measures deleted: Measures SDW-9, SDW- 10a & SDW-lOb. Deleted because reporting data from different sources could not be easily integrated. Section II Newly created measures: Measures SDW- 11, Percent of DWSRFprojects awarded to small PWS serving <500, 501-3,300, and 3,301-10,000 consumers; SDW-12, Percent of DWSRF dollars awarded to small PWS serving <500, 501-3,300, 3,301-10,000 consumers; SDW-13, Percent of DWSRF loans that include assistance to disadvantaged communities; SDW-14, Number and percent of PWS, including new PWS, serving fewer than 500 persons. (New PWS are those first reported to EPA in last calendar year); SDW-15, Number and percent of small PWS (<500, 501-3,300, Created to provide additional focus on tracking small systems. These indicators correspond to the three major components of the small system strategy: existing and new small water system inventory; state DWSRF projects targeting small systems; and, small system noncompliance, and capacity to quickly return to compliance with health-based standards. Also included is a separate indicator for schools and daycare centers, a critical subset of small systems, meeting health-based standards. Section II, page 13. Appendix A & F Appendix D - Explanation of Changes from FY 2010 to FY 2011 2 ------- Annual Commitment Measures 3,301-10,000) with repeat health based Nitrate/Nitrite, Stage 1 D/DBP, SWTR and TCR violations; SDW-16, Average time for smallPWS (<500, 501-3,300, 3,301-10,000) to return to compliance with acute Nitrate/Nitrite, Stage 1 D/DBP, SWTR and TCR health-based violations (based on state- reported RTC determination date); SDW-17, Number and percent of schools and childcare centers that meet all health-based drinking water standards. Measure reporting modified: Measure SP-6 Reporting deferred for FY 2011 because the data are published only every 3 to 4 years. Section II, Appendix A & Appendix F Measure deleted: Measure SP-8. Deleted because data does not reflect the performance of Clean Water Act programs. Section II Measure modified: Measure SP-15. Modified to an indicator in the NWPG because the changing baseline distorted OW's reported performance in increasing access to basic sanitation on tribal lands. This measure will be phased out of the next Strategic Plan and replaced by the new tribal measure (WQ-24). Section III, Appendix A & Appendix F Newly created measure: Measure WQ-24, Number of American Indian and Alaska Native homes provided access to basic sanitation in coordination with other federal agencies. Created for OW to report progress on the number of homes that are provided basic sanitation as a result of combined federal investments in Indian country. This measure will supplement SP-15 in the NWPG and replace SP-15 in the next Strategic Plan. Section III, Appendix A & Appendix F Newly created measures - replace former measures (WQ-la & WQ-lb): Measures WQ-la, Number of numeric water quality standards for total nitrogen andfor total phosphorus adopted by States and Territories and approved by EPA, or promulgated by EPA, for all waters within the State or Measure created in response to OIG report on adoption of numeric nutrient water quality standards. Section III, page 18. Appendix A & Appendix F Appendix D - Explanation of Changes from FY 2010 to FY 2011 3 ------- Annual Commitment Measures Territory for each of the following waterbody types: lakes/reservoirs, rivers/streams, and estuaries (cumulative, out of a universe of 280); WQ-lb: Number of numeric water quality standards for total nitrogen and total phosphorus at least proposed by States and Territories, or by EPA proposed rulemaking, for all waters within the State or Territory for each of the following waterbody types: lakes/reservoirs, rivers/streams, and estuaries (cumulative, out of a universe of280). Newly created measure: Measure WQ-lc, Number of States and Territories supplying a full set of performance milestone information to EPA concerning development, proposal, and adoption of numeric water quality standards for total nitrogen and total phosphorus for each waterbody type within the State or Territory (annual). (The universe for this measure is 56) Measure created to track incremental state progress in adopting numeric nutrient standards. WQ-lc is proposed as a new state grant measure. Section III, page 18. Appendix A & Appendix F Measure deleted: Measure WQ-4b. Deleted because it no longer provides useful management information as OW has reported a 100% performance score for four years. Section III Newly created measures: Measures WQ- 22a, Number of Regions that have completed the development of a Healthy Watersheds Initiative (HWI) Strategy and have reached an agreement with at least one state to implement its portion of the Region's HWI Strategy; WQ-22b, Number of states that have completed at least 2 of the major components of a Healthy Watershed Initiative assessment. Created to assess OW's performance with regard to the Healthy Watershed Initiative. Section III, pages 24. Appendix A & Appendix F Newly created ANY measure: Measure WQ- Measure added to align with performance Section III, Appendix A & Appendix D - Explanation of Changes from FY 2010 to FY 2011 4 ------- Annual Commitment Measures 23, Percent of serviceable rural Alaska homes with access to drinking water supply and wastewater disposal. reporting in the budget. Appendix F Measure deleted: Measure CO-1. Measure is deleted due lack of data availability. Section III Measure modified: Measure SP-29. Changed reporting requirements to be consistent with the recent Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) Action Plan. Section IV, Appendix A & Appendix F Measure deleted: Measure SP-30. Measures deleted to in lieu of new GLRI measures. Section IV Measure modified: Measure SP-31. Modified to become a long term measure. Deleted from budget, but will be tracked in GLRI. Section IV, Appendix A & Appendix F Newly created measures: (six Great Lakes measures) Measures GL-6, Number of nonnative species newly detected in the Great Lakes ecosystem; GL-7, Number of multi- agency rapid response plans established, mock exercises to practice responses carried out under those plans, and/or actual response actions (cumulative); GL-8, Percentage of beaches meeting bacteria standards 95% or more of beach days; GL-9, Acres managed for populations of invasive species controlled to a target level (cumulative); GL-10, Percent ofpopulations of native aquatic non- threatened and endangered species self- sustaining in the wild (cumulative); GL-11, Number of acres of wetlands and wetland- associated uplands protected, restored and enhanced (cumulative); GL-12, Number of acres of coastal, upland, and island habitats protected, restored and enhanced (cumulative); GL-13, Number of species delisted due to recovery; GL-14, Number of Measures created in order to align with budget measures from the GLRI. Section IV, Appendix A & Appendix F Appendix D - Explanation of Changes from FY 2010 to FY 2011 5 ------- Annual Commitment Areas of Concern in the Great Lakes where all management actions necessary for delisting have been implemented (cumulative). Measures Measures deleted: Measures GL-1, GL-2 & GL-3. Measures deleted to in lieu of new GLRI measures. Section IV Measures deleted: Measures GL-4a & GL- 4b Measures no longer being used for the reporting process for which it was created. Section IV Measures deleted: Measures GM-3a & GM- 3b Measures no longer being used for the reporting process for which it was created. Section IV Measures modified: Measures SP-45 & SP- 46. Measures modified from a target to an indicator to align with budget performance reporting. Section IV, Appendix A & Appendix F Measures modified: Measures SP-47a & SP- 47b. Modified to reflect OW's performance in improving wastewater treatment and stormwater. Section IV, Appendix A & Appendix F Newly created measure: Measure SF-1, Increase percentage of sewage treatment facilities and onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems receiving advanced wastewater treatment or best available technology as recorded by EDU. in Florida Keys two percent (1500 EDUs) annually. Measure created to track performance in reducing effluent from sewage systems. Section IV, Appendix A & Appendix F Tracking Process Potential Future Measures for Improving Water Quality on a Watershed Basis under subobjective 2.2.1 Restore and Improve Water Quality on a Watershed Basis These measures are being considered for inclusion in the FY 2013-2018 EPA Strategic Plan and/or the FY 2012 National Water Program Guidance. New measures are needed to give credit for water quality improvement short of full WQS attainment. The major gap is tracking progress after TMDLs or other planning is complete, but before standards are fully met. Section III, pages 26. 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