FY 2011 National Water Program Guidance Appendix A FY 2011 NPM Guidance Measures


&EPA

Office of Water
Fiscal Year 2011

Appendix A: FY 2011 National
Water Program Guidance
Measures Summary Appendix

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OFFICE OF WATER: NATIONAL WATER PROGRAM
APPENDIX A: FY 2011 NPM GUIDANCE MEASURES

G/O/S

FY 2011
ACS Code

FY 2011 National Water Program Guidance Measure
Text

Non-
Commit-
ment
Indicator

(Y/N)

State
Grant
Measure

(Y/N)

FY 2011
Budget Target

FY 2011 Planning
Target

Italicized measure code denotes a change in measure text and/or change in reporting. FY 2011 Budget Target is from 4-year performance measure
table in the FY 2011 Congressional Justification.

Goal 2: Clean and Safe Water

Subob jective 2.1.1 Water Safe to Drink

2.1.1

Percent of the population served by community water
systems that receive drinking water that meets all applicable
health-based drinking water standards through approaches
including effective treatment and source water protection.

91%

2.1.1

SP-1

Percent of community water systems that meet all
applicable health-based standards through approaches that
include effective treatment and source water protection.

90%

2.1.1

SP-2

Percent of "person months" (i.e. all persons served by
community water systems times 12 months) during which
community water systems provide drinking water that
meets all applicable health-based drinking water standards.

95%

2.1.1

SP-3

Percent of the population in Indian country served by
community water systems that receive drinking water that
meets all applicable health-based drinking water standards.

87%

2.1.1

SP-4a

Percent of community water systems where risk to public
health is minimized through source water protection.

50%

2.1.1

SP-4b

Percent of the population served by community water
systems where risk to public health is minimized through
source water protection.

57%

2.1.1

SP-5

By 2015, in coordination with other federal agencies,
reduce by 50 percent the number of homes on tribal land
lacking access to safe drinking water.

(Long-Term
FY 2011
Target)

Indicator

2.1.1

SDW-18

Number of American Indian and Alaska Native homes
provided access to safe drinking water in coordination with
other federal agencies.

100.700

2.1.1

SDW-la

Percent of community water systems (CWSs) that have
undergone a sanitary survey within the past three years
(five years for outstanding performers) as required under
the Interim Enhanced and Long-Term I Surface Water
Treatment Rules.

95%

2.1.1

SDW-lb

Number of tribal community water systems (CWSs) that
have undergone a sanitary survey within the past three
years (five years for outstanding performers) as required
under the Interim Enhanced and Long-Term I Surface
Water Treatment Rule.

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OFFICE OF WATER: NATIONAL WATER PROGRAM
APPENDIX A: FY 2011 NPM GUIDANCE MEASURES

G/O/S

FY 2011
ACS Code

FY 2011 National Water Program Guidance Measure
Text

Non-
Commit-
ment
Indicator

(Y/N)

State
Grant
Measure

(Y/N)

FY 2011
Budget Target

FY 2011 Planning
Target

Italicized measure code denotes a change in measure text and/or change in reporting. FY 2011 Budget Target is from 4-year performance measure
table in the FY 2011 Congressional Justification.

2.1.1

SDW-2

Percent of the data for violations of health-based standards
at public water systems that is accurate and complete in
SDWIS-FED for all maximum contaminant level and
treatment technique rules (excluding the Lead and Copper
Rule).

Y



LT 2011 OMB
PA Target:
90%

Indicator

2.1.1

SDW-3

Percent of the lead action level data that for the Lead and
Copper Rule, for community water systems serving over
3,300 people, that is complete in SDWIS-FED.

Y





Indicator

2.1.1

SDW-4

Fund utilization rate [cumulative dollar amount of loan
agreements divided by cumulative funds available for
projects] for the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund
(DWSRF).





89%

89%

2.1.1

SDW-5

Number of Drinking Water State Revolving Fund
(DWSRF) projects that have initiated operations,
(cumulative)





500 Annual
(200 ARRA)

5.726
(5.526 base)

2.1.1

SDW-7a

Percent of deep injection wells that are used to inject
industrial, municipal, or hazardous waste (Class I) that lose
mechanical integrity and are returned to compliance within
180 days thereby reducing the potential to endanger
underground sources of drinking water.



Y

92%

92%

2.1.1

SDW-7b

Percent of deep injection wells that are used to enhance
oil/natural gas recovery, or for the injection of other (Class
II) fluids associated with oil and natural gas production,
that have lost mechanical integrity and are returned to
compliance within 180 days thereby reducing the potential
to endanger underground sources of drinking water.



Y

89%

89%

2.1.1

SDW-7c

Percent of deep injection wells that are used for salt
solution mining (Class III) that lose mechanical integrity
and are returned to compliance within 180 days thereby
reducing the potential to endanger underground sources of
drinking water.



Y

93%

93%

2.1.1

SDW-8

Percent of high priority Class V wells identified in sensitive
ground water protection areas that are closed or permitted,
(cumulative)

[Measure will still set targets and commitments and report
results in both % and #. Numerical commitments from UIC
database.]





76%

76%

2.1.1

SDW-11

Percent of DWSRF projects awarded to small PWS serving
<500, 501-3,300, and 3,301-10,000 consumers.

Y





Indicator

2.1.1

SDW-12

Percent of DWSRF dollars awarded to small PWS serving
<500, 501-3,300, 3,301-10,000 consumers.

Y





Indicator

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APPENDIX A: FY 2011 NPM GUIDANCE MEASURES

G/O/S

FY 2011
ACS Code

FY 2011 National Water Program Guidance Measure
Text

Non-
Commit-
ment
Indicator

(Y/N)

State
Grant
Measure

(Y/N)

FY 2011
Budget Target

FY 2011 Planning
Target

Italicized measure code denotes a change in measure text and/or change in reporting. FY 2011 Budget Target is from 4-year performance measure
table in the FY 2011 Congressional Justification.

2.1.1

SDW-13

Percent of DWSRF loans that include assistance to
disadvantaged communities.

Indicator

2.1.1

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).

Indicator

2.1.1

SDW-15

Number and percent of small PWS (<500, 501-3,300, 3,301-
10,000) with repeat health based Nitrate/Nitrite, Stage 1
D/DBP, SWTR and TCR violations.

Indicator

2.1.1

SDW-16

Average time for small PWS (<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).

Indicator

2.1.1

SDW-17

Number and percent of schools and childcare centers that
meet all health-based drinking water standards.

Indicator

Subobjective 2.1.2 Fish and Shellfish Safe to Eat

2.1.2

SP-6

Percent of women of childbearing age having mercury
levels in blood above the level of concern.

4.9%

Defer for FY 2011

2.1.2

FS-la

Percent of river miles where fish tissue were assessed to
support waterbody-specific or regional consumption
advisories or a determination that no consumption advice is
necessary. (Great Lakes measured separately; Alaska not
included) (Report every two years)

Indicator

2.1.2

FS-lb

Percent of lake acres where fish tissue were assessed to
support waterbody-specific or regional consumption
advisories or a determination that no consumption advice is
necessary. (Great Lakes measured separately; Alaska not
included) (Report every two years)

Indicator

Subobjective 2.1.3 Water Safe for Swimming

2.1.3

SP-9

Percent of days of the beach season that coastal and Great
Lakes beaches monitored by state beach safety programs
are open and safe for swimming.

95%

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APPENDIX A: FY 2011 NPM GUIDANCE MEASURES

G/O/S

FY 2011
ACS Code

FY 2011 National Water Program Guidance Measure
Text

Non-
Commit-
ment
Indicator

(Y/N)

State
Grant
Measure

(Y/N)

FY 2011
Budget Target

FY 2011 Planning
Target

Italicized measure code denotes a change in measure text and/or change in reporting. FY 2011 Budget Target is from 4-year performance measure
table in the FY 2011 Congressional Justification.

2.1.3

SS-1

Number and national percent, using a constant
denominator, of Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) permits
with a schedule incorporated into an appropriate
enforceable mechanism, including a permit or enforcement
order, with specific dates and milestones, including a
completion date consistent with Agency guidance, which
requires: 1) Implementation of a Long Term Control Plan
(LTCP) which will result in compliance with the
technology and water quality-based requirements of the
Clean Water Act; or 2) implementation of any other
acceptable CSO control measures consistent with the 1994
CSO Control Policy; or 3) completion of separation after
the baseline date, (cumulative)







717

(84%)

2.1.3

SS-2

Percent of all Tier I (significant) public beaches that are
monitored and managed under the BEACH Act program.



Y



100%

Subobjective 2.2.1 Improve Water Quality on a Watershed Basis

2.2.1

SP-10

Number of waterbodies identified in 2002 as not attaining
water quality standards where standards are now fully
attained (cumulative)



Y

2,910

2,910

2.2.1

SP-11

Remove the specific causes of waterbody impairment
identified by states in 2002. (cumulative)





8,670

8,670

2.2.1

SP-12

Improve water quality conditions in impaired watersheds
nationwide using the watershed approach, (cumulative)





170

185

2.2.1

SP-13

Ensure that the condition of the Nation's wadeable streams
does not degrade (i.e., there is no statistically significant
increase in the percent of streams rated "poor" and no
statistically significant decrease in the streams rated
"good").







Deferred until 2012

2.2.1

SP-14

Improve water quality in Indian country at monitoring
stations in tribal waters (i.e., show improvement in one or
more of seven key parameters: dissolved oxygen, pH, water
temperature, total nitrogen, total phosphorus, pathogen
indicators, and turbidity), (cumulative)





Long-Term
Target

Deferred until 2012

2.2.1

SP-15

By 2015, in coordination with other federal agencies,
reduce by 50 percent the number of homes on tribal lands
lacking access to basic sanitation, (cumulative)

Y





Indicator

2.2.1

WQ-la

Number of numeric water quality standards for total
nitrogen and for total phosphorus adopted by States and
Territories and approved by EPA, or promulgated by EPA,
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 of 280)



Y



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APPENDIX A: FY 2011 NPM GUIDANCE MEASURES

G/O/S

FY 2011
ACS Code

FY 2011 National Water Program Guidance Measure
Text

Non-
Commit-
ment
Indicator

(Y/N)

State
Grant
Measure

(Y/N)

FY 2011
Budget Target

FY 2011 Planning
Target

Italicized measure code denotes a change in measure text and/or change in reporting. FY 2011 Budget Target is from 4-year performance measure
table in the FY 2011 Congressional Justification.

2.2.1

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 of 280).



Y



58

2.2.1

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.)



Y

(proposed)



19

2.2.1

WQ-2

Number of Tribes that have water quality standards
approved by EPA. (cumulative)







39

2.2.1

WQ-3a

Number, and national percent, of States and Territories that
within the preceding three year period, submitted new or
revised water quality criteria acceptable to EPA that reflect
new scientific information from EPA or other resources not
considered in the previous standards.



Y

64%

36
(64.3%)

2.2.1

WQ-3b

Number, and national percent of Tribes that within the
preceding three year period, submitted new or revised water
quality criteria acceptable to EPA that reflect new scientific
information from EPA or other resources not considered in
the previous standards.







13

(37%)

2.2.1

WQ-4a

Percentage of submissions of new or revised water quality
standards from States and Territories that are approved by
EPA.





85%

85%

2.2.1

WQ-5

Number of States and Territories that have adopted and are
implementing their monitoring strategies in keeping with
established schedules.



Y



56

2.2.1

WQ-6a

Number of Tribes that currently receive funding under
Section 106 of the Clean Water Act that have developed
and begun implementing monitoring strategies that are
appropriate to their water quality program consistent with
EPA Guidance, (cumulative)







170

2.2.1

WQ-6b

Number of Tribes that are providing water quality data in a
format accessible for storage in EPA's data system,
(cumulative)







110

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OFFICE OF WATER: NATIONAL WATER PROGRAM
APPENDIX A: FY 2011 NPM GUIDANCE MEASURES

G/O/S

FY 2011
ACS Code

FY 2011 National Water Program Guidance Measure
Text

Non-
Commit-
ment
Indicator

(Y/N)

State
Grant
Measure

(Y/N)

FY 2011
Budget Target

FY 2011 Planning
Target

Italicized measure code denotes a change in measure text and/or change in reporting. FY 2011 Budget Target is from 4-year performance measure
table in the FY 2011 Congressional Justification.

2.2.1

WQ-7

Number of States and Territories that provide electronic
information using the Assessment Database version 2 or
later (or compatible system) and geo-reference the
information to facilitate the integrated reporting of
assessment data, (cumulative)







45

2.2.1

WQ-8a

Number, and national percent, of TMDLs that are
established or approved by EPA [Total TMDLs] on a
schedule consistent with national policy.

Note: A TMDL is a technical plan for reducing pollutants
in order to attain water quality standards. The terms
'approved' and 'established' refer to the completion and
approval of the TMDL itself.





47,100

2,284
(72%)

2.2.1

WQ-8b

Number, and national percent, of approved TMDLs, that
are established by States and approved by EPA [State
TMDLs] on a schedule consistent with national policy.

Note: A TMDL is a technical plan for reducing pollutants
in order to attain water quality standards. The terms
'approved' and 'established' refer to the completion and
approval of the TMDL itself.



Y

41,611

2,023
(64%)

2.2.1

WQ-9a

Estimated annual reduction in million pounds of nitrogen
from nonpoint sources to waterbodies (Section 319 funded
projects only).





8.5 million

8.5 million

2.2.1

WQ-9b

Estimated annual reduction in million pounds of
phosphorus from nonpoint sources to waterbodies (Section
319 funded projects only).





4.5 million

4.5 million

2.2.1

WQ-9c

Estimated annual reduction in million tons of sediment
from nonpoint sources to waterbodies (Section 319 funded
projects only).





700,000

700,000

2.2.1

WQ-10

Number of waterbodies identified by States (in 1998/2000
or subsequent years) as being primarily nonpoint source
(NPS)-impaired that are partially or fully restored,
(cumulative)



Y

Long-Term

250

2.2.1

WQ -11

Number, and national percent, of follow-up actions that are
completed by assessed NPDES (National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System) programs, (cumulative)

Y





Indicator

2.2.1

WQ-12a

Percent of non- Tribal facilities covered by NPDES permits
that are considered current.

[Measure will still set targets and commitments and report
results in both % and #.]







89%

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APPENDIX A: FY 2011 NPM GUIDANCE MEASURES

G/O/S

FY 2011
ACS Code

FY 2011 National Water Program Guidance Measure
Text

Non-
Commit-
ment
Indicator

(Y/N)

State
Grant
Measure

(Y/N)

FY 2011
Budget Target

FY 2011 Planning
Target

Italicized measure code denotes a change in measure text and/or change in reporting. FY 2011 Budget Target is from 4-year performance measure
table in the FY 2011 Congressional Justification.

2.2.1

WQ-12b

Percent of tribal facilities covered by NPDES permits that
are considered current.

[Measure will still set targets and commitments and report
results in both % and #.]

88%

2.2.1

WQ-13a

Number, and national percent, of MS-4s covered under
either an individual or general permit.

Indicator

2.2.1

WQ-13b

Number of facilities covered under either an individual or
general industrial storm water permit.

Indicator

2.2.1

WQ-13c

Number of sites covered under either an individual or
general construction storm water site permit.

Indicator

2.2.1

WQ-13d

Number of facilities covered under either an individual or
general CAFO permit.

Indicator

2.2.1

WQ-14a

Number, and national percent, of Significant Industrial
Users (SIUs) that are discharging to POTWs with
Pretreatment Programs that have control mechanisms in
place that implement applicable pretreatment standards and
requirements.

21.458

2.2.1

WQ-14b

Number, and national percent, of Categorical Industrial
Users (CIUs) that are discharging to POTWs without
Pretreatment Programs that have control mechanisms in
place that implement applicable pretreatment standards and
requirements.

Indicator

2.2.1

WQ-15a

Percent of major dischargers in Significant Noncompliance
(SNC) at any time during the fiscal year.

22.5%

<15%

2.2.1

WQ-15b

Percent of major dischargers in Significant Noncompliance
(SNC) at any time during the fiscal year, and of those, the
number, and national percent, discharging pollutant(s) of
concern on impaired waters.

Indicator

2.2.1

WQ-16

Number, and national percent, of all major publicly-owned
treatment works (POTWs) that comply with their permitted
wastewater discharge standards, (i.e. POTWs that are not in
significant non-compliance)

ov
00

\Q
00

2.2.1

WQ-17

Fund utilization rate [cumulative loan agreement dollars to
the cumulative funds available for projects] for the Clean
Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF).

94%

94.5%

2.2.1

WQ-19a

Number of high priority state NPDES permits that are
issued in the fiscal year.

95%

700

2.2.1

WQ-19b

Number of high priority state and EPA (including tribal)
NPDES permits that are issued in the fiscal year.

95%

800

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APPENDIX A: FY 2011 NPM GUIDANCE MEASURES

G/O/S

FY 2011
ACS Code

FY 2011 National Water Program Guidance Measure
Text

Non-
Commit-
ment
Indicator

(Y/N)

State
Grant
Measure

(Y/N)

FY 2011
Budget Target

FY 2011 Planning
Target

Italicized measure code denotes a change in measure text and/or change in reporting. FY 2011 Budget Target is from 4-year performance measure
table in the FY 2011 Congressional Justification.

2.2.1

WQ-20

Number of facilities that have traded at least once plus all
facilities covered by an overlay permit that incorporates
trading provisions with an enforceable cap.

Y





Indicator

2.2.1

WQ-21

Number of water segments identified as impaired in 2002
for which States and EPA agree that initial restoration
planning is complete (i.e., EPA has approved all needed
TMDLs for pollutants causing impairments to the
waterbody or has approved a 303(d) list that recognizes that
the waterbody is covered by a Watershed Plan [i.e.,
Category 4b or Category 5m]). (cumulative)

Y





Indicator

2.2.1

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.

Y





Indicator

2.2.1

WQ-22b

Number of states that have completed at least 2 of the major
components of a Healthy Watershed Initiative assessment.

Y





Indicator

2.2.1

WQ-23

Percent of serviceable rural Alaska homes with access to
drinking water supply and wastewater disposal





91%

91%

2.2.1

WQ-24

Number of American Indian and Alaska Native homes
provided access to basic sanitation in coordination with
other federal agencies.

Y





52,300

Subobjective 2.2.2 Improve Coastal and Ocean Waters

2.2.2

2.2.2

Prevent water pollution and protect coastal and ocean
systems to improve national and regional coastal aquatic
system health on the 'good/fair/poor' scale of the National
Coastal Condition Report.





Long-Term

2.8

2.2.2

SP-16

Maintain aquatic ecosystem health on the 'good/fair/poor'
scale of the National Coastal Condition Report in the
Northeast Region.







2.4

2.2.2

SP-17

Maintain aquatic ecosystem health on the 'good/fair/poor'
scale of the National Coastal Condition Report in the
Southeast Region.







3.6

2.2.2

SP-18

Maintain aquatic ecosystem health on the 'good/fair/poor'
scale of the National Coastal Condition Report in the West
Coast Region.







2.4

2.2.2

SP-19

Maintain aquatic ecosystem health on the 'good/fair/poor'
scale of the National Coastal Condition Report in Puerto
Rico.







1.7

2.2.2

SP-20

Percent of active dredged material ocean dumping sites that
will have achieved environmentally acceptable conditions
(as reflected in each site's management plan and measured
through on-site monitoring programs).





95%

95%

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APPENDIX A: FY 2011 NPM GUIDANCE MEASURES

G/O/S

FY 2011
ACS Code

FY 2011 National Water Program Guidance Measure
Text

Non-
Commit-
ment
Indicator

(Y/N)

State
Grant
Measure

(Y/N)

FY 2011
Budget Target

FY 2011 Planning
Target

Italicized measure code denotes a change in measure text and/or change in reporting. FY 2011 Budget Target is from 4-year performance measure
table in the FY 2011 Congressional Justification.

2.2.2

CO-2

Total coastal and non-coastal statutory square miles
protected from vessel sewage by "no discharge zone(s)."
(cumulative)

Y





Indicator

2.2.2

CO-3

Number of National Estuary Program priority actions in
Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plans
(CCMPs) that have been completed, (cumulative)

Y





Indicator

2.2.2

eo-4

Dollar value of "primary" leveraged resources (cash or in-
kind) obtained by the NEP Directors and/or staff in millions
of dollars rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent.

Y





Indicator

2.2.2

CO-5

Number of dredged material management plans that are in
place for major ports and harbors.

Y





Indicator

2.2.2

CO-6

Number of active dredged material ocean dumping sites
that are monitored in the reporting year.

Y





Indicator

2.2.2

CO-7

Maintain aquatic ecosystem health on the "good/fair/poor"
scale of the National Coastal Condition Report in the
Hawaii Region.







4.5

2.2.2

CO-8

Maintain aquatic ecosystem health on the "good/fair/poor"
scale of the National Coastal Condition Report in the South
Central Alaska Region.







5.0

2.2.2

4.3.2

Working with partners, protect or restore additional acres of
habitat within the study areas for the 28 estuaries that are
part of the National Estuary Program (NEP).





100,000

100,000

Goal 4: Healthy Communities and Ecosystems

Subobjective 4.3.1 Increase Wetlands

4.3.1

SP-21

Working with partners, achieve a net increase of acres of
wetlands per year with additional focus on biological and
functional measures and assessment of wetland condition.







Target deferred for
FY 2011

4.3.1

SP-22

In partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
states and tribes, achieve 'no net loss' of wetlands each year
under the Clean Water Act Section 404 regulatory program.





No net loss

No Net Loss

4.3.1

WT-1

Number of acres restored and improved, under the 5-Star,
NEP, 319, and great waterbody programs (cumulative).





118,000

118,000

4.3.1

WT-2a

Number of states/tribes that have substantially built or
increased capacity in wetland regulation, monitoring and
assessment, water quality standards, and/or restoration and
protection. (This is an annual reporting measure.)

Y





Indicator

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APPENDIX A: FY 2011 NPM GUIDANCE MEASURES

G/O/S

FY 2011
ACS Code

FY 2011 National Water Program Guidance Measure
Text

Non-
Commit-
ment
Indicator

(Y/N)

State
Grant
Measure

(Y/N)

FY 2011
Budget Target

FY 2011 Planning
Target

Italicized measure code denotes a change in measure text and/or change in reporting. FY 2011 Budget Target is from 4-year performance measure
table in the FY 2011 Congressional Justification.

4.3.1

WT-2b

Number of core elements (regulation, monitoring and
assessment, water quality standards, or restoration and
protection) developed and implemented by (number) of
States/Tribes.

Indicator

4.3.1

WT-3

Percent of Clean Water Act Section 404 standard permits,
upon which EPA coordinated with the permitting authority
(i.e., Corps or State), where a final permit decision in FY 08
documents requirements for greater environmental
protection* than originally proposed.

Indicator

4.3.1

WT-4

Number of states measuring baseline wetland condition -
with plans to assess trends in wetland condition - as defined
through condition indicators and assessments (cumulative).

Subobjective 4.2.4 Sustain and Restore the U.S.-Mexico Border Environmental Health

4.2.4

SP-23

Loading of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) removed
(cumulative million pounds/year) from the U.S.-Mexico
Border area since 2003.

24%

4.2.4

SP-24

Number of additional homes provided safe drinking water
in the U.S.-Mexico border area that lacked access to safe
drinking water in 2003.

33,434
cumulative

300

4.2.4

SP-25

Number of additional homes provided adequate wastewater
sanitation in the U.S.-Mexico border area that lacked access
to wastewater sanitation in 2003.

345,675
cumulative

10,300

Subobjective 4.2.5 Sustain and Restore Pacific Island Territories

4.2.5

SP-26

Percent of population in the U.S. Pacific Island Territories
served by community water systems that has access to
continuous drinking water meeting all applicable health-
based drinking water standards, measured on a four quarter
rolling average basis.

75%

4.2.5

SP-27

Percentage of time that sewage treatment plants in the U.S.
Pacific Island Territories comply with permit limits for
biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and total suspended
solids (TSS).

63%

4.2.5

SP-28

Percent of days of the beach season that beaches in each of
the U.S. Pacific Island Territories monitored under the
Beach Safety Program will be open and safe for swimming.

82%

Subobjective 4.3.3 Im

prove the Health of the Great Lakes

4.3.3

Improve the overall ecosystem health of the Great Lakes by
preventing water pollution and protecting aquatic
ecosystems.

23.4

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APPENDIX A: FY 2011 NPM GUIDANCE MEASURES

G/O/S

FY 2011
ACS Code

FY 2011 National Water Program Guidance Measure
Text

Non-
Commit-
ment
Indicator

(Y/N)

State
Grant
Measure

(Y/N)

FY 2011
Budget Target

FY 2011 Planning
Target

Italicized measure code denotes a change in measure text and/or change in reporting. FY 2011 Budget Target is from 4-year performance measure
table in the FY 2011 Congressional Justification.

4.3.3

SP-29

Cumulative percentage decline for the long term trend in
average concentrations of PCBs in Great Lakes fish.

14%

4.3.3

SP-31

Number of Areas of Concern in the Great Lakes where all
management actions necessary for delisting have been
implemented (cumulative)

Indicator

4.3.3

SP-32

Cubic yards (in millions) of contaminated sediment
remediated in the Great Lakes (cumulative from 1997).

7.2 million

4.3.3

GL-5

Number of Beneficial Use Impairments removed within
Areas of Concern, (cumulative)

4.3.3

GL-6

Number of nonnative species newly detected in the Great
Lakes ecosystem.

4.3.3

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).

4.3.3

GL-8

Percentage of beaches meeting bacteria standards 95% or
more of beach days.

87%

4.3.3

GL-9

Acres managed for populations of invasive species
controlled to a target level (cumulative).

1.500

4.3.3

GL-10

Percent of populations of native aquatic non-threatened and
endangered species self-sustaining in the wild (cumulative).

35%
52/147 pop

35%

4.3.3

GL-11

Number of acres of wetlands and wetland-associated
uplands protected, restored and enhanced (cumulative).

7.500

4.3.3

GL-12

Number of acres of coastal, upland, and island habitats
protected, restored and enhanced (cumulative).

20.000

4.3.3

GL-13

Number of species delisted due to recovery.

4.3.3

GL-14

Number of Areas of Concern in the Great Lakes where all
management actions necessary for delisting have been
implemented (cumulative).

Subob.jective 4.3.4 Im

prove the Health of the Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem

4.3.4

SP-33

Percent of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation goal of 185,000
acres achieved, based on annual monitoring from prior year.

4.3.4

SP-34

Percent of Dissolved Oxygen goal of 100% standards
attainment achieved, based on annual monitoring from the
previous calendar year and the preceding 2 years.

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G/O/S

FY 2011
ACS Code

FY 2011 National Water Program Guidance Measure
Text

Non-
Commit-
ment
Indicator

(Y/N)

State
Grant
Measure

(Y/N)

FY 2011
Budget Target

FY 2011 Planning
Target

Italicized measure code denotes a change in measure text and/or change in reporting. FY 2011 Budget Target is from 4-year performance measure
table in the FY 2011 Congressional Justification.

4.3.4

SP-35

Percent of goal achieved for implementation of nitrogen
reduction practices (expressed as progress in meeting the
nitrogen reduction goal of 162.5 million pounds from 1985
levels to achieve an annual cap load of 175 million lbs
(based on long-term average hydrology simulations).





56%

56%

4.3.4

SP-36

Percent of goal achieved for implementation of phosphorus
reduction practices (expressed as progress in meeting the
phosphorus reduction goal of 14.36 million pounds from
1985 levels to achieve an annual cap load of 12.8 million
lbs (based on long-term average hydrology simulations).





70%

70%

4.3.4

SP-37

Percent of goal achieved for implementation of sediment
reduction practices (expressed as progress in meeting the
sediment reduction goal of 1.69 million tons from 1985
levels to achieve an annual cap load of 4.15 million tons
(based on long-term average hydrology simulations).





71%

68%

4.3.4

CB-la

Percent of point source nitrogen reduction goal of 49.9
million pounds achieved.





76%

76%

4.3.4

CB-lb

Percent of point source phosphorus reduction goal of 6.16
million pounds achieved.





96%

96%

4.3.4

CB-2

Percent of forest buffer planting goal of 10,000 miles
achieved.





68%

68%

Subobjective 4.3.5 Im

prove the Health of the Gulf of Mexico

4.3.5

4.3.5

Improve the overall health of coastal waters of the Gulf of
Mexico on the "good/fair/poor" scale of the National
Coastal Condition Report.





2.6

2.6

4.3.5

SP-38

Restore water and habitat quality to meet water quality
standards in impaired segments in 13 priority areas,
(cumulative starting in FY 07)





128

128

4.3.5

SP-39

Restore, enhance, or protect a cumulative number of acres
of important coastal and marine habitats, (cumulative
starting in FY 07)





30,000

30,000

4.3.5

SP-40

Reduce releases of nutrients throughout the Mississippi
River Basin to reduce the size of the hypoxic zone in the
Gulf of Mexico, as measured by the 5-year running average
of the size of the zone.







Commitment
deferred

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APPENDIX A: FY 2011 NPM GUIDANCE MEASURES

G/O/S

FY 2011
ACS Code

FY 2011 National Water Program Guidance Measure
Text

Non-
Commit-
ment
Indicator

(Y/N)

State
Grant
Measure

(Y/N)

FY 2011
Budget Target

FY 2011 Planning
Target

Italicized measure code denotes a change in measure text and/or change in reporting. FY 2011 Budget Target is from 4-year performance measure
table in the FY 2011 Congressional Justification.

4.3.5

GM-1

Implement integrated bi-national (U.S. and Mexican Border
States) early-warning system to support State and coastal
community efforts to manage harmful algal blooms
(HABs).







Complete
operational system
in Campeche, MX

Subobjective 4.3.6 Restore and Protect Long Island Sound

4.3.6

SP-41

Percent of goal achieved in reducing trade-equalized (TE)
point source nitrogen discharges to Long Island Sound from
the 1999 baseline of 59,146 TE lbs/day.





52%

52%

4.3.6

SP-42

Reduce the size (square miles) and duration (number of
days) of observed hypoxia (Dissolved Oxygen <3mg/l) in
Long Island Sound.







Commitment
deferred for FY
2011

4.3.6

SP-43

Percent of goal achieved in restoring, protecting or
enhancing 240 acres of coastal habitat from the 2008
baseline of 1,199 acres.





50%

50%

4.3.6

SP-44

Percent of goal achieved in reopening 50 river and stream
miles to diadromous fish passage from the 2008 baseline of
124 miles.





50%

50%

Subobjective 4.3.7 Restore and Protect the South Florida Ecosystem

4.3.7

SP-45

Achieve 'no net loss' of stony coral cover (mean percent
stony coral cover) in the Florida Keys National Marine
Sanctuary (FKNMS) and in the coastal waters of Dade,
Broward, and Palm Beach Counties, Florida, working with
all stakeholders (federal, state, regional, tribal, and local).

Y





Indicator

4.3.7

SP-46

Annually maintain the overall health and functionality of
sea grass beds in the FKNMS as measured by the long-term
sea grass monitoring project that addresses composition and
abundance, productivity, and nutrient availability.

Y





Indicator

4.3.7

SP-4 7a

At least seventy five percent of the monitored stations in the
near shore and coastal waters of the Florida Keys National
Marine Sanctuary will maintain Chlorophyll a(CHLA)
levels at less than or equal to 0.35 ug 1-1 and light clarity(
Kd)) levels at less than or equal to 0.20 m-1.





75%

75%

4.3.7

SP-47b

At least seventy five percent of the monitored stations in the
near shore and coastal waters of the Florida Keys National
Marine Sanctuary will maintain dissolved inorganic
nitrogen (DIN) levels at less than or equal to 0.75 uM and
total phosphorus (TP) levels at less than or equal to .25 uM





75%

75%

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APPENDIX A: FY 2011 NPM GUIDANCE MEASURES

G/O/S

FY 2011
ACS Code

FY 2011 National Water Program Guidance Measure
Text

Non-
Commit-
ment
Indicator

(Y/N)

State
Grant
Measure

(Y/N)

FY 2011
Budget Target

FY 2011 Planning
Target

Italicized measure code denotes a change in measure text and/or change in reporting. FY 2011 Budget Target is from 4-year performance measure
table in the FY 2011 Congressional Justification.

4.3.7

SP-48

Improve the water quality of the Everglades ecosystem as
measured by total phosphorus, including meeting the 10
parts per billion (ppb) total phosphorus criterion throughout
the Everglades Protection Area marsh and the effluent
limits for discharges from stormwater treatment areas.





Maintain
phosphorus
baseline and
meet discharge
limits

Maintain
phosphorus
baseline and meet
discharge limits

4.3.7

SL-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.

Y





Indicator

Subobjective 4.3.8 Restore and Protect the Puget Sound Basin

4.3.8

SP-49

Improve water quality and enable the lifting of harvest
restrictions in acres of shellfish bed growing areas impacted
by degraded or declining water quality, (cumulative starting
in FY 06)





1,925

1,925

4.3.8

SP-50

Remediate acres of prioritized contaminated sediments,
(cumulative starting in FY 06)





127

127

4.3.8

SP-51

Restore acres of tidally- and seasonally-influenced
estuarine wetlands, (cumulative starting in FY 06)





7,250

7,250

Subobjective 4.3.9 Restore and Protect the Columbia River Basin

4.3.9

SP-52

Protect, enhance, or restore acres of wetland habitat and
acres of upland habitat in the Lower Columbia River
watershed, (cumulative starting in FY 05)





16,300

16,300

4.3.9

SP-53

Clean up acres of known contaminated sediments,
(cumulative starting in FY 06)





60

60

4.3.9

SP-54

Demonstrate a reduction in mean concentration of certain
contaminants of concern found in water and fish tissue,
(cumulative starting in FY 06)





10% reduction

10% reduction

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