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Water Quality Board Meeting Update Summary

Highlights of FY06 achievements, future directions, plans for activities. Updates on Work Groups, NEMI, CRADA, Green Methods, and Bioassessment. Focus on continuous monitoring, new technologies, and volunteer validation techniques.

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Water Quality Board Meeting Update Summary

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  1. NWQMC Meeting Update November 2, 2006 West Palm Beach, Florida

  2. Summary of Presentation • Recent accomplishments/highlightsFY06 • Future Directions & Activities Plan • Meeting in Cincinnati, OH Nov. 15-16, 2006 • Work Group Updates • Water Quality Data Elements • NEMI

  3. Highlights of the Board FY06 • Revamped of Board webpage (Dan Sullivan) • San Jose Conference • Booth (all) • Session on WQDE (LeAnne Astin) • Two face to face meetings (Madison,WI & Tucson, AZ) • NMN Chapter 4 (Ed Johnson, Jerry Diamond, Eric Vowinkel) • NEMI • Green Methods (Larry Keith and Jennifer Young) • CRADA • WQDE Publication (LeAnne Astin) • Bioassessment comparability guidance/pilots (Jerry Diamond and Laura Gabanski) • New EPA Co-Chair (Steve Wendelken) and several new recruits

  4. Future Directions of the Board • Concentrate on things we do well (Higher priority) • NEMI and NEMI/CBR • WQDE—habitat • Support NMN where appropriate • Support WIS work group where needed • New topics (Lower priority) (Next meeting) • Event monitoring (stormwater) • Continuous and Real-time monitoring (n • New technologies, • data storage, • data interpretation • Volunteer monitoring validation techniques

  5. Activities Plan • 2 face to face meetings in FY06 • Cincinnati, OH (Nov. 15-16, 2006) • ??? (June ‘07) • Monthly Full Board conference calls • Bi-monthly or monthly work group conference calls (NEMI and WQDE) as required • Keep web-page up to date (Dan • 2 Across the Board Newsletters in FY07 • Continue recruitment

  6. Board Meeting Cincinnati 11/15-16/06

  7. MDCB Challenges for Meeting in Cincinnati, 11/15-16/06 • NEMI • Complete CRADA • All methods to be used in the National Monitoring Network in NEMI by May 2008 • Green methods updates complete • Statistical methods entered into NEMI • WQDE • Habitat elements publication by May 2008 • Public Web page for habitat elements • Work with WIS work group to provide timely products that are needed by WQ community • Dinner at Herb Brass’

  8. AgendaMeeting 11/15-16/06

  9. WQDE Work Group Internal Web Page and objectives • Develop a general list of WQDEs for habitat • Work on a few hydrologic systems to start? • Streams • Wetlands • Coastal Zone • Publication and web site by May 2008

  10. Green Methods & CRADA • ACS Petroleum Research Fund grant to Green Chemistry Institute • Developed scale of “relative” greenness and applied to methods in NEMI • Need to complete • CRADA • Several private sector companies have agreed to commit $$$ or in-kind services to help with NEMI • Need to determine priorities for in-kind services support

  11. NEMI Internal Web Pageand Objectives • Finalize funding from EPA and USGS • Complete CRADA • Complete Green Methods • Add all methods in NMN by Conference in May 2008 • Add field methods • Add statistical methods

  12. Sources of methods in NEMI

  13. Monthly visitors

  14. NEMI-CBR & CBR Advisor • Complete • Public release delayed • Issues with addition of some methods from EPA Standard Analytical Methods Protocol – Version 2

  15. Methods Board Advisory Group on Bioassessment Comparability • “MBAG” first meeting 3/8/05 • Projects: • Comparability Study data analysis (3/05 – 12/06) • Report: Critical Review of the State-of-the-Science of Bioassessment Comparability (11/05) • EPA Guidance on Bioassessment Comparability initiated (3/05 – 6/07) • Workshop at NWQM Conference (5/06) • New Bioassessment Comparability Pilot Studies (10/05 – 6/07)

  16. Status of MBAG Projects WSA Comparability Study Data Analysis • Data Analysis meeting of Comparability Study cooperators 9/05, Baltimore, MD • Some studies completed already and data being analyzed; more pilots to be completed in 2006. • Final WSA Report due later in 2006. • MBAG participated in and provided advice to cooperators and EPA at data analysis meeting

  17. PBS/Nutrients Plans • Assist in implementation of the NMN as it pertains to nutrients • Link with EPA/FEM Performance approach activity. EPA actively pursuing performance approach • Complete the DQO-nitrate paper and submit for publication

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