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| December 31, 2002 | Withdrawal of Federal Rule from Michigan Court Decision Upheld Source Water Protection and Education Project New Source Water Cooperative Agreement Subscribe to WaterNews |
| December 17, 2002 | Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO) Brochures Now Available National Drinking Water Workgroup to Meet EPA sets Measures to Protect Vulnerability Assessments |
| December 16, 2002 | Special Edition WaterNews for December 16, 2002 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Agriculture Clean Up The Nation’s Water |
| December 10, 2002 | Special Edition of WaterNews on Monday, Dec. 16 New EPA Policy Memo Robert Wayland To Retire National Clean Water Industrial Regulations Strategy Available for Comment |
| December 3, 2002 | President signs the Great Lakes Legacy Act Whole Effluent Toxicity Test Method Guidelines Published EPA Withdraws Federal Water Quality Criteria Meeting on Sewage Treatment Needs Assessment National Environmental Justice Meeting |
| November 26, 2002 | EPA Receives Awards at the World Watershed Summit Brazilian Visitors Meet with EPA |
| November 19, 2002 | Emergency Funds Made Available To Defend Against Asian Carp Invasion Release of NEMI! Proposed Water Quality Standards for Kentucky Improving Children’s Health Worldwide $1.5 Million Security Grant Solicitation |
| November 6, 2002 | Cooperation on Water Management Continues Between the US and Japan |
| October 30, 2002 | Assistant Administrator for Water Speaks at World Watershed Summit Permit Application Software System (PASS) National Drinking Water Advisory Council - Notice of Public Meeting Public Stakeholder Meeting on Distribution Systems Call for Abstracts: Cooling Water Intakes National Forum on Contaminants in Fish Proposed Use Designation for Five Mile Creek |
| October 23, 2002 | Year of Clean Water Events Around the Nation Chinese Water Officials Meet with DPA Water Officials New Clean Water Act Web-Based Training Module Commission on Ocean Policy Releases Interim Report Filter Backwash Recycling Rule Publication Finalizedv Source Water Education Materials Published |
| October 15, 2002 | EPA’s Watershed Initiative - One Step Closer National Study of Contaminants in Fish: First Findings Operator Certification Grants Program |
| October 8, 2002 | National Water Monitoring Day is October 18 Stay Current with Events on EPA’s Year of Clean Water Website Final Arsenic Rule Implementation Guidance Available "Consider The Source: A Pocket Guide to Protecting Your Drinking Water” EPA Cruise Ship Tracking Survey International Interest in Underground Injection Control Work Group Looks at Contaminant Candidate List Classification Process |
| October 1, 2002 | Log on to EPA’s Year of Clean Water website National Water Monitoring Day- October 18 Deputy Assistant Administrator will speak to State Drinking Water Administrators EPA releases Water Infrastructure Gap Analysis Call for National Forum with Stakeholders EPA Reports 2000 National Water Quality Inventory: Shows Little or No Change in Nation’s Water Quality See what's new in EnviroMapper for WATER Version 2.0! |
| September 24, 2002 | Administrator Participates in Recognition of Clean Water Act Deputy Assistant Admnistrator Recognizes Excellence National Estuaries Day Celebration - October 3, 2002 Coastal Technology Conference Organizers Seek Papers |
| September 5, 2002 | Assistant Administrator G. Tracy Mehan, III in Richmond, Va. EPA Soliciting Grant Applications Coastal Technology Transfer Conference: Call for Papers Wetlands Scientific/Technical Activities and Tools |
| August 13, 2002 | Assistant Administrator G. Tracy Mehan, III in Richmond, Va. EPA Soliciting Grant Applications Coastal Technology Transfer Conference: Call for Papers Wetlands Scientific/Technical Activities and Tools |
| July 23, 2002 | Deputy Assistant Administrator goes to St. Petersburg, Florida EPA Publishes Guidance for Beach Grants Next Stop Johannesburg, South Africa |
| July 8, 2002 | Year of the Clean Water and July Beach Month Activities Federal Appeals Court Upholds Authority to Establish TMDLs for Nonpoint Source- Impaired Waters Grants awarded to drinking water systems |
| May 24, 2002 | EPA Awards Grant to Protect Public Health at the Nation's Beaches EPA Recognizes Winners of 2002 National Wetlands Awards EPA To Hold Public Meeting on Effluent Guidelines for the Metal Products and Machinery Industry |
| May 17, 2002 | EPA Revises Effluent Guidelines for the Iron and Steel Industry EPA Proposes Enhanced Approach to Cleaning Up the Nation's Waters |
| May 3, 2002 | May is American Wetlands Month EPA Holds Listening Sessions on the Watershed Initiative |
| April 18, 2002 | EPA Completes Six-year Review of Existing Drinking Water Regulations EPA to Sponsor Workshop on Designated Uses for Water Quality Standards EPA to Co-sponsor 25th Annual Conference on Analysis of Pollutants in the Environment |
| April 12, 2002 | EPA Announces Local Clean Water Awards Program |
| March 29, 2002 | EPA Requests Applications for Drinking Water Security Grants EPA Releases Report on Coastal Water Quality Conditions |
| March 8, 2002 | EPA Administrator Signs Proposed Regulations Dealing with Cooling Water Intake Structures EPA Sponsors Public Workshop on Water Quality Funding in Washington, DC |
| February 28, 2002 | EPA and NBC-4 to Bring Watershed Information Into The Home EPA Promotes Water Efficiency In The Home |
| February 22, 2002 | EPA to Help Local Governments Prevent Pollution through Environmental Management Systems |
| February 1, 2002 | EPA Proposes To Reduce Nutrients Discharged from Meat and Poultry Processing Facilities EPA Releases Report to Congress on Controlling Combined Sewer Overflows |
| January 25, 2002 | EPA Announces New Initiative to Protect and Preserve America’s Waterways |
| January 24, 2002 | EPA Offers Water Quality Standards Academy Training Course in Washington, DC EPA Sponsors Wetland Photo Contest |
| January 17, 2002 | Cryptosporidium Standards Strengthened for Small Drinking Water Systems EPA Amends Regulations to Reduce Run-off from Abandoned Coal Mines EPA Makes Final Decision on Dioxin in Sewage Sludge EPA Office of Water Moves to New Location |