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| December 21, 2004 | Permitting for Environmental Results, NPDES Profiles Released Stormwater Case Studies EPA Assistant Administrator Praises Safe Drinking Water Act Aquatox Workshop Announced for March 2005 |
| December 14, 2004 | EPA to Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the Safe Drinking Water Act Television Special about Watersheds to Air on The Weather Channel In 2005 EPA Funds Water Security Efforts |
| December 9, 2004 | Great Lakes Regional Collaboration EPA Updates Information on Sediments |
| November 30, 2004 | Great Lakes Declaration To Be Signed National Meeting on Lead in School Drinking Water Coral Reef Task Force Meeting To Be Held in Miami |
| November 16, 2004 | EPA Issues New Water Quality Trading Handbook EPA Announces the Opening of Four New EMS Local Resource Centers |
| November 9, 2004 | EPA Acts to Make Beaches Cleaner and Safer EPA Announces Agreements, Regulatory Plan on Airline Drinking Water Training Video to Help Health Care Providers Prevent Potential Drinking Water Health Risks - Now Available Workshop To Be held On Lead in Drinking Water |
| November 2, 2004 | EPA Issues Proposed Cooling Water Intake Regulations EPA Takes Action on Clean Water Act Detection & Quantitation Test Methods OW Announces Request for Proposals Supporting Biological Criteria Program Acting Assistant Administrator Speaks at Annual Governor's Conference Acting AA Participates in Clinton River Review 2004 |
| October 26, 2004 | EPA Issues Updated Guidelines for Water Reuse Call for Nominations for the 2005 National Wetlands Awards Stormwater Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination Manual Now Available Animal Feeding Operations Virtual Information Center On-line CAFO Managing Manure Guidance Document Now Available National Pollutant Discharge Elimination Systems Permits Available On-line |
| October 20, 2004 | EPA Celebrates World Water Monitoring Day Across the Country |
| October 14, 2004 | Leavitt Announces Progress in Asian Carp Control on Great Lakes Leavitt & Grumbles Kick Off World Water Monitoring Day on Oct. 17 & 18 EPA Announces 2004 National Clean Water Act Recognition Awards Winners EPA Participates in Annual Girl Scout ECO-EXPO Day |
| October 5, 2004 | EPA Celebrates World Water Monitoring Day Advancing Asset Management in Your Utility Training Latest Version of the BASINS Water Quality Model is Now Available Acting Assistant Administrator Speaks at ASDWA Conference |
| September 30, 2004 | EPA Reaffirms 20 Years of Partnership with Indian Tribes EPA and Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Initiate Data Exchange Project Technical Guidance on CAFOs is Now Available National Estuaries Day Celebrated |
| September 14, 2004 | National Museum of the American Indian Opens Sept. 21 in Washington, D.C. Wilmington to Host Watershed Summit on the Delaware Grumbles Appears at Cuyahoga River Basin Symposium |
| September 9, 2004 | Press Conference Held at the National Press Club New Guide to Help Wastewater Utilities Develop EMSs and Manage Critical Issues 2004 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan Published |
| August 24, 2004 | Information on Fish Advisories Now Available Acting Assistant Administrator Attends Several Events |
| August 17, 2004 | 11th Meeting of the Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force in Minnesota Meeting of the Water Security Working Group of the National Drinking Water Advisory Council |
| August 10, 2004 | EPA Allocates $1 Million in Grant Funding to Regions for Wastewater Security Training Preparing Vessels Intended for Artificial Reefs Reminder to States Seeking Beach Implementation Grants Lead and Copper Rule: Expert Panel Workshop on Public Education and Risk Communication Five-Star Challenge Grants Award Announcement Outreach on Mercury in Fish and Shellfish |
| August 3, 2004 | NACo Formally Endorses EPA Trading Policy Potomac River Snakehead Roundup Held Acting Assistant Administrator Testifies To House Energy and Commerce Committee U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy Moves to Finalize Report |
| July 20, 2004 | Bush Administration Commits $15 Million to Protect and Restore America's Watersheds Office of Water Launches New Website for Septic Systems New Brochure Available Soon on Mercury in Fish and Shellfish 2004 National STORET Users Conference to be Held in November Local Limits Development Guidance is Available |
| July 13, 2004 | EPA Launches New Topical Website on Beaches Phase II Rule for Cooling Water Intakes Published EPA to Revisit Water Quality Criteria for Ammonia National Estuaries Restoration Inventory Released 2004 Gulf Guardian Award Winners to be Honored in Mississippi EPA Announces Release of Implementation Guidance for the Filter Backwash Recycling Rule |
| July 6, 2004 | Agency Proposes Federal Standards for Beaches Getting In Step with Phase II - A workshop for city and county stormwater managers EPA Responds to Sierra Club Petition Final Rule for Aquaculture Released Join Leaders at the Asset Management Conference |
| June 29, 2004 | Reunion of National Wetlands Policy Forum Held Second Phase of National Water Tour Features EPA Acting Deputy Administrator 10th Annual Industrial Waste Technical and Regulatory Conference Set for August A New Version of EnviroMapper is Now Available |
| June 15, 2004 | Fish Tissue Data Available Planting Fields of Wild Rice Helps To Bring Back Life to the Anacostia River EPA Announces the First Meeting of the National Drinking Water Advisory Council’s Water Security Working Group (WSWG) Television Special about Watersheds to Air on The Weather Channel June 26 |
| June 8, 2004 | EPA and Anacostia Watershed Society to Kick-Off Rice Rangers' Program June 10 - Volunteers Needed $6 .7 million Could Go to Tribes In 2005 |
| May 27, 2004 | EPA Emergency Response Planning Workshops for Small and Medium Drinking Water Utilities Wastewater Operator Trainers' Conference for Small Communities NPDES Pretreatment and Permit Writer Training A Request for Initial Proposals (RFIP) for the Assessment and Watershed Protection Program Grants (AWPPGs) National Symposium on Mitigation and the Watershed Approach Fourth National Monitoring Conference |
| May 18, 2004 | President Bush and Administrator Leavitt Announce New Executive Order on Great Lakes Collaboration New Website Highlights Drinking Water Research World-Wide Lead in Drinking Water Information Available Online 2005 National Water Program Guidance Copies Now Available Applications Being Accepted for Nutrient Criteria Development National Beaches Conference Coming in October Eight Workshops Available for Stormwater Program Managers |
| May 4, 2004 | EPA Allocates $5 Million in Grant Funds For Drinking Water Counter-Terrorism Activities Television Special about Watersheds to Air on The Weather Channel May 9 EPA Participates in the Annual Anacostia River Environmental Fair Availability of Beach Grant Funding and National List of Beaches Gulf Program Extends Gulf Guardian Award Entry Deadline to May 10 |
| April 27, 2004 | Bush Administration Commits to Increasing Wetlands Nationwide Final National Water Program Guidance for FY 2005 EPA Announces Clean Beaches Plan Ocean Policy Commission Releases Preliminary Report Upcoming EPA Community Involvement Conference Upcoming AQUATOX Training |
| April 20, 2004 | Acting Assistant Administrator Celebrates Earth Day EPA Celebrates American Wetlands Month in May Office of Science and Technology Display Booth Wins Award Compendium of Environmental Laboratories |
| April 13, 2004 | EPA Testifies on Lead in D.C. Drinking Water EPA Proposes Methods Update New Version of AQUATOX Is Available Upcoming Indicator Workshop |
| April 6, 2004 | Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies Awarded $2 Million to Enhance Water Security Information Final Action on Construction and Development Effluent Guidelines Still Time to Sign-Up for Water Efficient Products (“Water Star”) Meeting 2004 National Wetland Award Recipients Announced |
| March 30, 2004 | Acting Assistant Administrator Testifies Before House on "Waters of the US" New Getting In Step Guides Available |
| March 23, 2004 | Joint FDA/EPA Fish Consumption Advisory Released Clean Water Act Recognition Awards EPA Launches New Website Still Time to Sign-Up for Water Efficient Products Meeting Senior U.S. Officials Hosts Press Briefing At Miami Conference to Protect Caribbean Ecosystems Administrator Signs Methods Update Proposal |
| March 16, 2004 | EPA Seeks Comment on Draft National Program Guidance For FY 2005 Electronic Stormwater Permit Application Add Features EPA Security Product Guide Is Up-to-Date Acting Assistant Administrator Speaks at National Association of State Conservation Agencies |
| March 9, 2004 | President George W. Bush Announces Nomination Draft National Coastal Condition Report II EPA Requests Nominations for Membership in Water Security Working Group Acting Assistant Administrator Speaks at Association of State and Interstate Water Pollution Control Administrators (ASIWPCA) Meeting National Environmental Justice Advisory Council Meeting (NEJAC) Coming Soon |
| March 2, 2004 | Meat & Poultry Products Final Rule Signed Acting Assistant Administrator Testifies Still Time to Sign-up For Water Efficient Products Meeting |
| February 24, 2004 | EPA Awards Grant for Wastewater Utility Planning Tool EPA Requests Applications to Help Train and Educate Broadcast Meteorologists on Watershed Issues EPA Holds Stage 1 Disinfectants & Disinfection Byproduct Rule Training By Satellite Broadcast |
| February 17, 2004 | National Standards Announced for Cooling Water Intake Structures at Large Existing Power Plants Water Quality Standards Academy Coming Soon |
| February 10, 2004 | Still Time to Sign-up For Water Efficient Products Meeting Asset Management Training Workshop To Be Held in Phoenix Approval of Additional Method for the Detection of Coliforms and E. Coli in Drinking Water National Nonpoint Source Conference Held in Austin 2004 National Fish Forum s |
| February 3, 2004 | President’s Budget Highlights Water Initiatives Office of Water and Office of Solid Waste Emergency Response Discuss Collaboration At National Meeting Draft Water Quality Criteria for Chloroform Available New Television Special about Watersheds Premiers on The Weather Channel |
| January 27, 2004 | New Television Special about Watersheds to Air on The Weather Channel River Network Hosts 5th Annual National River Rally |
| January 21, 2004 | Water Quality Standards for Puerto Rico EPA Participates in First National Student Summit EPA's Issues New NPDES Permit Writers' Guidance Manual for CAFOs Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement Comment Period Extended Symposium on Integrated Monitoring & Assessment for Effective Water Quality Management |
| January 13, 2004 | EPA Grants Award for Water Security Office of Water to Hold Meetings Across the Country to Promote Water Efficient Products Preliminary Effluent Guidelines Plan for 2004/2005 Published EPA Extends Comment Period on Proposed Blending Policy Watershed-Based NPDES Permitting Implementation Guidance Now Available |
| January 6, 2004 | Grumbles Named Acting Assistant Administrator for Water Hydraulic Fracturing Agreement Signed with Major Companies Water Quality Trading Website - Updated Upcoming EPA Events |