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US EPA Water Science News What's News in the US EPA, Office of Water, Science and Technology http://water.epa.gov/scitech/ en-us Copyright 2009 Tue, 2 June 2009 15:24:00 EST kearney.renee@epa.gov Water Science http://water.epa.gov/scitech/ http://www.epa.gov/epafiles/images/logo_epaseal.gif 100 111 EPA's Office of Science and Technology is responsible for developing sound, scientifically defensible standards, criteria, advisories, guidelines and limitations under the Clean Water Act. We work with partners and stakeholders to develop the scientific and technological foundations to achieve clean water. Final National Recommended Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Carbaryl--2012 http://water.epa.gov/scitech/swguidance/standards/criteria/aqlife/carbaryl_index.cfm 5/22/2012 Tue, 22 May 2012 Fish Advisories with EPA's Improved Online Tools http://www.epa.gov/fishadvisories/ 5/2/2012 Wed, 2 May 2012 2012 Beach Grants http://water.epa.gov/grants_funding/beachgrants/index.cfm 1/31/2012 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 BEACON 2.0 - Beach Advisory and Closing On-line Notification http://watersgeo.epa.gov/beacon2/ 1/31/2012 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 Notice of Final 2010 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan; Re-Opening Public Comment Period http://water.epa.gov/lawsregs/lawsguidance/cwa/304m/ 12/28/2011 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 9:00:00 EST Recreational Water Quality Criteria http://water.epa.gov/scitech/swguidance/standards/criteria/health/recreation/index.cfm 12/22/2011 Thurs, 22 Dec 2011 3:58:00 EST Final 2010 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan http://water.epa.gov/lawsregs/lawsguidance/cwa/304m/ 10/27/2011 Thurs, 27 Oct 2011 8:00:00 EST Water Quality Criteria for Nitrogen and Phosphorus Pollution http://water.epa.gov/scitech/swguidance/standards/criteria/nutrients/ 7/24/2011 Sun, 24 Jul 2011 7:10:00 EST Fish Advisories Newsletter - July 2011 http://water.epa.gov/scitech/swguidance/fishshellfish/news/jul11.cfm 7/24/2011 Sun, 24 Jul 2011 7:10:00 EST EPA's Beach Report: 2010 Swimming Season http://water.epa.gov/type/oceb/beaches/seasons_2010_index.cfm 5/27/2011 Fri, 27 May 2011 3:30:00 EST 2011 National Beach Conference (March 15-17, 2011) http://water.epa.gov/type/oceb/beaches/meeting2011_index.cfm 12/13/2010 Mon, 13 December 2010 1:15:00 EST Federal Water Quality Standards for the State of Florida http://water.epa.gov/lawsregs/rulesregs/florida_index.cfm 11/15/2010 Mon, 15 November 2010 9:25:00 EST Best Management Practices for Unused Pharmaceuticals at Health Care Facilities - Draft for Public Comment http://water.epa.gov/scitech/wastetech/guide/unusedpharms_index.cfm 9/8/2010 Wed, 8 September 2010 8:55:00 EST Update 3 of the BASINS 4.0 software is now available. BASINS (Better Assessment Science Integrating point and Nonpoint Sources) is a multipurpose environmental analysis system designed for performing watershed and water quality-based studies. http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/basins/b3webdwn.htm 5/26/2010 Wed, 26 May 2010 3:15:00 EST EPA publishes Second Federal Register notice (75 FR 10791, March 9, 2010) for the Steam Electric Power Generating Effluent Guidelines Information Collection Request (ICR). http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/guide/steam/ 3/9/2010 Tue, 9 March 2010 11:47:00 EST EPA Extends Comment Period To Hear More From Floridians on Proposed Water Quality Standards. http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/standards/rules/florida/ 3/4/2010 Thu, 4 March 2010 2:12:00 EST In response to stakeholder requests, EPA is extending the request for scientific views for an additional 30 days on the Draft 2009 Update Aquatic Life Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Ammonia – Freshwater which reflects new scientific knowledge. EPA will accept scientific views on the draft updated criteria document until April 1, 2010. http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/criteria/ammonia/ 2/25/2010 Thu, 25 February 2010 9:15:00 EST EPA has proposed numeric nutrient water quality standards for lakes and flowing waters in the State of Florida http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/standards/rules/florida/ 1/15/2010 Fri, 15 December 2010 9:35:00 EST EPA Grants Available in 2010 for States to Implement Water Quality Monitoring and Public Notification Programs at the Nation’s Beaches http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/beaches/grants/2010fs.htm 1/8/2010 Fri, 8 December 2010 10:30:00 EST Draft 2009 Update of Aquatic Life Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Ammonia - Freshwater http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/criteria/ammonia/factsheet2.html 12/30/2009 Wed, 30 December 2009 9:00:00 EST Notice of Availability of Preliminary 2010 Effluent Guidelines Program Plan http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/guide/304m/ 12/28/2009 Mon, 28 December 2009 10:30:00 EST National Water Program Research Strategy http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/strategy/ 12/18/2009 Fri, 18 December 2009 09:35:00 EST Airport Deicing Proposed Rule comment period extended to 2/26/10 http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/guide/airport/ 12/14/2009 Wed, 16 December 2009 09:23:00 EST An Urgent Call to Action: Nutrient Innovations Task Group Report http://www.epa.gov/owow/watershed/wacademy/webcasts/pdf/2009_12_01_flyer.pdf 11/27/2009 Fri, 27 November 2009 10:23:00 EST Final Effluent Guidelines for Construction Sites http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/guide/construction/ 11/23/2009 Tues, 24 November 2009 15:00:00 EST Final Report for the National Lake Fish Tissue Study http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/fish/study/data/finalreport.pdf 11/10/2009 Tues, 10 November 2009 12:30:00 EDT An Urgent Call to Action: Report of the State-EPA Nutrient Innovations Task Group http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/criteria/nutrient/nitgreport.pdf 09/24/2009 Fri, 25 September 2009 8:40:00 EDT Final Aquatic Life Criteria for Acrolein http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/criteria/acrolein/aq-final.htm 09/10/2009 Fri, 25 September 2009 8:40:00 EDT Proposed Effluent Guidelines for Airport Deicing Operations http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/guide/airport/index.html 08/19/2009 Wed, 19 August 2009 10:30:00 EDT Register for the 10th National Forum on Contaminants in Fish: November 2-5, 2009, in Portland, Oregon http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/fish/forum/2009/ 07/09/2009 Thurs, 09 July 2009 10:32:00 EDT Annual Report, Office of Science and Technology (2008) (PDF) (32 pp, 1.3MB) http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/pdf/2008_ost_annual_report.pdf 06/26/2009 Fri, 26 June 2009 16:25:00 EDT Final Criteria for Acrolein and Phenol http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/criteria/acrolein/hhc-final.htm 06/10/2009 Wed, 10 June 2009 17:40:00 EST National Summary: 2008 Swimming Season Update http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/beaches/seasons/2008/ 06/02/2009 Tue, 2 June 2009 15:24:00 EST Presentations from the 2009 National Beach Conference http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/beaches/meetings/2009/ 05/21/2009 Thurs, 21 May 2009 09:00:00 EST One-day Short Course on AQUATOX http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/models/aquatox/training/ 05/20/2009 Wed, 20 May 2009 16:00:00 EST Method 1627: Kinetic Test Method for the Prediction of Mine Drainage Quality http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/methods/method/other.html 05/15/2009 Fri, 15 May 2009 10:00:00 EST Water Quality Standards Academy: Human Health Ambient Water Quality Criteria Module http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/standards/academy/supp/health/ 05/14/2009 Thurs, 14 May 2009 10:00:00 EST Fish Advisories Newsletter, May http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/fish/advisories/news/may09.htm 05/01/2009 Fri, 01 Mar 2009 12:00:00 EST Update to 1986 Recreational Water Quality Criteria http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/criteria/recreation/update.html 04/16/2009 Thurs, 16 Apr 2009 16:00:00 EST Notice of Data Availability on Ocean Acidification and Marine pH http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/criteria/aqlife/marine-ph.html 04/15/2009 Wec, 15 Apr 2009 12:00:00 EST Fish Advisories Newsletter, April http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/fish/advisories/news/apr09.htm 03/26/2009 Thurs, 26 Mar 2009 06:00:00 EST March 2009 Update to BASINS 4 http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/basins/b3webdwn.htm#updates 03/25/2009 Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:00:00 EST Coalbed Methane Extraction Detailed Study http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/guide/cbm/ 02/27/2009 Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:00:00 EST Fish Advisories Newsletter, March http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/fish/advisories/news/mar09.htm 02/23/2009 Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:00:00 EST Fish Advisories Newsletter, February http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/fish/advisories/news/feb09.htm 02/06/2009 Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:00:00 EST Modifications to Method 1664A http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/methods/method/oil/1664a-mod.html 01/28/2009 Wed, 28 Jan 2009 012:00:00 EST EPA Makes Grants Available to States to Implement Water Quality Monitoring and Public Notification Programs at the Nation's Beaches http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/beaches/grants/fy09fs.htm 01/26/2009 Mon, 26 Jan 2009 06:30:00 EST State Adoption of Numeric Nutrient Standards 1998-2008 http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/criteria/nutrient/strategy/status.html 01/21/2009 Wed, 21 Jan 2009 06:30:00 EST Determination that New or Revised Nutrient Water Quality Standards are Necessary for Florida http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/standards/rules/fl-determination.htm 01/16/2009 Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:00:00 EST Targeted National Sewage Sludge Survey Report http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/biosolids/tnsss-fs.html 01/15/2009 Thurs, 15 Jan 2009 16:00:00 EST Provisional Health Advisories for Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/criteria/drinking/ 01/15/2009 Thurs, 15 Jan 2009 14:00:00 EST Guidance for Implementing the January 2001 Methylmercury Fish Tissue Criterion http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/criteria/methylmercury/guidance-fs-final.html 01/15/2009 Thurs, 15 Jan 2009 12:00:00 EST Water Quality Standards Academy for May 11-15, 2009 in Arlington, VA http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/standards/academy/ 01/15/2009 Thurs, 15 Jan 2009 12:00:00 EST 2009 National Beach Conference to be held on April 20-22, 2009 http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/beaches/meetings/2009/ 01/13/2009 Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:00:00 EST Fish Advisories Newsletter, January http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/fish/advisories/news/jan09.htm 01/09/2009 Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:00:00 EST Method 1668, Revision B, Published (PDF) http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/methods/method/files/1668.pdf 01/07/2009 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:00:00 EST Dental Amalgam, Detailed Study, Released http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/guide/dental/ 01/06/2009 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:00:00 EST Draft Aquatic Life Criteria for Acrolein http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/criteria/acrolein/aq-draft.htm 12/17/2008 Thurs, 17 Dec 2008 09:00:00 EST Construction and Development: EPA Status Report to Court, November 2008 http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/guide/construction/#status 12/08/2008 Mon, 08 Dec 2008 09:00:00 EST WEB Version: National Beach Guidance and Required Performance Criteria for Grants http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/beaches/grants/guidance/ 11/24/2008 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:00:00 EST Nutrient Criteria Technical Guidance Manual: Wetlands http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/criteria/nutrient/guidance/wetlands/ 11/24/2008 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:00:00 EST Proposed Rule: Effluent Guidelines for Discharges from the Construction and Development Industry http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/guide/construction/proposed/ 11/19/2008 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:00:00 EST Withdrawal of Federal Antidegradation Policy for All Waters of the United States Within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/standards/rules/pa/ 11/14/2008 Fri, 14 Nov 2008 09:00:00 EST Withdrawal of the Federal Water Quality Standards Use Designations for Certain Water Bodies in Idaho http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/standards/rules/idaho/ 11/05/2008 Wed, 05 Nov 2008 09:00:00 EST Selenium "Bluegill Report" http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/criteria/selenium/ 10/27/2008 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 09:00:00 EST National List of Beaches http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/beaches/list/ 10/06/2008 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:00:00 EST Multiple new files for Beach Act Grants data submissions http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/beaches/grants/datausers/ 09/30/2008 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:00:00 EST Withdrawal of Federal Antidegradation Policy for All Waters within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-WATER/2008/September/Day-15/w21464.htm 09/15/2008 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:00:00 EST Final Effluent Guidelines Plan for 2008 http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/guide/304m/2008/ 09/15/2008 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:00:00 EST Draft Human Health Criteria for acrolein and phenol http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/criteria/humanhealth/ 09/15/2008 Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:00:00 EST EPA Approves Shoshone Bannock application for "Treatment-as-a-State" http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/tribes/approvtable.htm 09/09/2008 Tue, Sep 09 2008 8:00:00 EST AQUATOX one day course in Tampa, FL on November 16th, 2008 http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/models/aquatox/training/ 08/27/2008 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:00:00 EST Withdrawal of the Federal Water Quality Standards Use Designations for Certain Water Bodies in Idaho http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/standards/rules/idaho/index.html 08/19/2008 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:00:00 EST Expected Changes to Beach Grant Allocation Formula http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/beaches/grants/alloc-fs.html 08/13/2008 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:00:00 EST Request for Comment on Unused Pharmaceuticals Disposal in the Health Care Industry Questionnaire http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/guide/304m/2008/hsi-icr-200807.html 08/12/2008 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:00:00 EST Volume 3: Development of Site-Specific Bioaccumulation Factors of the Methodology for Deriving Ambient Water Quality Criteria for the Protection of Human Health: Notice of Time Extension http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-WATER/2008/August/Day-11/w18483.htm 08/11/2008 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:00:00 EST Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) in water Website http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/ppcp/ 08/06/2008 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:00:00 EST Fish Kids Web site is Kids.gov Site of the Month (August 2008) http://kids.gov/internal/archive.shtml 08/01/2008 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 08:00:00 EST State Beach Reports http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/beaches/seasons/2007/ 07/31/2008 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:00:00 EST EPA Approves Hopi Tribe's Water Quality Standards http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/tribes/approvtable.htm 07/28/2008 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:00:00 EST Fish Kids Website http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/fish/kids/ 07/24/2008 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:00:00 EST Request for Comment on Coalbed Methane Extraction Sector Questionnaire Second Request http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/guide/304m/2008/ 07/15/2008 Tue, 15 Jul 2008 08:00:00 EST Volume 3: Development of Site-Specific Bioaccumulation Factors of the Methodology for Deriving Ambient Water Quality Criteria for the Protection of Human Health http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/criteria/humanhealth/method/ 06/30/2008 Wed, 30 Jun 2008 08:00:00 EST Information Collection Request for Cooling Water Intake Structures New Facility Final Rule (Renewal) http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-WATER/2008/June/Day-25/w14417.htm 06/25/2008 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EST Aquatic Life Criteria for Contaminants of Emerging Concern: Challenges and Recommendations http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/criteria/aqlife.html 06/03/2008 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EST Water Quality Standards Regulation (Renewal) http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-WATER/2008/June/Day-02/w12268.htm 06/02/2008 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EST Beach Sanitary Survey Tools now available http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/beaches/sanitarysurvey/ 05/30/2008 Fri, 30 May 2008 12:00:00 EST National Summary: 2007 Swimming Season Update http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/beaches/seasons/2007/ 05/29/2008 Thurs, 29 May 2008 12:00:00 EST Workshop: Water Quality Modeling to Support Management Actions http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/ftp/basins/training/training-200809.html 05/27/2008 Tue, 27 May 2008 12:00:00 EST