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Guidelines for the Award of Monitoring Initiative Funds Under Section 106 Grants
These guidelines are designed to assist grantees with the process and criteria to be used to award the monitoring initiative portion of Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 106 water pollution control program grants to states and tribes. EPA recently changed the way it allocates funds under the Section 106 grant program so that EPA will be better able to target additional funds to help carry out priority areas including monitoring for pollutants. These guidelines reflect the allocation changes and focus on improving state and tribal capacity to monitor and report on water quality through implementation of comprehensive monitoring strategies, and collaboration on statistically-valid surveys of the Nation's waters.
Note: EPA is submitting this final rule for publication
in the Federal Register. While we've taken steps to ensure the accuracy
of this Internet version of the proposed rule, it's not the official version
for purposes of compliance. Please refer to the official version in a
forthcoming Federal Register publication, or on GPO's web site at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html 
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