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WaterNews for December 10, 2002WaterNews is a weekly on-line publication that announces publications, policies, and activities of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Water. Inside this week’s WaterNews
Special Edition of WaterNews on Monday, Dec. 16A special edition of WaterNews will come out on Monday, Dec. 16, to provide up-to- the- minute information on a final rule to regulate manure produced by large confined livestock operations. This rule, known as Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO), will detail how live stock operations with thousands of hogs, cattle, and poultry must control manure run-off to surface waters and meet federal clean water requirements. For further information please visit the website at www.epa.gov/npdes/cafo New EPA Policy MemoThe Environmental Protection Agency’s Assistant Administrator for Water G. Tracy Mehan, III issued a new policy memo on “Committing EPA’s Water Program to Advancing the Watershed Approach” on Dec. 3. This policy memo calls for the following:
Robert Wayland To RetireAfter many years of service with the Environmental Protection Agency Robert Wayland, Director of the Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds in the Office of Water, will be retiring on Jan. 3, 2003. Assistant Administrator G. Tracy Mehan, III has appointed former Deputy Assistant Administrator Diane Regas as Wayland’s successor. Throughout his career Mr. Wayland has made major contributions in several areas. Most notably, he has significantly influenced the current approach to management of water quality by promoting and supporting the watershed approach. He has played a major role in shaping the regulatory aspects of watershed management, including the roles of Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs), the protection and restoration of wetlands, and addressing nonpoint sources of pollution. He also played a major role in developing a working framework for the National Coral Reef Task Force; resolving dredged material management issues threatening to shut down the Port of New York and New Jersey; developing a program to address discharges of pollution from vessels; supporting local communities in addressing water quality issues related to growth; promoting concern inside and outside the Agency regarding water quality impacts resulting from air deposition; and working with the Pew Ocean Commission and U.S. Commission on Oceans Policy. Mr. Wayland has had an exceptionally distinguished career in federal service. Under his leadership the Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watershed has set the standard for fostering stewardship and conservation efforts by businesses, civic groups, local governments, states, and other federal agencies. Thanks and our very best wishes Bob! National Clean Water Industrial Regulations Strategy Available for CommentEPA seeks comment on the draft Strategy for National Clean Water Industrial Regulations, a plan that calls for EPA to identify effluent guidelines the Agency should revise and industries for which the Agency should develop new effluent guidelines. You can review the draft Strategy, a two-page Fact Sheet, and the Federal Register Notice at http://www.epa.gov/guide/strategy. The Agency will hold a public meeting on Jan. 15 at the Environmental Protection Agency’s headquarters at 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, Room 1153 (EPA-East), Washington, DC from 9:00am to noon. The 90-day comment period will close on Feb. 27, 2003. For further information, please contact Patricia Harrigan at 202-566-1666.
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