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WaterNews for March 30, 2004Benjamin Grumbles WaterNews is a weekly on-line publication that announces publications, policies, and activities of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Water. In This Week’s WaterNews:
Acting Assistant Administrator Testifies Before House on "Waters of the US"Benjamin Grumbles, Acting Assistant Administrator for Water, testified before the House Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee today. The hearing explored conclusions of a recent General Accounting Office (GAO) report on implementation of the Clean Water Act section 404 program in light of the Supreme Court's 2001 decision in the case of Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (SWANCC), as well as what EPA and the Corps of Engineers are doing cooperatively to enhance section 404 program implementation. The panelist included J.P. Woodley (Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works), Representative Doug Ose (who requested the GAO report), and representatives from the regulated community and Non Governmental Organizations. The GAO report, entitled "Corps of Engineers Needs to Evaluate Its District Office Practices in Determining Jurisdiction," was completed in 2004. The report can be found on GAO website at www.gao.gov New Getting In Step Guides AvailableEPA has released a set of new resource guides designed to assist local governments, watershed groups, watershed management agencies, and others in planning and conducting effective watershed outreach to improve water quality. A book, (Publication #EPA841-B-03-002), pulls together principles, techniques, and information for effective watershed outreach into a single, user-friendly source. A 35-minute video, (Publication #EPA841-V-03-001), reinforces the six-step process outlined in the book, and showcases four successful outreach programs from around the United States. To obtain a free copy of the guide book and video, please contact the National Service Center for Environmental Publications via phone at 1-800-490-9198 or via the web at www.epa.gov/ncepihom. The book may also be downloaded (PDF file) at epa.gov/nps/outreach.html. For more information contact Don Waye at 202-566-1170. Subscribe to WaterNewsPlease forward this message to your friends and colleagues who share an interest in water-related issues and would like to hear from EPA's Office of Water. To subscribe to the WaterNews listserv: Send an email message, leave the subject line blank, and address it to: In the body of the message write: Subscribe WaterNews firstname lastname (Please leave one blank space between each word, do not include any other message, and use your actual name- i.e. Subscribe WaterNews Robert Jones) A welcome message will appear in your email box once you are officially subscribed.
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