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WaterNews for June 8, 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:
EPA and Anacostia Watershed Society to Kick-Off Rice Rangers' Program June 10 -Volunteers NeededThe Anacostia Watershed Society, sponsored in part by the Office of Water and the Office of Environmental Education, has developed a training program, "Rice Rangers," for schools in the Anacostia area. Acting Assistant Administrator Benjamin Grumbles will help kick off the Rice Rangers at the event at 10 a.m. on June 10. The Rice Ranger Program trains teachers on how to teach students about watershed health and the role of the Anacostia River and its associated wetlands in the watershed. The program provides "hands-on" learning to engage students and teachers in restoration work. EPA volunteers are needed. If interested, please contact Rebecca Dils at dils.rebecca@epa.gov. $6.7 million Could Go to Tribes In 2005More than $6 million in grants could be allocated to help tribes improve their Drinking Water for 2005. EPA will work with its Regions to implement the Public Water System Supervision (PWSS) Regional Tribal Program. A total of $6,764,500 is tentatively available for FY 2005. This amount is 6.436% of the total amount tentatively available for the PWSS program nationwide. The funds are to be used by EPA Regional Offices to help Indian tribes develop the capacity to create and implement a PWSS program that can adequately enforce the requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) and ensure that water systems comply with the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations listed in 40 CFR 141. Portions of the funds sent to the Regions can be granted to individual Indian tribes treated as a state, that have been delegated Primary Enforcement Responsibility for the Public Water System Supervision Program. The Navajo Nation is the only Indian tribe to have sought and received program authority. 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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