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WaterNews for January 19, 2005Benjamin 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:
National Coastal Condition Report II (NCCR II) ReleasedBenjamin H. Grumbles, Assistant Administrator for Water, on Jan. 13 released EPA’s National Coastal Condition Report II (NCCR II) at a Coastal America Learning Center dedication ceremony at Kure Beach, NC. A joint product of the Office of Water and Office of Research and Development, the NCCR II describes and ranks the condition or status, extent, and geographical distribution of national coastal ecological resources, updating the first report issued in 2001. The information it contains is based upon four years of EPA sponsored monitoring data from 23 coastal states and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Geological Survey and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The Report provides coastal managers with the necessary information to identify existing and emerging problems, target water quality actions wisely, and effectively manage those actions to maximize benefits. The NCCR II reports that the condition of the Nation's coastal waters is fair, which remains essentially the same as in the first report in 2001. The report also covers 100% of estuarine waters in the lower 48 states, compared to about 70% in the previous report. For more information on the NCCR II, contact Barry Burgan at 202-566-1242 or send an e-mail to burgan.barry@epa.gov. You can learn more about the NCCR II by visiting EPA’s web site at http://www.epa.gov/owow/oceans/nccr/. 2004 National STORET Users Conference Proceedings On-lineThe 2004 National STORET Users Conference was held Nov. 15-17, 2004 in New Orleans, LA. Attendees representing States, Tribes, watershed groups and other federal agencies participated in this highly successful gathering. Over 20 workshops and presentations covered such topics as using monitoring data to meet organizational business needs and new methods for exchanging water quality data via the internet. All conference presentations and abstracts are available on-line at: http://www.epa.gov/storet/2004conf_proceedings.html. Please contact Cary McElhinney at 312-886-4313 for more information. "After the Storm" Television Program to Air on The Weather Channel in January"After the Storm" will continue to air on The Weather Channel (TWC) Thursday, Jan. 20 at 12:30 pm EST. "After the Storm" is a ½ hour television special about watersheds co-produced by the Agency and TWC in 2004. Additional showings of the program are scheduled on TWC for: Friday, Jan. 21, 2005 at 7:30 pm EST EPA owns full rights to the program and EPA encourages watershed groups and others to work with their local cable and other TV stations to air the program, which can be shown in whole or in part. (If only part of the program is aired, it should be stated that the program was co-produced by EPA and The Weather Channel.) VHS copies of the program as well as broadcast quality Beta SP tapes are available free from the National Service Center for Environmental Publications (NSCEP) at 513-489-8190 or 800-490-9198 or by sending an email to ncepimal@one.net . Please visit EPA's Web site at http://www.epa.gov/weatherchannel/ for more information about this video program. 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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