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WaterNews for July 7, 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:
Assistant Administrator Attends Great Lakes Summit I MeetingToday, Benjamin H. Grumbles, Assistant Administrator for Water, attended a meeting of the Great Lakes Regional Collaboration in Duluth, Minnesota. The purpose of this "Summit I" meeting was to release for public review and comment a draft strategy for the restoration and protection of the Great Lakes. The impetus for the development of this strategy was Executive Order 13340 on the Great Lakes, signed by President Bush on May 18, 2004. It directed the creation of a regional collaboration to address environmental issues in the Great Lakes basin. The resulting Great Lakes Regional Collaboration is a partnership of federal, state, local and tribal government representatives and other interests that have come together to develop a strategy for restoring and protecting the Great Lakes. In his remarks, Grumbles emphasized the importance of engaging the public in helping to identify priorities for the final strategy. Opportunities for public involvement include a 60-day public comment period which begins with the release of the draft strategy, and a series of five public meetings that will be held throughout the Great Lakes basin later this summer. The final strategy is expected to be released at Summit II in Chicago, Illinois on December 12, 2005. Surveying Drinking Water Treatment Facilities - Effluent Guidelines ProgramEPA announced that it is planning to submit a proposed Information Collection Request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in a July 5 Federal Register Notice (http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/EPA-WATER/2005/July/Day-05/w13167.htm). This request is for a new collection of data from drinking water treatment facilities serving more than 10,000 customers. EPA is seeking comments (due on or before September 6) before it submits the request for OMB review. You can learn more about this action by visiting EPA’s web site at http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/guide/dw/. Watershed Funding WorkshopEPA’s Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds Sustainable Finance Team is sponsoring a half-day Watershed Funding Workshop on August 3, 2005 12:30 to 4:30 pm for Washington, D.C. area watershed organizations. There will be a demonstration of three watershed funding tools, including Plan2Fund, the Directory of Watershed Resources, and the Catalog of Federal Funding Sources. Plan2Fund is a watershed planning tool that aids organizations in identifying necessary funding for their watershed program plan. The Directory of Watershed Resources and the Catalog of Federal Funding for Watershed Protection are searchable online databases designed to help organizations learn about funding opportunities available for watershed projects. There will also be a panel of funding professionals speaking about corporate, private, federal, and foundation funding options. Please view http://www.epa.gov/owow/watershed/funding_workshop.pdf (PDF, 72KB, 1 page, about PDF) for further details and registration information. You can also visit EPA's Web site at http://www.epa.gov/owow/watershed/funding.html for additional information about watershed funding. 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 listserve: 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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