April 2011 State TMDL Workshop - Background Materials

Session #2 / Nutrients (Part II)

• Nutrient Framework Memo

• Nutrient-related CWA Section 303(d) List Impairments and Total Maximum Daily Loads

• Using Stressor-response Relationships to Derive Numeric Nutrient Criteria (executive summary)

• Nutrients letter from NEIWPCC (Jan 3, 2011)

• EPA response letter to NEIWPCC (Mar 1, 2011)

• Nutrients letter from Maine's Congressional Delegation (Jan 21, 2011)

• EPA response letter to Maine's Congressional Delegation (Feb 15, 2011)

• Interim Phosphorus Reduction Strategy for Connecticut Freshwater Non-Tidal Waste-Receiving Rivers and Streams

Session #3 / Downstream Impacts/Multi-jurisdictional TMDLs

• Downstream Water Quality: Draft Principles - Overview

• Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load Fact Sheet

• Chesapeake Bay TMDL Executive Summary

Session #4 / Stormwater

• 2010 Stormwater Memo

• Residual Designation Authority: Vermont Presentation at ASIWPCA Meeting, 2010

• Using Microbial Source Tracking to Support TMDL Development and Implementation

• New York State Department of Environmental Conservation: Stormwater Assessment and Design Modeling Tools For Implementation of Stormwater Management Plans

Session #5 / Reasonable Assurance

• Olentangy River Watershed TMDL Report

• Conservation Law Foundation vs. Environmental Protection Agency, Lake Champlain Complaint

• Lake Champlain Phosphorus TMDL Disapproval Decision

• Friends of Pinto Creek v. US EPA

• Relevant texts in statute, regulations, and guidance pertinent to reasonable assurance

Session #6 / Antidegradation

• Antidegradation Basics for TMDL Coordinators' Meeting

• Using Tier I Antidegradation Policy Requirements to Address Gaps in Water Quality Protection for Oregon's Waters

Session #7 / Recovery Potential

• Fact Sheet: Recovery Potential Project

Session #8 / Legacy Pollutants

• 2011 Draft PCB Memo

• Category 4b—Current National Status and Trends (2009)

Informal Evening Session / Climate Change and Water Quality

• Climate Change and the 303(d) Program

• Clean Water Act 303(d) Program: Ocean Acidification Update

• Project Summary: EPA ORD's 20 Watershed Modeling Project

BMP Resources

• EPA Nonpoint Source Program Management Measures Guides

• EPA Handbook for Developing Watershed Plans to Restore and Protect Our Waters

• Guidance for Federal Land Management in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

• NRCS Field Office Technical Guides

St. Tammany Parish, LA Watershed Alternatives Analysis Tool: Presentation and Model

• SUSTAIN - A BMP Process and Placement Tool for Urban Watersheds

• Los Angeles County Watershed Management Modeling System
  Presentation (Feb 17, 2011)

• Optimal TMDL Development using a Watershed Scale Simulation-Optimization Approach: a Los Angeles County Case Study

• Washington Department of Ecology: Clean Water Practices for Livestock Grazing

Other / General Materials

• Status of 2010 Integrated Report / CWA Section 303(d) Impaired Waters List Submissions to EPA

• Total Maximum Daily Loads Fact Sheet