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WaterNews for November 16, 2004

Benjamin Grumbles
Acting Assistant Administrator
Office of Water

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:

  1. EPA Issues New Water Quality Trading Handbook
  2. EPA Announces the Opening of Four New EMS Local Resource Centers
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1. EPA Issues New Water Quality Trading Handbook

EPA recently published a new document on water quality trading to add to the “toolkits” of water quality managers and watershed stakeholders to help make cost-effective pollutant reductions that achieve water quality standards. Using a hypothetical river basin, The Water Quality Trading Assessment Handbook illustrates an analytical framework that can be used in any watershed to evaluate the conditions and water quality problem(s) and determine if water quality trading might effectively address local conditions. You may order paper copies of the handbook at no charge from the National Service Center for Environmental Publications at (800) 490-9198 or via email at ncepimal@one.net (please refer to the EPA document number EPA 841-B-04-001). You may also access and download the handbook at: http://www.epa.gov/owow/watershed/trading/handbook For handbook questions, you may contact Lynda Hall (202) 566-1210 or Katharine Dowell (202) 564-1515.


2. EPA Announces the Opening of Four New EMS Local Resource Centers

The Office of Water, working in cooperation with the Global Environment and Technology Foundation, has announced the selection of four new Environmental Management Systems (EMS) Local Resource Centers (PEER Centers) to help local governments learn more about and adopt EMSs for their operations. These Centers are part of the Office of Water's ongoing Public Entity EMS Resource (PEER) Initiative. The new Centers are located at the University of Missouri-Rolla, Kansas State University, the University of Colorado, and EcoVenture in Oakland, California. EMSs provide organizations with a structured approach for assessing and reducing their environmental impacts on a continual basis. Acting Assistant Administrator Benjamin Grumbles said "we are impressed by the expertise and willingness of these organizations to serve the EMS needs of public entities." These new Centers join seven existing Centers around the country as part of the Office of Water's ongoing effort to promote EMS adoption by local governments to improve environmental performance and help ensure sustainable infrastructure for the future. More information about the Centers can be found at www.peercenter.net Exit EPA Disclaimer or by contacting Jim Horne at 202-564-0571; horne.james@epa.gov.

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