ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON WATER INFORMATION May 15-16, 2001, Bechtel Conference Center American Society of Civil Engineers World Headquarters 1801 Alexander Bell Drive, Reston, Virginia 20191-4400 (703) 295- 6167; (703) 295-6139 fax; www.asce.org ACWI Final AGENDA (5/13/01) Day 1   Tuesday May 15, 2001 8:00 a.m. Registration and Coffee 8:30 a.m. Welcome to the ASCE Headquarters and Bechtel Conference Center (John Durrant, Executive Director, American Society of Civil Engineers) 8:45 a.m. Interior Address (Amy Holley, Acting Chief of Staff, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, U.S. Department of the Interior) 9:00 a.m. Introduction, opening remarks and Review of Agenda (Robert Hirsch, Associate Director for Water, U.S. Geological Survey and ACWI Alternate Chair) 9:15 a.m. Federal Roundtable - Comments on the FY 2002 Budget Outlook for the Agency and for Water Programs (5 min ea) DOI and USGS (Amy Holley, Acting Chief of Staff, Water & Science) EPA and Office of Water (James Hanlon, Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for Water) NOAA and NWS (Greg Mandt, Director, Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services) USDA - Environment and Natural Resources (Don Woodward, Natural Resources Conservation Service) Questions and Discussion 9:45 a.m. ACWI Member Roundtable - Comments on Key Water Information Issues (2-5 min ea) ESA - Update on the Ecological Society of America (Dr. Mary Barber, 5 min.) NACO (James Davenport) EPRI - Proposal to develop a tool to analyze future scenarios of regional water demand and availability (Robert Goldstein, 5 min.) WSWC (Yujuin Yang) AWWA (Lloyd Gronning) NCASI (Ray Whittemore) WEF (Al Gray) UCOWR (Christopher Lant) NGWA (Robert Masters) ASIWPCA (Gregg Good) ASCE (David Westerling) AMSA (Chris Hornback) GWPC . Integration of Clean water and Safe Drinking water acts; monitoring ground water contribution to surface water base flow for TMDL's (Rodney DeHan, 5 min.) ICWP (Tom Stiles) ASFPM (David Carlton) AASG (Emery Cleaves) ASDWA (Vanessa Leiby) NCGA (Keira Franz) ACPA (John Thorne) CTIC . Update on the Core 4 Mission (Ed Frye, 5 min.) AWSE (Barry Norris) 10:45 a.m. Break 11:00 a.m. Accomplishments of the National Water Quality Monitoring Council (John Klein, Assistant Regional Hydrologist, USGS Western Region and Co-Chair, National Water Quality Monitoring Council)   Consideration of a Standard List of Water Quality Data Elements (Charles Spooner, EPA Office of Water and Co-Chair, National Water Quality Monitoring Council; Chuck Job, Chief, EPA Infrastructure Branch, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, and Chair, Methods Board WQDE Work Group; Glenn Patterson, Drinking Water Program, USGS Office of Water Quality) * RESOLUTION of the Advisory Committee on Water Information  Adopting the Data Elements for Reporting Water Quality Results of Chemical and Microbiological Analytes 11:55 a.m. Updates on Federal Interagency Activities Unified Federal Policy National Watershed Forum (Glenn Patterson, Interior Steering Committee on Clean Water) Southeast Watershed Forum Survey of Watersheds and Environmental Issues (Christine Olsenius, Southeast Watershed Forum Coordinator) Sustainable Water Resources Roundtable (Ethan T. Smith, Secretariat, Interagency Working Group on Sustainable Development Indicators) Questions and Discussion 12:25 p.m. Lunch Buffet 1:15 p.m. Keynote Address: The Fishable Waters Act. an approach to non-point source and aquatic habitat programs (Norville Prosser, American Sportfishing Association, Fishable Waters Coalition) 2:00 p.m. Report on the Hydrology Subcommittee (Glenn Austin, Chair; Chief, Hydrologic Services Division, NOAA National Weather Service) * Hydrology Subcommittee . Questions, Discussion, Actions 2:30 p.m. Assessment of State and Regional Monitoring Councils, and Plans for 3rd National Water Quality Monitoring Conference 2002 (Linda Green, University of Rhode Island, Watershed Watch, and Co-Chair, Outreach Workgroup, National Monitoring Council) * National Water Quality Monitoring Council . Questions, Discussion, Actions, including ACWI endorsement of      *Continued Momentum in the Formation of State/Reg.l. Monitoring        Councils      * Plans for the 3rd National Water Quality Monitoring Conference 3:00 p.m. Update on Clean Water Act Monitoring Programs (James Hanlon, Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for Water, EPA; and Susan Gilbertson, Acting Chief, Monitoring Branch, EPA Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds) 3:45 p.m. Break 4:00 p.m. Status of Recommendations from the ACWI Task Force to Review the USGS Cooperative Water Program (COOP) (Emery Cleaves, Vice President, Association of American State Geologists; and Steve Blanchard, Acting Chief, USGS/Water Office of Information) 4:15 p.m. Report on the National Environmental Methods Index (NEMI) (Herb Brass, EPA Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, and Co-Chair, Methods and Data Comparability Board; and Larry Keith, President and CEO, Instant Reference Sources, Inc., and Chair of the Methods Board NEMI Work Group) * Methods Board - NEMI - Questions, Discussion, Actions 5:00 p.m. Review of Day 2 Agenda and Adjourn First Day (Toni Johnson, ACWI Designated Federal Officer and Executive Secretary) Day 2  Wednesday May 16, 2001 7:30 a.m. Registration and Coffee 8:00 a.m. Keynote Address: Environmental Indicators and Relationships to Human Health (Lynn R. Goldman, MD, Pew Environmental Health Commission, and visiting scholar, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health) 9:00 a.m. Report of the Methods and Data Comparability Board of the NWQMC (Herb Brass, EPA Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water and Co-Chair of the Methods and Data Comparability Board) Overview of Methods Board Activities Laboratory Accreditation Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) Pilot for Performance Based Systems (PBMS) Biology and Nutrient Work Group Updates *Methods Board Questions, Discussion, Actions     * Laboratory Accreditation Action 9:45 a.m. Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Science Issues Conference 2001 (Al Gray, Deputy Executive Director, Water Environment Federation)     * Future TMDL Conference . Questions, Discussion, Actions 10:05 a.m. Break 10:20 a.m. Report on the National Liaison Committee and Twelve Water Quality Themes (Timothy L. Miller, Chief, USGS National Water Quality Assessment Program) * National Liaison Committee . Questions, Discussion, Actions 10:40 a.m. Guidance for Work Groups and Web Demos (Toni Johnson, Chief, USGS Water Information Coordination Program, and Executive Secretary for ACWI) 10:45 a.m. > Proposed Symposium on Ground Water.Surface Water Interactions (Charlie Merk, Chief, USGS Configuration Management Program; and Robert Reynolds, USGS Customer Relations and Communications Program, Facilitators; Rodney DeHan, Ground Water Protection Council, and Chair, Council Work Group on Watershed Components Interactions: Introduction to GW/SW Symposium) >Priorities for the 2002 Cooperative Water Program (Pixie Hamilton, Hydrologist, USGS NAWQA Program, Facilitator; and Herb Freiberger, Staff Hydrologist and Program Officer, USGS Eastern Region: Introduction to the Cooperative Water Program) > Internet Demonstrations on the World Wide Web (Ballroom) - STORET (Bob King, EPA) - Nat.l. Streamflow Information Program (NSIP; Kim Martz, USGS) - Real-Time Streamflow Information (Kim Martz, USGS) - WATERS (Tod Dabolt, EPA) - Nat.l. Water Information System (NWIS-Web; Kim Martz, USGS) - Window to My Environment (WME; Karen Klima, EPA) - Nat.l. Environ. Methods Index (NEMI; Larry Keith, IRS) 12:00 p.m. Pick up box lunch and continue Work Groups or Demos 12:45 p.m. Work Group Reports (10 min each) >Input to 2002 Coop Priorities >GW/SW Interactions Symposium >Work Group Questions, Discussion, Actions    * Concurrence/Process for Coop Priorities 2002    * Concurrence/Process for GW/SW Symposium 2002 1:15 p.m. Importance of Long-Term Ground-Water-Level Monitoring (William M. Alley, Chief, USGS Office of Ground Water) 2:00 p.m. National Streamflow Information Program (NSIP) (Mike Norris, Acting Chief, USGS Office of Surface Water) 2:30 p.m. Report of the Streamgaging Task Force (Tom Stiles, Interstate Council on Water Policy and Co-Chair, Streamgaging Task Force) *Streamgaging - Questions, Discussion, Actions 3:10 p.m. Break 3:25 p.m. Report of the Subcommittee on Spatial Water Data (Robert R. Pierce, Chief, USGS Geographic Information Program Office) * Spatial Water Data . Questions, Discussion, Actions 4:00 p.m. Public Statements to ACWI in Response to Federal Register Notice 4:15 p.m. Wrap Up Actions (Toni Johnson, Exec Sec; Charles Merk, Facilitator; Chet Zenone, Recorder; Robert Reynolds, Action Items) * Actions Summary from this meeting * Discuss time and place for next meeting in 2002 * Closing Comments 4:30 p.m. ADJOURN Formal FACA Meeting Notes: > Normal Bullet    * Indicates action or Endorsement by ACWI