Directory of Key Actions

CWAP Key Action Items

	Key Action #	Description	CWAP Page #
	1	Fish survey - mercury/contaminants	25
	2	Multimedia strategy for mercury/other toxic pollutants	25
	3	Contaminated sediment strategy	25
	4	Sediment recovery demonstrations	25
	5	Consistent fish monitoring/advisories	25
	6	Great Lakes fish epidemiology study	26
	7	Spanish/Asian seafood risk brochures	26
	8	Contaminated seafood outreach to health care professionals	26
	9	Shellfish bed condition report	26
	10	Compliance/enforcement for sources of shellfish closures	26
	11	Beach Action Plan	27
	12	Internet information of beach closures	27
	13	Microbiological standards for beaches	27
	14	Compliance/enforcement for sources of beach closures	28
	15	Drinking water source water assessments	29
	16	Compliance/enforcement for drinking water contamination	29
	17	Endocrine disrupter evaluation study	29
	18	National Academy of Sciences - endocrine disruption	30
	19	Unified Federal Policy on federal lands	33
	20	Maintain/relocate/decommission forest roads	34
	21	Forest transportation regulations	34
	22	Clean Water Act regulations/pilot on forest roads	34
	23	Restore 25,000 miles of stream corridors	34
	24	Forest health strategy (disease/wildfire)	35
	25	Assist states/tribes - forest health/water quality assessments	35
	26	Forest health survey/monitoring - 50 States	35
	27	Rangeland allotment/monitoring/management	35
	28	Rangeland vegetation classification	35
	29	Cleanup of hard rock mines	36
	30	Active mining operations watershed partnerships	36
	31	Cooperative coal mine clean up	37
	32	Coal mining effluent guidelines	37
	33	Watershed assessments on federal lands	38
	34	Test watershed analysis process	39
	35	Assessment of Bureau of Reclamation impact on water quality	39
	36	Review of federal licensing and use authorization	39
	37	Avoidance/no net loss of wetlands in regulatory program	42
	38	Expand wetlands reserve to 250,000 acres	42
	39	Increase Corps restoration by 50%	42
	40	Wetlands mitigation banking review	42
	41	Wetlands restoration in 500 watersheds	42
	42	Coastal wetlands restoration	42
	43	Restoration through enforcement	42
	44	50% increase in highway wetlands mitigation	43
	45	Single wetlands status and trends report	43
	46	Guidance on restoration, creation, enhancement of wetlands	43
	47	Tracking system for wetland gains	43
	48	Access to information for wetland planning	45
	49	Watershed Assistance Grants for wetlands	45
	50	Assistance to states and tribes for habitat planning	45
	51	Response to outbreaks of algae/pfiesteria	46
	52	Technical/financial assistance to reduce coastal polluted runoff	46
	53	Algal bloom strategy	46
	54	Identification of essential fish habitat	47
	55	Beneficial use of dredged material	47
	56	Approved polluted runoff programs in coastal areas	47
	57	Build coastal partnerships	47
	58	Year of the Ocean	48
	59	Develop multi-agency Coastal Research Strategy	48
	60	Coastal monitoring coordination/report	49
	61	Twelve stream restoration demonstrations	49
	62	Two million miles of conservation buffers	50
	63	Four million buffer acres in Conservation Reserve	50
64	Partnerships for buffers	50
65	Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program notice/guidance	50
66	CREP assistance to states	51
67	Marketing and promotion orders for pollution objectives	52
68	Insurance for innovation risks	53
69	"Blue Water" marketing	53
70	Upgrade polluted runoff programs	55
71	Anti-degradation guidance for polluted runoff	56
72	Enforceable state/tribal authority for non-point sources	57
73	Use of State Revolving Fund for polluted runoff	57
74	Numeric criteria for nutrients in water bodies	59
75	Better quantify atmospheric deposition	59
76	Link Total Maximum Daily Loads to air emissions	59
77	On site system management guidance	60
78	Centralized management of decentralized systems	60
79	Phase II Stormwater regulations	61
80	Target stormwater compliance/enforcement	61
81	EPA draft Animal Feeding Operation Strategy	62
82	EPA/USDA Unified National Animal Feeding Operation Strategy	64
83	Support local smart growth initiatives	64
84	Total Maximum Daily Load credits for smart growth	64
85	Smart growth and National Environmental Policy Act	64
86	Tax incentive proposals	65
87	Develop monitoring standards and protocols	67
88	Report on polluted runoff monitoring/assessment	67
89	Nutrient input and transport model/estimates	67
90	Nutrient reduction tracking system	68
91	Point source monitoring/reporting	68
92	Internet-based Water Information Network	70
93	Internet watershed health system	71
94	Unified Watershed Assessments	77
95	Federal support for unified assessments	77
96	Identification of watershed restoration priorities	78
97	Upgrade Index of Watershed Indicators	79
98	Develop Watershed Restoration Action Strategies	80
99	Guidance on Fiscal Year 1999 resources	81
100	Total Maximum Daily Loads on federal lands	81
101	Bureau of Indian Affairs assists tribes on water quality	81
102	Watershed Restoration Progress Report	81
103	Watershed partnership grants	84
104	Assistance to watershed groups	84
105	National watershed awards	85
106	Inventory of watershed training programs	86
107	Compliance/enforcement on watershed basis	86
108	National Watershed Forum	87
109	Support watershed program coordinators	87
110	Increase collaboration among federal agencies	88
111	Government Performance Results Act goals coordination	88

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