Water Boards: Training Academy

Water Quality Standards Academy
- Basic Course -
Presented by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 9
Office of Science and Technology and CRWQB
Double Tree Hotel Rohnert Park, CA
May 12-16, 2008
SCHEDULE OF MODULES

Monday, May 12, 2008

9:30 - 10:00	Module 1: Introduction & Welcome
10:00 - 11:30	Module 2: Overview CA Terminology
11:30 - 12:15	Lunch (Box)
12:15 - 2:00	Water of the US / Waters of CA Waters of the State Committee Hearings Waters of the United States - Under the Clean Water Act
2:00 - 4:00	Module 3: Designated Uses Benenfical Uses - California Perspective
4:00 - 4:15	Break
4:15 - 4:45	Module 7: Introduction to Criteria
4:45 - 5:30	Module 14: Antidegradation CA 68-16

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

8:00 - 8:15	Review
8:15 - 10:15	Implementation of Water Quality Standards and Water Quality Based Approach California Implementation
10:15 - 10:30	Break
10:30 - 11:30	Participant Expectations & Introduction
11:30 - 12:30	Lunch
12:30 - 1:30	Module 9: Aquatic Life Criteria An Introduction to the Biotic Ligand Model (BLM) U.S. EPA: Mid-Continent Ecology Division ECOTOX Databases Establishing Site Specific Aquatic Life Criteria Equal to Natural Background
1:30 - 2:30	Module 8: Human Health Ambient Water Quality Criteria (AWQC) Revised Methodology for Deriving Health-Based Ambient Water Quality Criteria (2000)
2:30 - 2:45	Break
2:45- 3:45	Module 19a: 401 Certification Endangered Species Act Endangered Species Act Glossary Of Key Terms Federal Register - 1991
3:45 - 4:45	Module 10: Sediment Quality Assessment Sediment Quality Objectives for Enclosed Bays and Estuaries and Implementation

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

8:00 - 8:15	Review
8:15 - 9:15	Module 9: Biotic Ligand Model CA SSO’s
9:15 - 9:30	Break
9:30 - 1:00	Module 8: Human Health Methodology - Approach to Criterion Development Instructions for the Class Problems Human Health Methodology - Exercise Human Health Methodology - Answers
11:00 - 12:15	Module 24: Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Bacteria Implementing Bacteria Objectives: A Reference System Approach
12:15 - 1:15	Lunch
1:15 - 2:45	Module 4: Use Attainability Analyses (UAAs) Tools for Achieving Water Quality Standards California Case by Case Exceptions Improving the Effectiveness of the Use Attainability Analysis (UAA) Process
2:45 - 3:00	Break
3:00 - 4:00	Module 16: Economic Considerations California Economic Considerations
4:00 - 5:00	Module 11: Biological Criteria Examples of General Narrative Aquatic Life Standards & Biocriteria Answering Some Concerns About Biological Criteria Basedon Experiences in Ohio

Thursday, May 15, 2008

8:00 - 8:15	Review
8:15 - 9:15	Monitoring & Assessment Monitoring and Assessment - Terry Fleming 20 Monitoring Websites
9:15 - 10:15	Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) 40 CFR, Ch.1 Section 130.7 Addressing 303(d) Listed Waters through Total Maximum Daily Loads
10:15 - 10:30	Break
10:30 - 12:00	Module 18: Submittal and Review (Includes ESA) / CA Perspective EPA - Fact Sheet: WQ Establishment of Numeric Criteria for Priority Toxic Pollutants for the State of California Review and Submittal EPA Review and Approval of State & Tribal Water Quality Standards
12:00 - 1:15	Lunch
1:15 - 1:45	Module 21: Tribal Lands Indial Tribal Approvals 40 CFR, Ch.1, Section 131 40 CFR, Ch 1, Section 131.10
1:45 - 3:30	Module 12: Stream and Wetland Systems Protection Policy - SFRWQCB Development and Adoption of Nutrient Criteria into WQ Standards N-STEPS Nutrient Conundrum Nitrogen & Phosphorus Pollution EPA Memo: Nutrient Pollution and Numeric WQ Standards Status of Nutrient Criteria Development Nutrient Related Impairments Conceptual Model - NCRWQCB
3:30 - 3:45	Break
3:45 - 5:00	Module 17: Mixing Zones

Friday, May 16, 2008

8:15 - 8:30	Review
8:30 - 10:00	NPDES Permits and Compliance Schedules Overview Overivew of the Current and Projected NPDES Universe EPA Memo: Compliance Schedules for WQ Based Effluent Limitations in NPDES Permits
10:00 - 10:15	Break
10:15 - 12:00	WET Criteria and Permitting
12:00 - 1:15	Lunch
1:15 - 2:30	Review Contest
2:30 - 3:00	Module 23: Wrap-Up