State TMDL Program Resource Center

A Project of the Environmental Law Institute

Web Only Workshop Materials

U.S. EPA Office of Water, NPS Control Branch, Handbook for Developing Watershed Plans to Restore and Protect Our Waters, EPA 841-B-08-002 (March 2008) (400 pp).

U.S. EPA Office of Water, Office of Wetlands, Oceans, & Watersheds, Handbook for Developing Watershed TMDLs (DRAFT Dec. 2008) (168 pp).

Illustrative Watershed Plans

• Mill Creek (PA) Watershed Implementation Plan (2006) (70 pp)
• Beaver Creek and Little Creek (VA) WQ Implementation Plan (2007) (41 pp)
• Blacks Creek (PA) Restoration Plan (2007) (110 pp)
• Watershed Based Plan for the Deckers Creek (WV) Watershed (2005) (53 pp)

Links to California Nonpoint Source Regulatory Programs

Forestry

• Central Coast Regional WQ Control Board Timber Harvest Program
• Central Valley Regional WQ Control Board Timber Harvest Program
• Lahontan Regional WQ Control Board Timber Harvest/Fire-Safe Projects
• North Coast Regional WQ Control Board Timber Operations

Dairies

• Santa Ana Region WQ Control Board General Waste Discharge Requirements for CAFOs
• Central Valley Regional WQ Control Board Dairy Program Regulations and Requirements

Irrigated Agriculture

• State Water Resources Control Board Irrigated Lands Regulatory Program

Committee on the Mississippi River and the Clean Water Act: Scientific, Modeling and Technical Aspects of Nutrient Pollutant Load Allocation and Implementation, National Research Council, Nutrient Control Actions for Improving Water Quality in the Mississippi River Basin and Northern Gulf of Mexico (2008) (77 pp).

Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force, Fiscal Year 2009 Annual Operating Plan (62 pp).

John Hoornbeek, et al., Kent State University, Implementing Total Maximum Daily Loads: Understanding and Fostering Successful Results (2008) (154 pp).

NACWA Strategic Watershed Task Force, Recommendations for a Viable and Vital 21st Century Clean Water Policy (2007) (32 pp).

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