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Background Materials

TMDLs Where Mercury Loadings Are Predominantly from Air Deposition. To view Cover Letter to this EPA Memorandum, click here.

305b/303d Workload Reduction Responses from the States, Tom Stiles (KS)

ASIWPCA’s Recommendations on the Integrated Report Submission

Causal Analysis/Diagnosis Decision Information System: Caddis Website

Clean Water Act TMDL Program: Law, Policy, and Implementation by Oliver Houck (published by the Environmental Law Institute)

Draft Regional Mercury TMDL by NEIWPCC

Examples of TMDL Implementation by the Ag Sector

Fact Sheet on NPDES Watershed-Based Permitting Approach

The Role of Aquatic Invasive Species in State Listing of Impaired Waters and the TMDL Program: Seven Case Studies by the Environmental Law Institute

State-by-State summary of # impaired water bodies, #TMDLs developed, # of causes of impairment, top 5 causes of impairment, 2008 Integrated Report/305(b)/303(d) Submission Status

Status of 2008 303(d) List Submission and Approval

TMDL Implementation Tracking Needs Assessment: Current Status and Future Needs for States in Regions 5, 6, and 10

VA Tech’s TMDL Knowledgebase Clearinghouse (contains TMDL State Program summaries, Literature Reviews and TMDL Guidance Documents)

Watershed Planning Handbook website

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