# Presentation: 482180

## Appendix D

**Detailed Measures Appendix: Measures with National and Regional Data and Targets**

## Table of Contents

- 1) Water Safe to Drink		2
- 2) Safe Fish and Shellfish		20
- 3) Safe Swimming		22
- 4) Water Quality			26
- 5) Oceans/Coastal		56
- 6) Wetlands			66
- 7) Mexico Border			71
- 8) Pacific Islands			74

-  9) Great Lakes			77
- 10) Chesapeake Bay		85
- 11) Gulf of Mexico		90
- 12) Long Island Sound		94
- 13) South Florida			97
- 14) Puget Sound			100
- 15) Columbia River		102

## Water Safe to Drink

**Measure #: Subobjective 2.1.1****	****	****	****National Office Lead: ** OGWDW
**Measure Description:  **Percent of the population served by community water systems that receive drinking water that meets all applicable health-based drinking water standards through approaches including effective treatment and source water protection.

**2011 Target:  **91%

- Target measure, PART measure, and FY 08 State Grant Template measure.
- *FY 05 and FY 06 end-of-year data reflect data from SDWIS.
- **FY 06 national commitment total adjusted from 90.5% to 90.9% to reflect weighted regional commitments.

**National Program Manager Comments:**

## Water Safe to Drink

**Measure #: Strategic Target SP-1****	****	****	****National Office Lead: ** OGWDW
**Measure Description:  **Percent of community water systems that meet all applicable health-based standards through approaches that include effective treatment and source water protection.

**2011 Target:  **90%

**National Program Manager Comments:**

- Target measure; PART measure; and FY 08 State Grant Template measure.
- *FY 06 and FY 07 end-of-year data not from ACS.

## Water Safe to Drink

**Measure #: Strategic Target SP-2****	****	****	****National Office Lead: ** OGWDW
**Measure Description:  **Percent of “person months” (i.e., all persons served by community water systems times 12 months) during which community water systems provide drinking water that meets all applicable health-based drinking water standards.

**2011 Target:  **96%

**National Program Manager Comments:**

- Target measure, PART measure, and Senior Management measure.
- *FY 06 end-of-year data not from ACS.  This measure was an Indicator measure in FY 07.

## Water Safe to Drink

**Measure #: Strategic Target SP-3****	****	****	****National Office Lead: ** OGWDW
**Measure Description:  **Percent of the population in Indian country served by community water systems that receive drinking water that meets all applicable health-based drinking water standards.

- Target measure and Senior Management measure.
- *FY 05 and FY 06 end-of-year data reflect data from SDWIS.
- **In FY 06, only a national commitment was established.

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**2011 Target: **86%

## Water Safe to Drink

**Measure #: Strategic Target SP-4****	****	****	****National Office Lead: ** OGWDW

**2011 Target: **62%

- Target measure and FY 08 State Grant Template measure.  SP-4a is a PART measure.  Note: “Minimized risk” is achieved by the substantial implementation, as determined by the state, of actions in a source water protection strategy.  The universe is the most recent SDWIS inventory of community water systems.  *2006 Adjusted Commitment is an adjustment of the FY 06 commitment to reflect FY 05 results. ** FY 06 and FY 07 end-of-year adjusted data not from ACS.

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**2011 Target: **50%

**(SP-4a) Community water systems: **

**(SP-4b) Population:**

**Measure Description:  **Percent of community water systems and percent of the population served by community water systems where risk to public health is minimized through source water protection.

## Water Safe to Drink

- Target measure, HQ reported measure, and PART measure.
- This measure involves coordination with other federal agencies.

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #: Strategic Target SP-5****	**** ****	****              National Office Lead: ** OGWDW
**Measure Description:  **Number of homes on tribal lands lacking access to safe drinking water.

**2015 Target: **Reduce by half from 2003 baseline   (from 38,637 to 19,319)

## Water Safe to Drink

**Measure Description:  **Percent of community water systems (CWSs) and number of tribal community water systems that have undergone a sanitary survey within the past three years (five years for outstanding performers) as required under the Interim Enhanced and Long-Term 1 Surface Water Treatment Rules.

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #: SDW-1 ****	****	****	****	****National Office Lead: ** OGWDW

- Target measure. SDW-1a is a PART measure and FY 08 State Grant Template measure. *Prior to FY 07, this measure tracked states, rather than CWSs, in compliance with this regulation. **Region 2 will not have FY 07 end-of-year data until April 2008.  The national FY 07 end-of-year result provided is an estimate.

**(SDW-1a) CWSs in States: **

**(SDW-1b) CWSs in Tribes: **

## Water Safe to Drink

**Measure #: SDW-2 ****	****	****	****              National Office Lead: ** OGWDW
**Measure Description:  **Percent of the data for violations of health-based standards at public water systems that is accurate and complete in SDWIS-FED for all maximum contaminant level and treatment technique rules (excluding the Lead and Copper Rule).

**National Program Manager Comments:**

- Indicator measure and PART measure.
- The FY 07 end-of-year result is based on audits conducted during 2005 and 2006.  Future results will be based on prior three-year rolling data from data verification audits.

## Water Safe to Drink

**Measure #: SDW-3 ****	****	****	****              National Office Lead: ** OGWDW
**Measure Description:**  Percent of the Lead action level data that for the Lead and Copper Rule, for community water systems serving over 3,300 people, that is complete in SDWIS-FED.

**National Program Manager Comments:**

- Indicator measure
- *This measure is calculated every three years to match the requirements for lead sampling. The 2005–2007 results will be calculated in April 2008.

## Water Safe to Drink

**Measure Description:  **Fund utilization rate [cumulative dollar amount of loan agreements divided by cumulative funds available for projects] for the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF).

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #: SDW-4 ****	****	****	****	****National Office Lead: ** OGWDW**	****	**

- Target measure and PART measure.
- *FY 06 national commitment total adjusted to reflect weighted regional commitments.
- **Universe represents the funds available for projects for the DWSRF through 2007, in millions of dollars (i.e., the denominator of the measure).

## Water Safe to Drink

**Measure Description:**  Number of Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) projects that have initiated operations.

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #: SDW-5 ****	****	****	****	****National Office Lead: ** OGWDW**	**** **

- Target measure and PART related measure. This measure will be annually reported in ACS in FY 2009.
- The 2006 PART annual target is 425; the 2007 PART annual target is 430.

## Water Safe to Drink

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #: SDW-6****	****	****	****	****National Office Lead: ** OGWDW**	****	**

- Target measure, PART measure, and FY 08 State Grant Template measure.
- *The universe reflects FY 07 end-of-year and is subject to change in FY 08.

## Water Safe to Drink

**Measure Description:  **Percent of deep injection wells that are used to inject industrial, municipal, or hazardous waste (Class I) that lose mechanical integrity and are returned to compliance within 180 days, thereby reducing the potential to endanger underground sources of drinking water.

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #: SDW-7a ****	****	****	****	****National Office Lead: ** OGWDW

- Target measure, PART measure, and FY 08 State Grant Template measure.
- *The universe reflects FY 07 end-of-year and is subject to change in FY 08.
- Measure revised for FY 09.

**(SDW-7a) Class I:**

## Water Safe to Drink

**Measure Description:  **Percent of deep injection wells, that are used to enhance oil recovery or that are used for the disposal or storage of other oil production related activities (Class II), that lose mechanical integrity and are returned to compliance within 180 days, thereby reducing the potential to endanger underground sources of drinking water.

**National Program Manager Comments:**

- Target measure, PART measure, and FY 08 State Grant Template measure.
- *The universe reflects FY 07 end-of-year and is subject to change in FY 08.
- Measure revised for FY 09.

**Measure #: SDW-7b****	****	****	****National Office Lead: ** OGWDW**	****	**

**(SDW-7b) Class II:**

## Water Safe to Drink

**Measure Description:  **Percent of deep injection wells that are used for salt solution mining (Class III) that lose mechanical integrity and are returned to compliance within 180 days, thereby reducing the potential to endanger underground sources of drinking water.

**National Program Manager Comments:**

- Target measure, PART measure, and FY 08 State Grant Template measure.
- *The universe reflects FY 07 end-of-year and is subject to change in FY 08.
- Measure revised for FY 09

**Measure #: SDW-7c****	****	****	****National Office Lead: ** OGWDW**	****	**

**(SDW-7c) Class III:**

## Water Safe to Drink

**Measure Description:  **Percent of high priority Class V wells identified in ground water protection areas that are closed or permitted.

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #: SDW-8 ****	****	****	****	****National Office Lead: ** OGWDW

- Target measure and PART related measure. Note: Measure will still set target and commitment and report results in both percent and number.
- “Sensitive ground water protection areas” are defined by the UIC primacy program director, but at a minimum must include ground water based community water system source water areas. This measure does not report all of the high priority wells that are being closed or permitted because some states do not distinguish between high priority wells in ground water based community water system source water areas and other areas.
- *The universe reflects FY 07 end-of-year and is subject to change in FY 08.
- Measure revised for FY 09.

## Water Safe to Drink

**Measure Description:  **Percent of community water system intakes for which source water was assessed for drinking water use during the most recent reporting cycle.

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #: SDW-9****	****	****	****National Office Lead: ** OGWDW/OWOW**	****	**

- Indicator measure
- HQ reports results by Region/nationally, based on data collected to support Clean Water Act (CWA) measures when such data becomes available.  The number of states reporting drinking water use assessments to the Assessment Database (ADB) under the Integrated Reporting Guidance will increase over time.

## Water Safe to Drink

**Measure Description:  **Percent of waterbody impairments identified by States in 2002, in which there is a community water system intake and the impairment cause is for either a drinking water use or a pollutant that is regulated as a drinking water contaminant, for which: (a) there is a TMDL, and (b) the waterbody impairments have been restored.

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #: SDW-10****	****	****	****National Office Lead: ** OGWDW/OWOW**	****	**

**(SDW-10a) TMDL:**

**(SDW-10b) Waterbody Impairments have been restored:**

- Indicator measure. HQ reports results by Region/nationally based on data collected to support Subobjective 2.2.1.
- Baselines and targets to be determined in consultation with OWOW after geo-referencing baseline has been established for Clean Water Act (CWA) reporting and with consideration of targets established for CWA reporting.

## Fish and Shellfish Safe to Eat

**Measure #: Strategic Target SP-6****	****	****	****National Office Lead: ** OST
**Measure Description:  **Percent of women of childbearing age having mercury levels in blood above the level of concern.

- Target measure and HQ reported measure (applies to measures SP-6 and SP-7).

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**2011 Target:  **4.6%

**2011 Target:  **Maintain or improve

**Measure #: Strategic Target SP-7****	****	****	****National Office Lead: ** OST
**Measure Description:  **Percent of state-monitored shellfish growing acres impacted by anthropogenic sources that are approved or conditionally approved for use.

**SP-6**

**SP-7**

## Fish and Shellfish Safe to Eat

**Measure #: Strategic Target FS-1****	****	****	****National Office Lead: ** OST
**Measure Description:  **Percent of river miles and lake acres where fish tissue will be assessed to support waterbody-specific or regional consumption advisories or a determination that no consumption advice is necessary.  (Great Lakes measured separately; Alaska not included)

- Indicator measure and HQ reported measure.
- *This is the actual FY 06 end-of-year result. An estimated FY 06 end-of-year result had been entered in ACS.

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**(FS-1a) River miles: **

**(FS-1b) Lake acres:**

## Water Safe for Swimming

**Measure #: Strategic Target SP-8****	****	****National Office Lead: ** OST/OWOW
**Measure Description:  **Number of waterborne disease outbreaks attributable to swimming in or other recreational contact with coastal and Great Lakes waters, measured as a 5-year average.

**2011 Target: **2 per year

- Target measure and HQ reported measure.

**National Program Manager Comments:**

## Water Safe for Swimming

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**2011 Target: **96%

**Measure #: Strategic Target SP-9****	****	****	****National Office Lead: ** OST
**Measure Description:  **Percent of days of the beach season that coastal and Great Lakes beaches monitored by state beach safety programs are open and safe for swimming.

- Target measure and FY 08 State Grant Template measure. Universe changes annually.
- *In FY 05 and FY 06, only a national commitment/end-of-year number was reported in ACS.
- **Per ACS, Region 9’s FY 07 commitment reflects the inclusion of Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Marianas for the first time.  These territories have a higher percentage of beach season day closures resulting in a lower commitment at the regional and national levels.
- *** This is Calendar Year 2006 data.
- Universe equals the total number of beach season days that beaches were open.

## Water Safe for Swimming

- *Measure revised for FY 08. FY 06 and FY 07 numbers are based on a slightly different definition.
- Beginning in FY 08, OECA and OWM agreed on common language and data collection procedures to streamline this measure.  While the definition is slightly different for OWM, the past data is still valid for comparison with future data. We have included a revised baseline to demonstrate the real progress for      FY 08. While national numbers are fairly stable, the Regional baselines did change.
- **FY 06 commitments and results are shown in ACS as percents.

**Measure Description:**  Number and national percent, using a constant denominator, of Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) permits with a schedule incorporated into an appropriate enforceable mechanism, including a permit or enforcement order, with specific dates and milestones, including a completion date consistent with Agency guidance, which requires: 1) Implementation of a Long Term Control Plan (LTCP) which will result in compliance with the technology and water quality-based requirements of the Clean Water Act; or  2) implementation of any other acceptable CSO control measures consistent with the 1994 CSO Control Policy; or 3) completion of separation after the baseline date. (cumulative)

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #:  SS-1****	****	****	****	****	****National Office Lead: **OWM

## Water Safe for Swimming

**Measure Description:  **Percent of all Tier I (significant) public beaches that are monitored and managed under the BEACH Act program.

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #:  SS-2****	****	****	****	****	****National Office Lead: **OST

- Target measure and FY 08 State Grant Template measure.
- States may change their designation of beaches at any time.  Therefore, these numbers may change from year to year.
- *Universe for FY 2008 Tier I beaches may be adjusted.

## Improve Water Quality on a Watershed Basis

**Measure Description**:  Number of waterbodies identified in 2002 as not attaining water quality standards where standards are now fully attained.** **(cumulative)

**2012 Target: **2,250

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #:  Strategic Target SP-10****	****	****	****National Office Lead:  **OWOW

- Target measure, PART measure, FY 08 State Grant Template measure, and Senior Management measure.
- *FY 07 data from Regional staff and is not reflected in ACS since this measure begins in 2008.
- **FY 08 commitments as agreed to in ACS in October 2007.
****These are adjusted FY 08 targets in the FY 09 Budget Congressional Justification and PARTWeb and are proposed FY 08 commitment adjustments for ACS.  National total is rounded to 1,550.*
- Note that SP-10 differs from previous Measure L, since it is based on an updated 2002 baseline.
- Note: 2000-2002 results equal 1,980 waters – not included above.

## Improve Water Quality on a Watershed Basis

**Measure Description:  **Remove the specific causes of waterbody impairment identified by states in 2002. (cumulative)

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #: Strategic Target** **SP-11****	****	****	****National Office Lead: **OWOW

- Target measure
- *FY 07 data from Regional staff and is not reflected in ACS since measure begins in 2008.
- **FY 08 commitments as agreed to in ACS in October 2007.
****These are adjusted FY 08 targets in the FY 09 Budget Congressional Justification and are proposed FY 08 commitment adjustments for ACS.  National total is rounded to 4,600.*

**2012 Target: **5,600

## Improve Water Quality on a Watershed Basis

**Measure Description:  **Improve water quality conditions in impaired watersheds nationwide using the watershed approach. (cumulative)

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #:  Strategic Target SP-12****	****	****	****National Office Lead: **OWOW

- Target measure
- *FY 07 data is from Regional staff and is not reflected in ACS since measure begins in 2008.
- **FY 08 commitments as agreed to in ACS in October 2007.
****These are adjusted FY 08 targets in the FY 09 Budget Congressional Justification and are proposed FY 08 commitment adjustments for ACS.  *

**2012 Target:** 250

## Improve Water Quality on a Watershed Basis

**Measure Description:  **Ensure that the condition of the Nation’s wadeable streams does not degrade (i.e. there is no statistically significant increase in the percent of streams rated “poor” and no statistically significant decrease in the streams rated “good”).

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #:  Strategic Target SP-13****	****	****	****National Office Lead: **OWOW

- Target measure and HQ reported measure.
- The Wadeable Streams Survey will be updated in 2011.  There will be no reporting on this measure until 2012.

**2012 Target:** Maintain or improve

## Improve Water Quality on a Watershed Basis

**Measure Description:  **Improve water quality in Indian country at monitoring stations in tribal waters (i.e., show improvement in one or more of seven key parameters: dissolved oxygen, pH, water temperature, total nitrogen, total phosphorus, pathogen indicators, and turbidity). (cumulative)

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #:  Strategic Target SP-14****	****	****	****National Office Lead: **OWOW

- Target measure and PART measure.
- There will be no reporting on this measure until 2012.
- *Numbers in parentheses are the number of stations with suspected depressed water quality and restoration activities underway.
- Note: EPA estimates that improvement is most attainable at 185 stations.

**2012 Target: **50 stations

## Improve Water Quality on a Watershed Basis

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #: Strategic Target SP-15****	****	****	****National Office Lead: ** OWM
**Measure Description:  **By 2015, in coordination with other federal agencies, reduce by 50 percent the number of homes on tribal lands lacking access to basic sanitation. (cumulative)

**2015 Target: **50%** **(13,389) reduction from 2003 baseline

- Target measure, HQ reported measure, and PART measure.
- Beginning in FY 2008, this measure will track the overall efforts of the federal government to provide wastewater projects to tribal homes.  Due to the fact that this is a new measure, using a static baseline from 2003, data has not been collected for previous years.

## Improve Water Quality on a Watershed Basis

**Measure Description:  **Number of States and Territories that have adopted EPA approved nutrient criteria into their water quality standards, or are on schedule with a mutually agreed-upon plan to adopt nutrient criteria into their water quality standards.

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #:  WQ-1****	****	****	****	****	****National Office Lead:  **OST

- Target measure and FY 08 State Grant Template measure.  If a state or territory has adopted nutrient water quality standards for some, but not all of its applicable waters, it may be counted in both WQ-1a and WQ-1b.

**(WQ-1a) States/Territories that have adopted EPA approved nutrient criteria (cumulative):**

**(WQ-1b) States/territories on schedule to adopt nutrient criteria (annual):**

## Improve Water Quality on a Watershed Basis

**Measure Description:  **Number of Tribes that have water quality standards approved by EPA. (cumulative)

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #:  WQ-2****	****	****	****	****	****National Office Lead:  **OST

- Target measure
- The universe reflects all federally recognized Tribes who have applied for “treatment in the same manner as a state” (TAS) to administer the water quality standards program (as of September 2007).

## Improve Water Quality on a Watershed Basis

**Measure Description:  **Number, and national percent, of States and Territories and authorized Tribes that within the preceding three year period, submitted new or revised water quality criteria acceptable to EPA that reflect new scientific information from EPA or other resources not considered in the previous standards.

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #:  WQ-3****	****	****	****	****	****National Office Lead:  **OST

- Target measure. WQ-3a is a PART measure and FY 08 State Grant Template measure.
- *FY 05 and 06 end-of-year results are from the WATA database. FY 08 Universe is the number of States/ Territories and Tribes that have at least initial EPA approved water quality standards as of September 2007.

**(WQ-3a) States/Territories:**

**(WQ-3b) Authorized Tribes:**

## Improve Water Quality on a Watershed Basis

**Measure Description:  **Percent of submissions of new or revised water quality standards from States and Territories and from authorized Tribes that are approved by EPA.*

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #:  WQ-4****	****	****	****	****	****National Office Lead:  **OST

- Target measure. WQ-4a is a PART measure and Senior Management Measure. *Based on submissions received in the 12 month period ending April 30 of the fiscal year. Partial approvals receive fractional credit. **FY 06 end-of-year data is from the WATA database.  Universe changes annually based on number of water quality standards submissions. ***Regions 6 and 9 received no submissions in the reporting period.

**(WQ-4a) States/Territories:**

**(WQ-4b) Tribes:**

## Improve Water Quality on a Watershed Basis

**Measure #:  WQ-5****	****	****	****	****	****National Office Lead:  **OWOW

**Measure Description:  **Number of States and Territories that have adopted and are implementing their monitoring strategies in keeping with established schedules.

**National Program Manager Comments:**

- Target measure and FY 08 State Grant Template measure.
- “In keeping with established schedules" means that states include in their annual Section 106 Monitoring Initiative workplans specific actions that are intended to implement their monitoring strategies and that states demonstrate that they are making a good faith effort to do these activities.

## Improve Water Quality on a Watershed Basis

- *FY 05 end-of-year data not from ACS.

**Measure Description:  **Number of Tribes that currently receive funding under Section 106 of the Clean Water Act that have developed and begun implementing monitoring strategies that are appropriate to their water quality program consistent with EPA Guidance, and the number that are providing water quality data in a format accessible for storage in EPA’s data system.

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #:  WQ-6****	****	****	****	****	****National Office Lead:  **OWOW

**(WQ-6a) Tribes implementing monitoring strategies:**

**(WQ-6b) Tribes providing water quality data:**

## Improve Water Quality on a Watershed Basis

**Measure Description:  **Number of States and Territories that provide electronic information using the Assessment Database version 2 or later (or compatible system) and geo-reference the information to facilitate the integrated reporting of assessment data. (cumulative)

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #:  WQ-7****	****	****	****	****	****National Office Lead:  **OWOW

- Target measure
- *FY 05 end-of-year data not from ACS.

## Improve Water Quality on a Watershed Basis

**Measure Description:  **Number, and national percent, of TMDLs that are established or approved by EPA [Total TMDLs] on a schedule consistent with national policy.

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #:  WQ-8a****	****	****	****	****National Office Lead:  **OWOW

- Target measure and PART related measure.  WQ-8a is a Senior Management measure. Note: Because a TMDL is a plan for attaining water quality standards, the terms ‘approved’ and ‘established’ refer to the completion of the TMDL itself and not necessarily its implementation. Annual pace is the number of TMDLs needed to be established consistent with national policy, i.e. generally within 13 years of listing of the water as impaired. *Cumulative total commitment numbers are calculated at about 80% of pace for PART. (Source: Office of Management and Budget, “Detailed Information on the Surface Water Protection Assessment,” available at _[http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/expectmore/detail/10004380.2005.html](http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/expectmore/detail/10004380.2005.html)__).  Annual total numbers are memorialized and static whereas cumulative total PART numbers are open to semiannual updates. **FY 07 commitment was adjusted at FY 07 midyear. ***FY 08 commitment adjusted to reflect current FY 08 pace. ****This is an adjusted FY 08 target in the FY 09 Budget Congressional Justification and PARTWeb and a proposed FY 08 commitment adjustment for ACS, due to a commitment by NH (Region 1) to complete TMDLs for virtually all statewide listed mercury-impaired waters._

**(WQ-8a) Total TMDLs:**

## Improve Water Quality on a Watershed Basis

**Measure Description:  **Number, and national percent, of TMDLs that are established by States and approved by EPA [State TMDLs] on a schedule consistent with national policy.

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #:  WQ-8b****	****	****	****	****National Office Lead:  **OWOW

- Target measure and PART related measure. WQ-8b is a FY 08 State Grant Template measure. Note: Because a TMDL is a plan for attaining water quality standards, the term ‘approved’ and ‘established’ refer to the completion of the TMDL itself and not necessarily its implementation. Annual pace is the number of TMDLs needed to be established consistent with national policy, i.e. generally within 13 years of listing of the water as impaired. *Cumulative total commitment numbers are calculated at about 80% of pace for PART. (Source: Office of Management and Budget, “Detailed Information on the Water Pollution Control Grants Assessment,” available at _[http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/expectmore/detail/10004380.2005.html](http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/expectmore/detail/10004380.2005.html)_).  Annual total numbers are memorialized and static whereas cumulative total PART numbers are open to semiannual updates.  **FY 07 commitment adjusted at FY 07 midyear. *** FY 08 commitment adjusted to reflect current FY 08 pace ****This is an adjusted FY 08 target in the FY 09 Budget Congressional Justification and PARTWeb and a proposed FY 08 commitment adjustment for ACS, due to a commitment by NH to complete TMDLs for virtually all statewide listed mercury-impaired waters.

**(WQ-8b) State TMDLs:**

## Improve Water Quality on a Watershed Basis

**Measure Description:**  Estimated annual reduction in million pounds of nitrogen, phosphorus, and tons of sediment from nonpoint sources to waterbodies (Section 319 funded projects only).

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #:  WQ-9****	****	****	****	****	****National Office Lead:  **OWOW

- Target measure and HQ reported measure and PART measure.
- FY 05 baseline for a 6 month period only.  Starting with FY 06, a full year of data reported.  End-of-Year results are received mid-February of the following year.
- *FY 06 end-of-year results reflect data in ACS as of February 2007.

**(WQ-9a) Nitrogen:**

**(WQ-9b) Phosphorus:**

**(WQ-9c) Sediment:**

## Improve Water Quality on a Watershed Basis

**Measure Description:  **Number of waterbodies identified by States (in 2000* or subsequent years) as being primarily nonpoint source (NPS)-impaired that are partially or fully restored. (cumulative)

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #:  WQ-10****	**** ****	****	****	****National Office Lead:  **OWOW

- Target measure, PART measure, and FY 08 State Grant Template measure.  Regions report results.
- *The universe is the estimated waterbodies impaired primarily by nonpoint sources from the 1998 (or 2000 if states did not have a 1998 list) 303(d) lists.  Note that this universe shifts each time a new 303(d) list is developed, so this figure is only an estimate.  Only waters on the Success Story website (_[http://www.epa.gov/owow/nps/Success319/](http://www.epa.gov/owow/nps/Success319/)__) are counted._
- **Regional FY 06 end-of-year results not from ACS. Only a national FY 06 end-of-year result shown in ACS.
- ***FY 07 Regional commitments not in ACS.

## Improve Water Quality on a Watershed Basis

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #:  WQ-11****	**** ****	****	****	****National Office Lead:  **OWM

- Indicator measure. Regional annual commitments and action items are confirmed by HQ action item database.
- *FY 05 and FY 06 end-of-year data not from ACS.  (FY 07 measure slightly different than FY 05 and FY 06 measures.)
- Assessed programs include 45 authorized states, 5 unauthorized states (MA, NH, NM, AK, ID), 1 authorized territory (VI), 3 authorized territories (DC, PR, Pacific Island Territories), and 10 Regions (total of 64 programs) assessed through the Permits for Environmental Results (PER) program.
- Universe of 298 includes all follow-up actions for which a schedule was established. The universe increases as additional action items are identified by the Regions and through HQ program review. An updated universe will be available in March 2008.

## Improve Water Quality on a Watershed Basis

**Measure Description:** Percent of facilities covered by NPDES permits that are considered current, and of those, the percent of tribal facilities covered.

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #:  WQ-12****	**** ****	****	****	****National Office Lead:  **OWM

- Target measure. WQ-12a is a FY 08 State Grant Template measure. Targets, commitments, and results will be reported in both percent and number. This measure includes facilities covered by _all_ permits, including State and EPA issued permits. Due to the shifting universe of permitees, its is important to focus on the national percent.  *FY 05 data not from ACS.  **(WQ-12a) Region 3 universe & FY 06 result are updated to reflect data reconciliation during migration from PCS to ICIS. ***(WQ-12b) FY 07 Region 8 commitment adjusted due to counting error.

**(WQ-12a) Non-tribal facilities covered by NPDES permits that are current:**

**(WQ-12b) Tribal facilities covered by permits that are current:**

## Improve Water Quality on a Watershed Basis

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #:  WQ-13a & b ****	****	****	****	****National Office Lead:  **OWM

- Indicator measure and FY 08 State Grant Template measure.
- Data did not exist prior to 2007 for WQ-13 (a,b,c).

**(WQ-13a) MS-4s: **

**(WQ-13b) Industrial storm water: **

**Measure Description:**  Number, and national percent, of facilities covered under either an individual or general permit by type: a) MS-4s and b) industrial storm water.

## Improve Water Quality on a Watershed Basis

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #:  WQ-13c & d****	****	****	****	****National Office Lead:  **OWM

- Indicator measure and FY 08 State Grant Template measure.  Data did not exist prior to 2007 for WQ-13 (a,b,c).  *FY 05 CAFO data is not from ACS.  Note: It is likely the Regions overestimated the number of CAFOs covered by a general permit in 2005.

**(WQ-13c) Construction storm water sites: **

**(WQ-13d) CAFOs: **

**Measure Description:**  Number of facilities covered under either an individual or general permit by type: c) construction storm water sites and d) CAFOs.

## Improve Water Quality on a Watershed Basis

**Measure #:  WQ-14****	****	****	****	****National Office Lead:  **OWM

**(WQ-14b) CIUs:**

- WQ-14a is a Target measure and FY 08 State Grant Template measure. WQ-14b is an Indicator measure. *FY 05 and FY 06 data shown as percents in ACS; facility numbers are approximate. Region 4 universe now includes AL and MS CIUs which are permitted by the states.  Baseline is the known percentage of those CIUs that are ‘controlled’ in some way, shape, or form. All universe numbers are approximate as they shift from year to year.

**(WQ-14a)  SIUs:**

**National Program Manager Comments:**

## Improve Water Quality on a Watershed Basis

**Measure #:  WQ-15****	****	****	****	****National Office Lead:  **OWM

**Measure Description:  **Percent of major dischargers in Significant Noncompliance (SNC) at any time during the fiscal year, and of those, the number, and national percent, discharging pollutant(s) of concern on impaired waters.

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**(WQ-15a)  Percent of Major Dischargers in SNC:**

**(WQ-15b)  Number of Major Dischargers on Impaired Waters in SNC:**

- WQ-15a is a Target measure, PART measure, and FY 08 State Grant Template measure. WQ-15b is an Indicator measure.  HQ reports results by Region. FY 08 commitment for WQ-15a of  **≤**22.5% is a** **3 yr. average that shows overall trends. *FY 06 end-of-year data not from ACS. **The universe for WQ-15b represents the number of major facilities on impaired waterbodies; in parentheses are the number of major facilities on impaired waterbodies potentially discharging the impairing pollutant.

## Improve Water Quality on a Watershed Basis

- (i.e. POTWs that are not in significant non-compliance).

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #:  WQ-16****	****	****	****	****National Office Lead:  **OWM

- Target measure and PART measure.
- *FY 06 end-of-year data not from ACS.

## Improve Water Quality on a Watershed Basis

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #:  WQ-17****	****	****	****	****National Office Lead:  **OWM

- Target measure and PART measure.
- *Universe represents the funds available for projects for the CWSRF through 2007, in billions of dollars (i.e., the denominator of the measure).

## Improve Water Quality on a Watershed Basis

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #:  WQ-18****	****	****	****	****National Office Lead:  **OWM

- Target measure, HQ reported measure, and PART related measure.
- *The FY 2008 budget shows a FY 05 baseline of 9,434 people/million dollars.

## Improve Water Quality on a Watershed Basis

- PROPOSED REVISED: Target measure.  In FY 2010, the measure will be revised to provide a universe of priority permits in time for the setting of national and regional targets in early 2009, draft commitments in July 2009, and final commitments in September 2009, consistent with the Agency target and commitment schedule. Regions will commit to issue a certain number of permits from the fixed universe of priority permits in FY 2010. The national target will be the sum of all Regional commitments. There will be no percentage goal for this measure. The universe of priority permits will be updated annually.
- BACKGROUND: HQ reports results by Region. WQ-19a conforms to 106 PART measure; the sum of WQ-19a and b conforms to Surface Water Protection PART measure.  WQ-19a is a FY 2008 State Grant Template measure and Senior Management measure. FY 2006 measure, formed prior to PART, reported in 2 parts (non-tribal and tribal).  FY 2006 results: 98.5% (non-tribal) & 63.2% (tribal). FY 2007 measure reported in 3 parts (State issued, EPA non-tribal, and EPA tribal permits). *FY 2007 Regional commitments & results are not from ACS. **The revised FY 2008 universe/commitments, including a numerical national commitment, will be reported at mid FY 2008. Starting in FY 2008, the universe of priority permits candidates is expanded to capture a larger universe of environmentally significant permits.

**Measure Description: Current - **Number, and national percent, of high priority *state* NPDES permits that are issued as scheduled. **Revised -** Number, and national percent, of high priority *state *NPDES permits that are issued *in the fiscal year*.

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #:  WQ-19a**** ****	****	****	****	****National Office Lead:  **OWM

## Improve Water Quality on a Watershed Basis

- PROPOSED REVISED: Target measure.  In FY 2010, the measure will be revised to provide a universe of priority permits in time for the setting of national and regional targets in early 2009, draft commitments in July 2009, and final commitments in September 2009, consistent with the Agency target and commitment schedule. Regions will commit to issue a certain number of permits from the fixed universe of priority permits in FY 2010. The national target will be the sum of all Regional commitments. There will be no percentage goal for this measure. The universe of priority permits will be updated annually.
- BACKGROUND: HQ reports results by Region. The sum of WQ-19a and b conforms to Surface Water Protection PART measure. FY 2006 measure, formed prior to PART, reported in 2 parts (non-tribal and tribal).  FY 2006 results: 98.5% (non-tribal) & 63.2% (tribal). FY 2007 measure reported in 3 parts (State issued, EPA non-tribal, and EPA tribal permits). *FY 2007 Regional commitments & results are not from ACS. **The revised FY 2008 universe/commitments, including a numerical national commitment, will be reported at mid FY 2008. Starting in FY 2008, the universe of priority permits candidates is expanded to capture a larger universe of environmentally significant permits.

**Measure Description:  Current - **Number, and national percent, of high priority *state and* *EPA (including tribal)* NPDES permits, that are issued as scheduled. **Revised -** Number, and national percent, of high priority *state & EPA (including tribal)* NPDES permits that are issued *in the fiscal year*.

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #:  WQ-19b**** ****	****	****	****	****National Office Lead:  **OWM

## Improve Water Quality on a Watershed Basis

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #:  WQ-20 ****	****	****	****	****National Office Lead:  **OWM

- Indicator measure and FY 08 State Grant Template measure. (Note: WQ-20 was a two part measure in     FY 07; (a) was a Target measure until early FY 07, and has subsequently been dropped).  Universe is the number of dischargers covered under an NPDES permit that allows trading.  **FY 05 and FY 06 end-of-year data not from ACS. In FY 06, measure language read “Number of dischargers with permits provided for trading...and the number of dischargers that carried out trades.”  In FY 07, measure was:  “Number of permits providing for trading....and the number of dischargers that carried out trades.”  ***FY 07 end-of-year results are based on the number of dischargers that carried out trades and are not from ACS.
- *The trading measure counts all point source permitted facilities that have traded at least once using either individual or general permits that allow trading.  Facilities covered under an overlay permit (sometimes called an ‘aggregate,’ ‘watershed,’ ‘bubble,’ or ‘umbrella’ permit) that set an enforceable cap on specific pollutant discharges are all automatically counted as having traded.

## Improve Water Quality on a Watershed Basis

**Measure Description:  **Number of water segments identified as impaired in 2002 for which States and EPA agree that initial restoration planning is complete (i.e., EPA has approved all needed TMDLs for pollutants causing impairments to the waterbody or has approved a 303(d) list that recognizes that the waterbody is covered by a Watershed Plan [i.e., Category 4b or Category 5m]). (cumulative)

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #:  WQ-21 ****	****	****	****	****National Office Lead:  **OWOW

- Indicator measure
- For FY 2009, geo-referencing data will be requested for reported segments.
- Universe consists of waters identified as impaired in state submission in 2002. *Adjustments made to Region 3 FY 06 end-year result and to Region 6 universe.

## Improve Coastal and Ocean Waters

**Measure #: Subobjective 2.2.2****	****	****	****National Office Lead: ** OWOW
**Measure Description:  **Prevent** **water pollution and protect coastal and ocean systems to improve national and regional coastal aquatic system health on the “good/fair/poor” scale of the National Coastal Condition Report.

**2011 Target: **2.5

**National Program Manager Comments:**

- Target measure, HQ reported measure, and PART measure.
- Rating consists of a 5-point system where 1 is poor and 5 is good.

## Improve Coastal and Ocean Waters

**Measure Description:  **Maintain aquatic ecosystem health on the “good/fair/poor” scale of the National Coastal Condition Report in the following Regions:

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #:  Strategic Targets (SP-16 to SP-19)****	**	**National Office Lead:  **OWOW

- Target measure and HQ reported measure.  *FY 07 end-of-year data not from ACS. (For Gulf of Mexico, see Subobjective 4.3.5

- Improve Coastal and Ocean Waters

**2011 Target: **Maintain baseline

**2011 Target: **Maintain baseline

**2011 Target: **Maintain baseline

**2011 Target: **Maintain baseline

**(SP-16) Northeast:**

**(SP-18) West Coast:**

**(SP-19) Puerto Rico:**

**(SP-17) Southeast:**

## Improve Coastal and Ocean Waters

**Measure #: Strategic Target SP-20****	****	****	****National Office Lead: ** OWOW
**Measure Description:  **Percent of active dredged material ocean dumping sites that will have achieved environmentally acceptable conditions (as reflected in each site’s management plan and measured through on-site monitoring programs).

**2011 Target: **95%

**National Program Manager Comments:**

- Target measure
- FY 07 end-of-year data is shown numerically in ACS.

## Improve Coastal and Ocean Waters

**Measure #:  Subobjective 4.3.2****	****	****	****National Office Lead:  **OWOW

**2011 Target: **an additional 250,000 acres (cumulative measuring from 2007 forward)

**National Program Manager Comments:**

- Target measure, PART measure, and Senior Management Measure.
- Note: This measure is under Goal 4 in the 2006-2011 Strategic Plan.
- *FY 05 end-of-year regional data is not from ACS.

**Measure Description:  **Working with partners, protect or restore additional acres of habitat within the study areas for the 28 estuaries that are part of the National Estuary Program (NEP).

## Improve Coastal and Ocean Waters

**Measure #:  CO-1 ****	****	****	****	****	****National Office Lead:  **OWOW

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure Description:  **Number of coastal waterbodies identified in 2002 as not attaining water quality standards where standards are now fully attained.

- Indicator measure
- Universe represents the number of impaired waters in coastal HUCs (hydrologic unit codes) reported by coastal States in 2002.
- Measure revised for FY 09.

## Improve Coastal and Ocean Waters

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #:  CO-2 ****	****	****	****	****	****National Office Lead:  **OWOW

- Indicator measure
- This is the first reporting year in which both inland and coastal no discharge zones (NDZs) will be tracked.  In addition, NDZs will be measured in area, not coastline miles.  As a result, the "universe" will consist of the total area of water eligible to be designated as a NDZ under the current regulations.
- Measure revised for FY 09.

## Improve Coastal and Ocean Waters

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #:  CO-3****	****	****	****	****	****National Office Lead:  **OWOW

- Indicator measure

## Improve Coastal and Ocean Waters

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #:  CO-4****	****	****	****	****	****National Office Lead:  **OWOW

- Indicator measure  (dollars in millions and rounded to nearest tenth of a percent).
- Note that “primary” leveraged dollars are those the National Estuary Program (NEP) played the central role in obtaining.  An example of primary leveraged dollars would be those obtained from a successful grant proposal written by the NEP.
- FY 06 end-of-year data is not from ACS.

## Improve Coastal and Ocean Waters

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #:  CO-5****	****	****	****	****	****National Office Lead:  **OWOW

- Indicator measure
- *This number represents major coastal/Great Lakes ports/harbors (commercially significant/deep draft and regionally significant).  Development of a dredged material management plan is not necessary or feasible for all ports and harbors in the universe.

## Improve Coastal and Ocean Waters

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #:  CO-6****	****	****	****	****	****National Office Lead:  **OWOW

- Indicator measure

## Increase Wetlands

**Measure #: Subobjective SP-21****	****	****	****National Office Lead: ** OWOW

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #: Strategic Target SP-22****	****	****	****National Office Lead: ** OWOW

**SP-21**

**SP-22**

**2011 Target: **400,000

**2011 Target: **No Net Loss

- Target measure and HQ reported measure. (applies to measures SP-21 and SP-22)
- Data source: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Wetland Status and Trends Report. *FY 05 end-of-year data not from ACS.
- **FY 06 result (estimated 64,000 acres) fell short based on simple extrapolation of most recent annual rate (’98-’04).  The next Status and Trends Report (2011) should show a continuation of upward trends.

**Measure Description:  **Working with partners, achieve a net increase of acres of wetlands per year with additional focus on biological and functional measures and assessment of wetland condition. (cumulative)

**Measure Description:  **In partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, states and tribes, achieve “no net loss” of wetlands each year under the Clean Water Act Section 404 regulatory program.

## Increase Wetlands

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #:  WT-1****	****	****	****	****	****National Office Lead:  **OWOW

- Target measure and HQ reported measure.
- These acres may include those supported by Wetland 5 Star Restoration Grants, National Estuary Program, Section 319 grants, Brownfields grants, or EPA’s Great Waterbodies Program.
- *FY 08 Commitment represents a cumulative total. Unexpected accomplishments in FY 06, particularly in the National Estuary Program, contributed significantly to the total number of wetland acres restored and enhanced.

## Increase Wetlands

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #:  WT-2****	****	****	****	****	****National Office Lead:  **OWOW

- Indicator measure.  Substantial progress to be shown in three of the six areas identified during the last 3 years (i.e. monitoring, regulation, restoration, water quality standards, mitigation compliance, and partnership building). *This is not a true baseline since this measure is evaluated annually and is more akin to a rate than a cumulative measure.

**(WT-2a) States:**

**(WT-2b) Tribes:**

## Increase Wetlands

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #:  WT-3****	****	****	****	****	****National Office Lead:  **OWOW

- Indicator measure.  Reported on by Regions and HQ.  ** FY 07 end-of-year data not available till June 2008.
- *“Requirements  for greater environmental protection” are counted under this measure when EPA can document that its recommendations for improvement provided in one or more of the following issue areas were incorporated into the final permit decision:
-     1. Demonstration of adequate impact avoidance, including:
- 	a) Determination of water dependency;  b) Characterization of basic project purpose;  c) Determination of 	range of practicable alternatives; d) Evaluation of direct, secondary and cumulative impacts for practicable 	alternatives; e) Identification of Least Environmentally Damaging Practicable Alternative; f) Compliance 	with WQS, MPRSA, ESA and/or toxic effluent standards; g) Evaluation of potential for significant degradation;
-    2. Demonstration of adequate impact minimization
-    3. Determination of adequate compensation
- Note: The documented permit decision can be in the form of an issued, withdrawn, or denied permit. The universe is the number of individual permits where EPA has the opportunity to comment (approximately 20,000/year). Regional priorities dictate the specific permits for which EPA submits comments.  This number is typically less than 20,000.

## Increase Wetlands

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #:  WT-4****	****	****	****	****	****National Office Lead:  **OWOW

- Target measure
- By 2013, a state will document within an Integrated Water Quality Monitoring Report (IMR) the baseline condition of at least one wetland type for the entire state or all wetlands in one major river basin.  States may use either Level 1, 2, or 3 methods or the combined 3-Level approach. The state also has plans to re-survey for the purposes of evaluating trends. To maximize financial resources, states are encouraged to use a probability survey design for measuring baseline condition.
- Regions should coordinate with EPA HQ and reference the full definition for this measure to make a determination on whether a state is “on track” to meet this measure by 2013.
- Measure revised for FY 09.

## Sustain and Restore the U.S.-Mexico Border Environmental Health

**Measure #: Strategic Target SP-23****	****	****	****National Office Lead: ** OWM
**Measure Description:  **Reduce the number of currently exceeded water quality standards in impaired transboundary segments of U.S. surface waters.

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**2012 Target: **Achieve a majority of the 2002 baseline (i.e., 9)

- Target measure, HQ reported measure, and PART related measure. It is cumulative starting in FY 07.
- This measure refers to a _reduction_ in the number of currently exceeded water quality standards in impaired transboundary segments of U.S. surface waters (measure description revision to be made in FY 09).

## Sustain and Restore the U.S.-Mexico Border Environmental Health

**Measure #: Strategic Target SP-24****	****	****	****National Office Lead: ** OWM
**Measure Description:  **Number of** **additional homes provided safe drinking water in the U.S.-Mexico Border area that lacked access to safe drinking water in 2003.

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**2012 Target: **24,628 (25% of 2003 Baseline)

- Target measure, HQ reported measure, and PART measure.
- 2003 Baseline: 98,515 homes in the Mexico Border area lacking access to safe drinking water.
- *FY 06 end-of-year data not from ACS.

## Sustain and Restore the U.S.-Mexico Border Environmental Health

**Measure #: Strategic Target SP-25****	****	****	****National Office Lead: ** OWM
**Measure Description:  **Number of additional homes provided adequate wastewater sanitation in the U.S.-Mexico Border area that lacked access to wastewater sanitation in 2003.

- Target measure, HQ reported measure, and PART measure.
- 2003 Baseline: 690,723 homes in the Mexico border area lacking access to wastewater sanitation.
- *FY 06 end-of-year data not from ACS.

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**2012 Target: **172,680 (25% of 2003 Baseline)

## Sustain and Restore Pacific Island Territories

**Measure #: Strategic Target SP-26****	****	****	****National Office Lead: ** Region 9
**Measure Description:  **Percent of the population** **in each of the U.S. Pacific Island Territories served by community drinking water systems that receive continuous drinking water that meets all applicable health-based drinking water standards throughout the year.

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**2011 Target: **95%

- Target measure

## Sustain and Restore Pacific Island Territories

**Measure #: Strategic Target SP-27****	****	****	****National Office Lead: ** Region 9
**Measure Description:  **Percent of the time that the sewage treatment plants in the U.S. Pacific Island Territories comply with permit limits for biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and total suspended solids (TSS).

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**2011 Target: **90%

- Target measure
- *FY 06 end-of-year data not from ACS.

## Sustain and Restore Pacific Island Territories

**Measure #: Strategic Target SP-28****	****	****	****National Office Lead: ** Region 9
**Measure Description:  **Percent of days of the beach season that beaches in each of the U.S. Pacific Island Territories monitored under the Beach Safety Program will be open and safe for swimming.

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**2011 Target: **96%

- Target measure
- *FY 06 end-of-year data not from ACS.

## Improve the Health of the Great Lakes

**Measure #: Subobjective 4.3.3****	****	****	****National Office Lead: ** GLNPO
**Measure Description:  **Improve the overall ecosystem health of the Great Lakes by preventing water pollution and protecting aquatic ecosystems.

- Target and PART measure (applies to measures 4.3.3 and SP-29).  Universe adjustments being made for sediments and drinking water components of the Great Lakes Index. *1990 baseline: Concentrations levels at stations in Lakes Superior [0.45 ppm], Michigan [2.72 ppm], Huron [1.5 ppm], Erie [1.35ppm], & Ontario [2.18 ppm].) *Restated to 22 during 2007. **FY 06 end-of-year data not from ACS. SP-29 data reported within 2 years after collected; consequently, the FY 2008 commitment pertains to data from 2006.

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #: Strategic Target SP-29****	****	****	****National Office Lead: ** GLNPO
**Measure Description:  **Average annual percentage decline for the long-term trend in concentrations of PCBs in whole lake trout and walleye samples.

**4.3.3**

**SP-29**

**2011 Target: **23

**2011 Target:  **5%

## Improve the Health of the Great Lakes

**Measure #: Strategic Target SP-30****	****	****	****National Office Lead: ** GLNPO
**Measure Description:  **Average annual percentage decline for the long-term trend in concentrations of toxic chemicals (PCBs) in the air in the Great Lakes basin.

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #: Strategic Target SP-31****	****	****	****National Office Lead: ** GLNPO
**Measure Description:  **Number of Areas of Concern (AOCs) in the Great Lakes basin which are restored and de-listed. (cumulative)

**SP-30**

**SP-31**

**2011 Target: **7% decline

**2010 Target: **8 AOCs restored

- Target and PART measure (applies to measures SP-30 and SP-31).  SP-30 data reported within 2 years after collected; consequently, the FY 2008 commitment pertains to data from 2006.
- *1992 Baseline: Concentration levels for U.S. stations at Lakes Superior [100 pg/m3], Michigan [289 pg/m3, Erie [431 pg/m3]).

## Improve the Health of the Great Lakes

**Measure #:  Strategic Target SP-32****	****	****	****National Office Lead:  **GLNPO
**Measure Description:  **Cubic yards of contaminated sediments remediated (cumulative) in the Great Lakes.

**National Program Manager Comments: **

**2011 Target:  **7 million

- Target and PART measure
- *FY 06 end-of-year result shown annually in ACS.
- Universe identifies quantity of contaminated sediment estimated to require remediation as of 1997.  This total has been revised from a previous estimate of 75 million cubic yards based on state-submitted information and subsequent decisions, information verification, and actual remediations. Information lags behind (i.e. the 2007 commitment is for calendar year 2006 sediment remediation).

## Improve the Health of the Great Lakes

**Measure #:  GL-1****	****	****	****	****	****National Office Lead:  **GLNPO
**Measure Description:  **Number, and percent of all NPDES permitted discharges to the Lakes or major tributaries that have permit limits that reflect the Guidance's water quality standards, where applicable**.**

**National Program Manager Comments: **

- Target measure
- *2005 Baseline has been adjusted to include updated Regional information.
- Universe for this measure changes with current information. FY 07 universe equals 3,048.
- This measure is the Great Lakes subset of measure SS-1, and now includes consistent methods by the three Regions.

## Improve the Health of the Great Lakes

**Measure Description:  **Number, and Great Lakes percent, using a constant denominator, of Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) permits with a schedule incorporated into an appropriate enforceable mechanism, including a permit or enforcement order, with specific dates and milestones, including a completion date consistent with Agency guidance, which requires 1) Implementation of a Long Term Control Plan (LTCP) which will result in compliance with the technology and water quality-based requirements of the Clean Water Act; or 2) implementation of any other acceptable CSO control measures consistent with the 1994 CSO Control Policy; or 3) completion of separation after the baseline date. (cumulative)

**National Program Manager Comments:**

- Target measure
- Universe for this measure changes with current information. FY 07 end-of-year universe equals 151.

## Improve the Health of the Great Lakes

**Measure Description:  **Percent of high priority Tier 1 (significant) Great Lakes beaches where States and local agencies have put into place water quality monitoring and public notification programs that comply with the U.S. EPA National Beaches Guidance.

**National Program Manager Comments:**

- Target measure
- Prior to FY 2007, Region 2’s universe included more than just the Tier 1 beaches.

## Improve the Health of the Great Lakes

**Measure Description:  **Number of near term Great Lakes Actions completed or are on track.

**National Program Manager Comments:**

- Indicator measure
- *These numbers have been adjusted to reflect updated information. **FY 07 end-of-year data not from ACS.
- 48 Near Term Actions were identified in December 2005.  3 of those actions became long-term actions in 2007.

## Improve the Health of the Great Lakes

**Measure #:  GL-5****	****	****	****	****	****National Office Lead:  **GLNPO
**Measure Description:  **Number of Beneficial Use Impairments removed within Areas of Concern. (cumulative)

**National Program Manager Comments: **

- Target and PART measure.
- New measure added for FY 2009 from 2007 PART review.

## Improve the Health of the Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem

**Measure #: Strategic Target SP-33****	****	****	****National Office Lead: ** CBPO
**Measure Description:  **Percent of Submerged Aquatic Vegetation goal of 185,000 acres achieved, based on annual monitoring from prior year.

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #: Strategic Target SP-34****	****	****	****National Office Lead: ** CBPO
**Measure Description:  **Percent of the Dissolved Oxygen goal of 100% standards attainment achieved, based on annual monitoring from the previous calendar year and the preceding 2 years.

**SP-33**

**SP-34**

- Target measure and PART long-term measure (applies to measures SP-33 and SP-34).  Note: Targets/commitments deferred for these measures for FY 2008.  FY 07 SAV target is less than FY 06 commitment because it reflects a more realistic yet ambitious timeframe to achieve 185,000 acres, based on consultation with top recognized, independent experts on SAV restoration who considered anticipated nutrient and sediment reductions, knowledge and experience with SAV recovery, and geographic location of SAV beds.  *The historic dissolved oxygen results changed due to improvements in the Assessment methodology: the inclusion of additional data; publication of a new bio-reference curve, as described in Ambient Water Quality Criteria for Dissolved Oxygen, Water Quality, and Chlorophyll a for the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal tributaries, 2007 Addendum (EPA 2007); discovery and correction of an error in the Fortran code that drives the analytical program.

**2011 Target: **45% (83,250)

**2011 Target: **40% (29.92 km3)

## Improve the Health of the Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem

**Measure #: Strategic Target SP-35****	****	****	****National Office Lead: ** CBPO
**Measure Description:  **Percent of goal achieved for implementation of nitrogen reduction practices (expressed as progress meeting the nitrogen reduction goal of 162.5 million pound reduced).

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #: Strategic Target SP-36****	****	****	****National Office Lead: ** CBPO
**Measure Description:  **Percent of goal achieved for implementation of phosphorus reduction practices (expressed as progress meeting the phosphorus reduction goal of 14.36 million pounds).

**SP-35**

**SP-36**

- Target measure and PART annual measure (applies to measures SP-35 and SP-36).  FY 06 PART target for SP-35: 44%; SP-36: 61%.  PART targets are less than the FY 06 commitments because they reflect a more realistic, yet ambitious timeframe based upon historic progress, and historic and new funding.  FY 06 PART targets were met.

**2011 Target: **59% (95.88 million lbs.)

**2011 Target: **74% (10.63 million lbs.)

## Improve the Health of the Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #: Strategic Target SP-37****	****	****	****National Office Lead: ** CBPO
**Measure Description:****  **Percent of goal achieved for implementation of sediment reduction practices (expressed as progress meeting the sediment reduction goal of 1.69 million tons reduced).

- Target measure and PART annual measure. FY 06 PART target is 57%.  The PART target is less than the    FY 06 commitment because it reflects a more realistic, yet ambitious timeframe based upon historic progress and historic and new funding.  FY 06 PART target was met.

**2011 Target: **74%** **(1.25 million tons)

## Improve the Health of the Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem

**Measure #:  CB-1****	****	****	****	****	****National Office Lead:  **CBPO
**Measure Description:  **Percent of point source nitrogen reduction goal of 49.9 million pounds and of point source phosphorus reduction goal of 6.16 million pounds achieved.

- Target measure and PART annual measure.
- FY 06 PART Target for CB-1a: 65%; CB-1b: 82%.  FY 06 PART Targets were met.
- *Note: FY 2006 commitment and result are reported numerically rather than by percent in ACS.

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**(CB-1a) Nitrogen reduction:**

**(CB-1b) Phosphorus reduction:**

## Improve the Health of the Chesapeake Bay Ecosystem

**Measure #:  CB-2****	****	****	****	****	****National Office Lead:  **CBPO

**National Program Manager Comments:**

- Target measure and PART annual measure.
- FY 06 PART Target for CB-1b: 46%. PART target is less than the FY 06 Commitment because it reflects a more realistic, yet ambitious, timeframe based upon historic progress, and historic and new funding. FY 06 PART Target was met.
- *Note: FY 2006 commitment and result are reported numerically rather than by percent in ACS.

**Measure Description:  **Percent of the forest buffer planting goal of 10,000 miles achieved.

## Improve the Health of the Gulf of Mexico

**Measure #: Subobjective 4.3.5****	****	****	****National Office Lead: ** GMPO
**Measure Description:  **Improve the overall health of coastal waters of the Gulf of Mexico on the "good/fair/poor" scale of the National Coastal Condition Report.

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #: Strategic Target SP-38****	****	****	****National Office Lead: ** GMPO
**Measure Description:  **Restore water and habitat quality to meet water quality standards in impaired segments in 13 priority areas. (cumulative starting in FY 07)

**4.3.5**

**SP-38**

**2011 Target: **2.6

**2011 Target: **162

- Target measure (applies to measures 4.3.5 and SP-38).  *SP-38 replaces FY 07 measure GM-1.  FY 07 end-of-year data not from ACS. Universe changed from 354 to 812.

## Improve the Health of the Gulf of Mexico

**Measure #: Subobjective SP-39****	****	****	****National Office Lead: ** GMPO
**Measure Description:  **Restore, enhance, or protect a cumulative number of acres of important coastal and marine habitats. (cumulative starting in FY 07)

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #: Strategic Target SP-40****	****	****	****National Office Lead: ** GMPO
**Measure Description:  **Reduce releases of nutrients throughout the Mississippi River Basin to reduce the size of the hypoxic zone in the Gulf of Mexico, as measured by the 5-year running average of the size of the zone.

**SP-39**

**SP-40**

**2011 Target: **20,000 acres

**2015 Target:  **less than 5,000 km2

- Target measure (applies to measures SP-39 and SP-40).  Both measures are cumulative starting in FY 07.  Note: Targets/commitments are deferred for measure SP-40 for FY 2008.

## Improve the Health of the Gulf of Mexico

**Measure Description:  **Implement integrated bi-national (U.S. and Mexican Border States) early-warning system to support State and coastal community efforts to manage harmful algal blooms (HABs).

**National Program Manager Comments:**

- Target measure
- Note: Targets/commitments are deferred for this measure for FY 2008.

## Improve the Health of the Gulf of Mexico

**National Program Manager Comments:**

- Target measure. *Data not from ACS. 1995-1999 Baseline illness rate: 0.303 per million (population) for core reporting states.

**Measure #:  GM-3****	****	****	****	****	****National Office Lead:  **GMPO
**Measure Description:  **Number of near term actions in the Gulf of Mexico Alliance Governors’ Action Plan that are completed or on track.

## Restore and Protect Long Island Sound

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #: Strategic Target SP-41****	****	****	****National Office Lead: ** LISPO
**Measure Description:  **Reduce point source nitrogen discharges to Long Island Sound as measured by the Long Island Sound Nitrogen Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL).

- Target measure (applies to SP-41 and SP-42).  *Measure will be tracked in lbs/day and Trade Equalized (TE) lbs/day. [TE lbs/day are pounds of nitrogen adjusted by application of the equivalency factor assigned to each point source based on its proximity to the receiving water body (LIS).] The TMDL established a Waste Load Allocation of 22,774 TE lbs/day from point sources, to be achieved over a 15 year period beginning in 1999. The annual commitments are calculated   by dividing the difference between the 1999 baseline and 2014 target by 15 (the TMDL period), or 2,425 lbs/day per year. **The Baseline and 2014 Target have been updated from the 2006-2011 Strategic Plan. ***FY 06 data not from ACS and has been updated.

**2014 Target: **~60% reduction from 1999 baseline of 211,724 to 88,474 lbs/day; 22,774 TE lbs/day, a reduction of 36,372 TE lbs/day from 1999 baseline of 59,146 TE lbs/day, point sources only**

## Restore and Protect Long Island Sound

**National Program Manager Comments:**

- Target measure (applies to SP-41 and SP-42).  Due to inter-annual variability, annual reduction targets are not calculated for this measure. *FY 06 and FY 07 end-of-year data not from ACS.

**Measure #: Strategic Target SP-42****	****	****	****National Office Lead: ** LISPO
**Measure Description:  **Reduce the size of the hypoxic area in Long Island Sound (i.e., defined as the area in which the long-term average maximum July-September dissolved oxygen level is <3mg/lb; reduce the average duration of the maximum hypoxic event.

**2011 Target: **25%

## Restore and Protect Long Island Sound

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #: Strategic Target SP-43****	****	****	****National Office Lead: ** LISPO
**Measure Description:  **Restore or protect acres of coastal habitat, including tidal wetlands, dunes, riparian buffers, and freshwater wetlands.

- Target measure (applies to SP-43 and SP-44).  For SP-43: In September 2006, the LISS Policy Committee established the goal of restoring and protecting an additional 300 acres of coastal habitat above the baseline by 2011 – 50 acres per year for 6 years.  For SP-44: The states of NY and CT will re-open 50 river miles above the base for a total of 131 river miles re-opened to fish passage. *FY 06 and FY 07 end-of-year data not from ACS.

**2011 Target: **1,012 acres (300 additional from 05 baseline)

**Measure #: Strategic Target SP-44****	****	****	****National Office Lead: ** LISPO
**Measure Description:  **Re-open miles of river and stream corridor to anadromous fish passage through removal of dams and barriers or installations of by-pass structures such as fishways. (cumulative starting in FY 06)

**2011 Target: **131 miles (50 additional from 05 baseline)

**SP-43**

**SP-44**

## Restore and Protect the South Florida Ecosystem

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #: Strategic Target SP-45****	****	****	****National Office Lead: ** Region 4
**Measure Description:**  Achieve “no net loss” of stony coral cover (mean percent stony coral cover) in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS) and in the coastal waters of Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach Counties, Florida, working with all stakeholders (federal, state, regional, and local).

- Target measure (applies to SP-45 and SP-46). *EI = Elemental Indicator; SCI = Species Composition Index.

**2011 Target: **No net loss

**Measure #: Strategic Target SP-46****	****	****	****National Office Lead: ** Region 4
**Measure Description:**  Annually maintain the overall health and functionality of sea grass beds in the FKNMS as measured by the long-term sea grass monitoring project that addresses composition and abundance, productivity, and nutrient availability.

**SP-45**

**SP-46**

**2011 Target: **Maintain baseline

## Restore and Protect the South Florida Ecosystem

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #: Strategic Target SP-47****	****	****	****National Office Lead: ** Region 4
**Measure Description:  **Annually maintain the overall water quality of the near shore and coastal waters of the FKNMS.

- Target measure
- Baseline numbers are monitoring sites meeting water quality parameters.

**2011 Target: **Maintain baseline

## Restore and Protect the South Florida Ecosystem

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #: Strategic Target SP-48****	****	****	****National Office Lead: ** Region 4
**Measure Description:  **Improve the water quality of the Everglades ecosystem as measured by total phosphorus, including meeting the 10 parts per billion (ppb) total phosphorus criterion throughout the Everglades Protection Area marsh and the effluent limits to be established for discharges from Stormwater Treatment Areas.

- Target measure
- *2005 Baseline: Average annual geometric mean phosphorus concentrations were 5 ppb in Everglades National Park, 10 ppb in Water Conservation Area 3A, 13 ppb in Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, and 18 ppb in Water Conservation Area 2A; annual average flow – weighted total phosphorus discharges from Stormwater Treatment Areas ranged from 13 ppb for area 3/4 and 98 ppb for area 1W.

**2011 Target: **Maintain baseline

## Restore and Protect the Puget Sound Basin

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #: Strategic Target SP-49****	****	****             National Office Lead: ** Region 10
**Measure Description:  **Improve water quality and enable the lifting of harvest restrictions in acres of shellfish bed growing areas impacted by degraded or declining water quality. (cumulative from FY 06)

- Target measure (applies to SP-49 and SP-50). *FY 06 and FY 07 end-of-year data not from ACS.

**2011 Target: **1,000 acres

**Measure #: Strategic Target SP-50****	****	****             National Office Lead: ** Region 10
**Measure Description:  **Remediate acres of prioritized contaminated sediments. (cumulative starting in FY 06)

**2011 Target: **200 acres

**SP-49**

**SP-50**

## Restore and Protect the Puget Sound Basin

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #: Strategic Target SP-51****	****	****            National Office Lead: ** Region 10
**Measure Description:**  Restore acres of tidally- and seasonally-influenced estuarine wetlands. (cumulative starting in FY 06)

- Target measure
- *FY 06 and FY 07 end-of-year adjusted data not from ACS.

**2011 Target: **3,500 acres

## Restore and Protect the Columbia River Basin

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #: Strategic Target SP-52****	****	****            National Office Lead: ** Region 10
**Measure Description:**  Protect, enhance, or restore acres of wetland habitat and acres of upland habitat in the Lower Columbia River watershed. (cumulative starting in FY 05)

- Target measure
- Note: 13,000 wetland habitat acres and 3,000 upland habitat acres totals 16,000 acres.
- *FY 06 and FY 07 end-of year adjusted data are not from ACS.

**2011 Target: **16,000 acres

## Restore and Protect the Columbia River Basin

**National Program Manager Comments:**

**Measure #: Strategic Target SP-53****	****	****            National Office Lead: ** Region 10
**Measure Description:**  Clean up acres of known contaminated sediments. (cumulative starting in FY 06)

- SP-53 and SP-54 are target measures. *There will be no reporting on this measure until 2012

**2011 Target: **150 acres

**2011 Target: **10%

**Measure #: Strategic Target SP-54****	****	****            National Office Lead: ** Region 10
**Measure Description:**  Demonstrate a reduction in mean concentration of contaminants of concern found in water and fish tissue. (cumulative starting in FY 06)

**SP-53**

**SP-54**