## From Grimaldi Alicia 

### Sent Thursday March 

## OS 2015 1204 

## PM 

## To Weitzler Ellen Subject 

# FW Maine Schedules



## From Ken i Kaczor 

### mailtokerikaczormaineedul SentTuesday February 

## 17 2015 

### 1155

## AM To Grimaldi Alicia 

## Cc Clark Colin

### A Subject 

### Maine Schedules 

### Dear Alicia Please see our finalized 

### Maine schedules attached Please note the details 

## may change as

## we move through these 

### processes All the 

### best Keni


## 7 Ken i 

### Kaczor Maine Healthy Beaches Coordinator University 

### ofMaine Cooperative Extension 

### 377 

## Manktown 

# Rd Waldoboro

# ME 04572

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## Maine Healthy Beaches Schedules 1 

## and 2 for 

## Performance Criterion 10 

## per 2014

# EPA Beach Guidance 

## Document Contacts Ken i 

### Kaczor Program Coordinator 

## Maine Cooperative Extension 

### Tel 

## 2078320343 kerikaczormaineedu 

## Cohn Clark Program Manager Maine Department ofEnvironmental Protection 

### Tel 

## 2074417419 colinaclarkmainegov Schedule 

## 1 Adopt 

## new or revised 

### Water Quality 

### Standards Notes The timelinepresented 

### below is generous because the Recreational 

### Water Quality Criteria review 

### and revision will 

### be part of

## Maines triennial 

### review Timelines can shift laterdue to potential delays at several points in the process All milestones are carried out 

### by Maine

## DEP unless otherwise 

### noted Activities 

## may include but are not limited to the following Milestone 

### Timeline Evaluate bacteria standards in

# ME WQS Review existing standards for 

### lakesponds riversstreams

### and marineestuarine waters 

### and compare to federal Recreational 

### Water Quality Criteria Winter to 

### summer2015 Evaluate antidegradation provisions Coordinate with other agencies Draft proposed changes Late 

### summer to fall 

### Submit draft bacteria standards to

## EPA forinformal review 

### 2015 Hold public 

### comment period 

### and public hearing 

### on draft standards Late fall 

### 2015 Revise draft bacteria standards Winter 

### 2016 Adopt final bacteria standards legislature Winter to spring 

### 2016 Submit final bacteria standards to

## EPA for

### Review SpringSummer2016

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### Schedule 

## 2To select 

### and use 

### an appropriate 

### beach notification threshold 

### Notes The schedule is contingent 

### on funding Activities 

## may include but are not limited to the following Milestone Timeline 

### Convene a technical advisory committee 

## FY20142015 grant Assess years 

### o Trends in water quality 

### o Predominant pollution sources 

### o Linkage to 

## Maines

# WQS o Impact ofbeach notification threshold 

### on program costs 

### number ofadvisories local 

### economies etc Solicitfeedback 

### from local beach 

### managers Select abeach notification threshold 

### Compile justification 

### Completejustification 

## FY2016 grant year 

### Submit beach notification threshold 

### and justification to

## EPA forreview 

### Update monitoring assessment and notification protocols 

### website education materials etc Public notification 

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