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Nutrient Criteria Technical Guidance

Manual: Lakes and Reservoirs, First

Edition is the first of a series of

waterbody-type specific manuals

produced to assist EPA Regions, States,

and Tribes in establishing ecoregionally

appropriate nutrient criteria. EPA is also

developing manuals for rivers and

streams, estuarine and coastal waters,

and wetlands. EPA expects States and

Tribes to use these manuals as the basis

for developing State water quality

standards for nutrients, to help identify

water quality impairments, and to

evaluate the relative success in reducing

cultural eutrophication. In addition to

developing these waterbody-type

specific manuals, EPA is developing

nutrient criteria guidance under section

304(a) for each of the 14 ecoregions it

has identified in the continental United

States. EPA expects States and Tribes to

use the manuals, other information and

local expertise to refine EPA’s 304(a)

nutrient criteria guidance so that the

nutrient water quality criteria

eventually adopted by States and Tribes

are tailored to more localized

conditions. In order to assist States and

Tribes in this undertaking, as well as to

verify section 304 (a) nutrient criteria

guidance, and to provide national

consistency wherever possible, EPA has

established Regional Technical

Assistance Groups (RTAGs). RTAGs are

a collection of EPA, State, Tribal

representatives who are working

together to take EPA’s forthcoming

section 304(a) nutrient criteria guidance

as a starting point to develop more

refined ecoregional nutrient criteria.

(EPA is also using data and expertise

provided by the RTAGs in the

development of its section 304(a)

nutrient criteria guidance for the 14

ecoregions it has identified.) EPA

expects the RTAGs to use the processes

set forth in the waterbody-type specific

manuals to develop recommended

nutrient criteria on an ecoregional basis

or a more refined basis (such as

subecoregion, State or Tribe-level, more

defined class of lakes/reservoirs).

Today’s manual for lakes and reservoirs

also explains how States or Tribes can

adopt nutrient water quality standards

based on the ecoregional criteria values

recommended by the EPA and/or

RTAGs.

The key parameters addressed in

Nutrient Criteria Technical Guidance

Manual: Lakes and Reservoirs, First

Edition are total phosphorus, total

nitrogen, chlorophyll a, and Secchi

depth. As set forth in the manual, the

elements that EPA expects States and

Tribes to consider in developing a

nutrient criterion are:

(1) Historical data and other

information to establish perspective;

(2) Current reference site information;

(3) Models used to simulate or

validate the empirical relationships

established between causal (nutrients)

and response (biological indicators)

variables; and

(4) Evaluation of downstream

consequences before finalizing criteria

values. EPA also expects the States or

Tribes (or the RTAG when developing

criteria guidance) to use their best

professional judgement when examining

the information and establishing

criteria.

EPA expects the criteria development

and implementation process

(undertaken by EPA, the RTAGs and

others) to proceed as follows:

• Data acquisition and review, as well

as additional data gathering and

processing methods.

• Classification of the lakes and

reservoirs by physical characteristics.

• Reference site selection and data

reduction to identify reference

conditions.

• Development of defensible nutrient

criteria, verified by an RTAG and

evaluated for potential downstream

effects.

• Adoption of nutrient criteria by

States and Tribes into their water

quality. Standards, ideally taking into

account the reference condition data

and designated uses.

• Implementation of EPA-approved

nutrient criteria by EPA, States, and

Tribes to identify areas of water quality

impairment due to nutrients and to

respond appropriately.

These subjects are described in detail

in the Nutrient Criteria Technical

Guidance Manual: Lakes and Reservoirs,

First Edition.

The manual concludes with chapters

describing data models and

management options that actively

protect or restore lake and reservoir

resources. Case histories illustrating

nutrient criteria development

experiences are appended with the

names of individual specialists to

contact for more information.

The Nutrient Criteria Technical

Guidance Document: Lakes and

Reservoirs, First Edition that is being

announced in this Notice was

developed after consideration of public

comment and peer review. A draft

Technical Guidance Manual: Lakes and

Reservoirs was placed on the EPA

Nutrient website (http://www.EPA.gov/

OST/standards/nutrient.html) on

September 8, 1999, and EPA accepted

correspondences and comments until

November 16, 1999. In addition, a peer

review of the proposed criteria

document was conducted by a panel of

five external reviewers.

Dated: May 4, 2000.

Geoffrey H. Grubbs,

Director, Office of Science and Technology.

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