UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY WASHINGTON, DC 20460

OFFICE OF WATER

M EMORANDUM

SUBJECT: References in the docket (EPA

- HQ

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- 2011

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FROM: Rose Kwok, Wetlands Division

TO: Water Docket

EPA is hereby incorporating into the docket for EPA

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- 2011

- 0880 the following widely available publications:

Amer ican Society of Civil Engineers, Task Committ ee on Hydrology Handbook. 1996 Hydrology Handbook . ASCE Publications. Association of State Dam Safety Officials. “Introduction to Dams.” http://www.damsafety.org/news/?p=e4cda171

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- 067140346bb2 ( Note: the URL has changed from that cited in the proposed rule preamble. ) Baron, J. S., N. L. Poff, P. L. Angermeier, C. N. Dahm, P. H. Gleick, N. G. Hairston, R. B. Jackso n, C. A. Johnston, B. D. Richter, and A. D. Steinman. 2002. “ Meeting Ecological and Societal Needs for Freshwater. ” Ecological Applications 12:1247

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. The Nature and Properties of Soils

. 13 th Edition. Prentice Hall
, U pper Saddle River, NJ. Brinson, M. M. 1993. A Hydrogeomorphic Classification for Wetlands . Technical Report WRP

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- 4, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station, Wetlands Research Program, Vicksburg, MS. http://el.erdc.usace.army.mil/elpubs/pdf/wrpde4.pdf
California Department of Water Resources, Division of Safety of Dams

. “ Chapter III: Embankment Design.” Guidelines for the Design and Construction of Small Embankment Dams

. http://www.water.ca.gov/damsafety/docs/GuidelinesSmallDams.pdf

. (Note: the URL has changed from that cited in the proposed rule preamble.) Cook, B. J., and F. R. Hauer. 2007. “Effects of Hydrologic Connectivity on Water Chemistry, Soils, and Vegetation Structure and Function in an Intermontane Depressional Wetland Landscape. ” Wetlands 27:719

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Creed, I. F., S. E. Sanford, F. D. Beall, L. A. Molot, and P. J. Dillon. 2003. “C ryptic Wetlands: Integrating Hidden Wetlands in Regression Models of the Export of Dissolved Organic Carbon from Forested Landscapes. ” Hydrological Processes 17:3629

- 3648. Devito, K. J., A. R. Hill, and N. Roulet. 1996. “Groundwater

- Surface Water Interacti ons in Headwater Forested Wetlands of the Canadian Shield. ” Journal of Hydrology 181:127

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hrough E phemeral S tream C hannel s

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. A Basic Introduction To Pollutant Fate and Transport: An Integrated Approach With Chemistry, Modeling, Risk Assessment, and Environmental Legislation . Hoboken, NJ, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Freeman, M. C., C. M. Pringle, and C. R. Jackson. 2007. “Hydrologic Connectivity and the Contribution of Stream Headwaters to Ecological Integrity at Regional Scales. ” Journal of the American Water Resources Association 43:5

- 14. Gamble, D. E., J. Grody, J. J. Mack, and M. Mi cacchion. 2007. An Ecological and Functional Assessment of Urban Wetlands in Central Ohio . Ohio EPA Technical Report WET/ 2007

- 3B, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, Wetland Ecology Group, Division of Surface Water, Columbus, OH. http://www.epa.state.oh.us/portals/35/wetlands/l919reportvol_2_functionassessurbanwtld .pdf

. International Atomic Energy Agency . “Investigating L eaks in Dams & Reservoirs .” http://www.iaea.org/technicalcooperation/documents/sheet20dr.pdf . (Note: the URL has changed from that cited in the proposed rule preamble.) Kuenzler, E. J., P. J. Mulholland, L. A. Yarbro and L. A. Smock (1980). Distributions and budgets of carbon, phosphorus, iron and manganese in a floodplain swamp ecosystem. Chapel Hill, North Carolina, University of North Carolina. http://repository.lib.ncsu.edu/dr/bitstream/1840.4/1721/1/NC

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. Lane, C. R., and E. D’ Amico. 2010. “Calculating the Ecosystem Service of Water Storage in Isolated Wetlands using LiDAR in North Central Florida, US A.” Wetlands 30 :967

- 977. Leibowitz, S. G. 2003. Isolated W etlands and T heir F unctions: An Ecological P erspective. Wetlands 23:517

- 531. Leopold, L. B. 1994. A View of the River . Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. Michigan Depa rtment of Environmental Q uality. “ Seepage Through Earth Dams .” http://www.michigan.gov/deq/0,4561,7

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-- ,00.html . (Note: the URL has changed from that cited in the proposed rule preamble.) Montgomery, D. R. 1999. “Process Do mains and the River Continuum. ” Journal of the American Water Resources Association 35:397

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National Research Council. 1995. Wetlands: Characteristics and Boundaries Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press

. http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=4766

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Rabalais, N. N., R. E. Turner, and W. J. Wiseman. 2002. “Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia, a.k.a. ‘The Dead Zone

. ’” Annual Review of Ecology and Sys tematics 33:235

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- San Joaquin Del ta Breached Levee Wetland Study. ” Interagency Ecological Program for the Sacramento

San Joaquin Estuary Newsletter 12(4):15

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. Tiner, R. W. 2003

. “Geographically I solated W etlands of the United States. ” Wetlands 23:494

- 516. U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Rec lamation, Upper Colorado Region. “Safety of Dams,” http://www.usbr.gov/uc/provo/progact/d amsafety.html

. Vannote, R. L., G. W. Minshall, K. W. Cummins, J. R. Sedell, and C. E. Cushing. 1980. “The River Continuum Concept. ” Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 37:130

- 137. Whigham, D. F., and T. E. Jordan. 2003. Isolated W etlands an d W ater Q uality. Wetlands 23:541

- 549. Wilcox, B. P., D. D. Dean, J. S. Jacob, and A. Sipocz. 2011. “Evidence of Surface Connectivity for Texas G

ulf Coast Depressional Wetlands. ” Wetlands 31:451

- 458. Wigington, P. J., Jr., S. G. Leibowitz, R. L. C omeleo, an d J. L. Ebersole. 2013 . “Oregon Hydrologic Landscapes: A Classification Framewor k

. ” Journal of the American Water Resources Association 49(1):163

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. Winter, T. C. 2001. “

The C oncept of Hydrologic L andscapes. ” Journal of the American Water Resources Assoc iation 37:335

- 349. Winter, T. C., and J. W. LaBaugh. 2003. “ Hydrologic C onsiderations in Defining I solated W etlands. ” Wetlands 23:532

- 540. Wipfli, M. S., J. S. Richardson, and R. J. Naiman. 2007. “Ecological Linkages between Headwaters and Downstream Ecosy stems: Transport of Organic Matter, Invertebrates,

a nd Wood Down Headwater Channels.” Journal of the American Water Resources Association 43:72

- 85. Wolock, D. M., T. C. Winter, and G. McMahon. 2004. “Delineation and Evaluation of Hydrologic

- Landscape Regio ns in the United States Using Geographic Information System Tools and Mu

ltivariate Statistical Analyses. ” Environmental Management 34:S71

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Any person wishing to review these publications should contact Rose Kwok, Wetlands Division, Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and Waters , U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Mail code 4502T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, D C 2 0460 ; telephone: 202

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- 0657 ; fax: 202

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- 1349 ; email: kwok.rose@epa.gov

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