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<br />001648 <br /> <br />Final Storm Water [Fact sheets, the full text of the final rule, and other information is available on the EPA storm water web <br />Phase /I Rules site at www.epa.gov/owm/swl Specific elements include a guidance on measurable goals for small <br />Approved MS4s, a menu of BMPs for small MS4s, and a "model" general permit that can be used as a guide by <br />(continued) state NPOES permitting authorities. EPA and other partners are developing a training course on the entire <br />NPDES storm water program, and the American Public Works Association has a videotape and training <br />manual available on its web site at www.apwa.net. More information is also available on the web at <br />www.apwa.net/education/workshops/stormwater.htm.j <br /> <br /> <br />l <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />Increased 319 Funding for Tribes and Lakes in FYOO <br /> <br />On October 20, 1999, the President signed the FYOO appropriations bill for EPA, which once <br />again included $200 million for states, territories, and tribes to implement their nonpoint source <br />management programs under Clean Water Act section 319. This year, however, states will see a few <br />changes in the way section 319 funds are allocated and used, particularly with respect to tribes and <br />Clean Lakes activities. These changes are outlined in EPA's Supplemental Guidance for the Award of <br />Section 319 Nonpoint Source Grants in FY 2000, which is available on the Internet at <br />www.epa.gov/owow/nps. <br /> <br />First, for this year only, Congress has lifted the cap on the amount tribes are allotted in FYOO for <br />implementing nonpoint source programs on their lands. This year tribes will receive 1.25 percent <br />of the $200 million, or $2.5 million. This figure is up from the 0.333 percent, or $0.67 million, <br />they received last year. Each state will see only a small reduction in the amount they receive. <br /> <br />Second, fulfilling a suggestion put forth by the Senate Appropriations Committee, EPA has <br />developed a new guidance document entitled Supplemental Guidance for the Award of Section 319 <br />Nonpoint Source Grants in FY 2000, that encourages states to use section 319 funds for Clean Lake <br />program activities. In the past, states' Clean Lakes program activities (management of lakes, ponds, <br />and reservoirs) were funded by the Clean Lakes Program under section 314 of the Clean Water <br />Act. Since section 314 funding was eliminated in 1994, EPA has encouraged states and tribes to <br />use a portion of their section 319 funds instead. <br /> <br />In response to concerns that lakes and reservoirs need more funds, this year the Senate Appropria- <br />tions Committee directed that "Clean Lakes activities are to be funded through the section 319 <br />nonpoint source grant program. The Committee suggests that five percent of the section 319 funds <br />be allocated to Clean Lakes, and that EPA better integrate the Clean Lakes and section 319 <br />programs by incorporating the section 314 guidance into the 319 guidance." <br /> <br />EPA has incorporated the Appropriation Committee's suggestion and issued new guidance that <br />suggests "each state use at least five percent of its section 319 funds for Clean Lakes activities to <br />address the restoration and protection needs of priority lakes, ponds, and rese[Voirs." EPA requests <br />that states give priority to funding the following eligible Clean Lakes activities: Lake Water Quality <br />Assessment Projects, Phase 1 Diagnostic/Feasibility Studies, Phase 2 Restoration/Implementation <br /> <br /> <br />6 <br /> <br />NON POINT SOURCE NEWS.NOTES <br /> <br />MARCH 2000, ISSUE #60 <br />