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expand its Science Outreach and Applied Research Watershed Education program which provides youth in Eagle and Lake Counties of Colorado with hands-on experience and ecological understanding of their local watersheds. . . Growing Gardens of Boulder County -- $5,000 . "Neighborhood Compost Project" -- The Neighborhood Cojnpost Project will increase community education, awareness and participation in composting by providing fieJd trips, lectures and workshops for visiting individuals to the Neighborhood Compost Project site. The 'project will also integrate compost education into existing children and youth programs. EPA Establishes Water Security Division: The EPA ha~ established a new Water Security Division. This Division will continue the work undertaken by the W;ater Protection Task Force established in October 2001. For more information on water security go to: http://www.eoa.gov/safewater/securitv/. EPA Trying to Raise Awareness On Water Efficiency: iThe EPA has announced it is planning a national program to promote water-efficient products. The EP A believes water-efficient products meeting current standards can reduce home water use by 30 percent and many products on the market exceed those standards. Water-efficient products for commercial use can save up to 20 percent, and opportunities exist in the industrial sector as well. EP A is evaluating var,ious public information tools to help raise awareness of the importance of water conservation and thq growing demands placed on America's water supplies and water infrastructure systems. ' One of the tools under consideration is a water efficient prpduct-Iabeling program based on EP A's Energy Star program. i The EP A intends to hold a series of stakeholder meetings beginning on Oct. 9 in Washington, D.C., to discuss approaches and partnership opportunities. After this stakeholder involvement, EP A will evaluate the information to develop the most effective way to achie;ve the Agency's goals. More information on water efficiency can be found at: ht~://www.eoa.gov/water/waterefficiency.htm!. . A report on "The Clean Water and Drinking Water Infrastiucture Gap Analysis" can be found at: htto://www.eoa.gov/owmlgaoreoort.pdf. For other water efficiency tips go to: htto://www.h20use.org. Gov. Mike Leavitt Nominated To Be New EPA Administrator: President Bush has announced his intent to nominate Governor Mike Leavitt of Utah as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EP A). New Federal ISF Requirements? The Ninth Circuit Court affirmed instream flow requirements imposed by the U.S. Forest Service and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) as conditions on special use permits for irrigation ditch rights-of-way in Okanogan Coqnty v. NMFS. Our Attorney General has filed an Amicus Brief in the cas~ stating that, "for more than a century, water in a state's boundaries has been handled under state law. Whether the United States Forest Service can obtain water for its own use by requiring the owner of an existing water supply facility located in a national forest to forego exercising part of its water right as a condi~ion of renewing its special use permit...is an issue of great importance to Colorado and other western st~tes, since more than 50 percent of the available water in the West either originates in or flows through nati~mal forests." In an unpublished August 14 decision, the Ninth Circuit CPurt of Appeals affirmed a district court decision that instream flow conditions imposed under a special use permit for ditch rights-of-way across U.S. Forest Service (USFS) lands did not deny the users their state-vested water rights. This decision follows a March 2002 District Court decision that rejected claims that the Forest Service lacked the authority to restrict the use of two ditches in Okanogan County in Washington. The Forest . 4