Work Plan & Progress Report - Rhode Island Department of ...

Attachment B – Deliverables Not Completed
Goal II – Clean & Plentiful Water (Continued)
Objective / Strategy / Project-
Deliverable
Reason for Delay / Revised Due Date
4/B/c/1. Oversee the Blackstone Watershed The deliverable is behind schedule due to complications with preferred
Integrated Water Resource Management site for stormwater management. This deliverable has been rolled into
Project - will fund upgrade of wastewater and
stormwater treatment in Chepachet Village.
2011 with a target date of 12/31/2011.
5/A/a/1. Draft Lake Nutrient Criteria. Contract employee started August 2010. Preliminary evaluation of data
indicates workplan will need to be revised to provide for a sampling
program in 2011. Original schedule for completion of criteria is being
revised for FY2011.
5/A/a/2. Memo and sampling plan for nutrient Delays in hiring postponed this task into federal FY12.
criteria development in rivers.
Contract employee is now on board and working toward this deliverable.
5/A/a/4. Background memorandum on
DEM provided a summary memo on this topic for the BRWCT Scientific
approaches for developing nutrient criteria in Advisory Committee at its October 2010 retreat. DEM is aiming at another
coastal waters
document for the spring 2011 that refines the approach(es) DEM wants to
pursue.
5/A/b/3. Start development of numerical Revised schedule will be based on when EPA can provide technical
biological criteria for rivers and streams. assistance in FY11.
5/B/a/2. Participate in management advisory
committee related to second phase of CHRP
research program based from URI-GSO
Meeting deferred until December 2010.
5/B/d/1. Conduct fish tissue monitoring in QAPP and probabilistic sampling design for fish tissue sampling are
freshwaters in collaboration with DEM F&W
and EPA. 1. Monitoring data for 2007 2. QAPP
projected to be finalized by 3/31/11.
5/B/e/1. Big River Region: Data analysis & Project delayed - lack of staffing. Report is projected to be completed by
report
12/31/10.
5/B/e/2. Pawcatuck Watershed: Data analysis Project delayed - lack of staffing. Report is projected to be completed by
& report
12/31/10.
5/B/e/3. Pawtuxet: data analysis and report Project delayed - lack of staffing. Report is projected to be completed by
12/31/10.
5/B/e/6. Urban Rivers: data analysis and Project delayed - lack of staffing. Report is projected to be completed by
report
6/30/11.
5/B/e/7. Wood River: Data analysis and Project delayed - lack of staffing. Report is projected to be completed by
report.
12/31/10.
5/B/j/1. Annual comparison of total fee Comparison of community data and projected fees are needed to
revenue and total septage volumes
complete project.
5/B/k/1. Update Monitoring Strategy for
current program status
Schedule for revising the strategy has been changed until FY11.
5/B/k/2. Complete assessment of monitoring The process for assessing programs was delayed. RIEMC met in May 2010
programs in coordination with RIEMC
and has initiated work. Work continuing into FY11.
5/B/m/1. m. Report on targeted fish
Intern started work on Sept 13th to assist schedule. DEM is still waiting
community sampling in collaboration with
DEM F&W, if resources allow.
on USGS Streamstats.
5/B/m/2. Final project report of targeted fish Final report delayed due a lack of staffing. New deliverable date has been
community sampling in collaboration with
DEM F&W, if resources allow.
scheduled for 9/30/11.
5/B/m/3. Work with EPA to develop a
statewide statistically based sampling design
for fish tissue sampling.
Discussions with EPA initiated but work will not be completed until FY11.
5/C/a/1. Conduct data evaluation and
Staff has completed first draft of assessment worksheets and entry of
assessments for 2010 Integrated Report. information into ADB. Upon finalization of the 303(d) List, these
worksheets and data entry will also be finalized.
5/C/a/2. Populate ADB with 2010 water Staff have conducted draft data evaluation and assessments and
quality assessment information.
populated ADB with 2010 water quality assessment information. These
tasks will be finalized upon finalization of the 303(d) List.
5/C/a/3. Submit Integrated Report. Staff has completed draft data evaluation and assessments for the 2010
Integrated Report. These tasks will be finalized and Integrated Report
submitted upon finalization of the 303(d) List.
5/C/a/4. Submit ADB electronic update of Staff has completed draft data evaluation and entered information into
water quality assessments.
ADB. The 2010 assessment information will be finalized and submitted to
EPA via ADB upon completion of the 303(d) List and IR.
16