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Missouri UAA Protocol Update
Ed Galbraith Barr Engineering REGFORM Water Seminary September, 2013
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UAA Factors 40 CFR 131.10(g)
• 1. Natural Pollutant Sources
• 2. Natural, Ephemeral, Intermittent or Low Flow Conditions
• 3. Non-Remedial, Human Caused Conditions
• 4. Hydrologic Modifications
• 5. Natural Physical Features
• 6. Substantial and Widespread Economic and Social Impact
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The “Outcomes”
1. Warm Water Habitat
2. Exceptional Aquatic Habitat
3. Modified Aquatic Habitat
4. Impairment
5. Remove Use
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What do we want? When do we want it?
Permittee stakeholders want an off-ramp that
• Is easy to use and predictable.
• Is possible to understand outcomes beforehand
• Is not unreasonably expensive
• Is not fraught with uncertainty and risk
Would like a protocol in hand before rule is effective.
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What do we want? When do we want it?
Environmental stakeholders want an on-ramp that
• Is easy to use and predictable
• Requires minimal level of effort to add waters
• Can be used by the public
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Early Comments
• No provisions for flow –based decisions (permanent flow, permanent pools)
• Criteria do not distinguish between bins
• Some of the guidance documents and protocols are not applicable to headwater streams.
• Process for going from “information gathering” to “decision making” is a bit of black box.
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UAA Factors 40 CFR 131.10(g)
• 1. Natural Pollutant Sources
• 2. Natural, Ephemeral, Intermittent or Low Flow Conditions
• 3. Non-Remedial, Human Caused Conditions
• 4. Hydrologic Modifications
• 5. Natural Physical Features
• 6. Substantial and Widespread Economic and Social Impact
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Does flow (or lack of flow) enter into the decision process? If so, what protocol do we use to determine whether the stream has permanent flow and permanent pools?
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If a segment above the 100K is surveyed and there is no permanent flow or permanent pools is that an end point?
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If a segment within the 100K is surveyed and there is no permanent flow or permanent pools, is that an endpoint
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How would respond to this statement: The on ramp for a stream or lake should be no more than a photograph.
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Should the level of effort to add a stream or remove a stream be:
a. About the same
b. The bar to remove a water should be a lot higher
c. The bar to add a water should be a lot higher
d. None of the above
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If the criteria for the different habitats (warm water, modified, exceptional) are all the same, what is the incentive for someone to go through the process?
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In the absence of numeric criteria, how will the data in the UAA be evaluated?
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Give us a look into the review committee? How will the data be evaluated once the application is complete?
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What is the air speed velocity of a swallow carrying a coconut?