EPA Water Headlines for the week of May 10, 2010

This EPA update includes an updated report for the EPA involvement with the BP Pool spill in the Gulf.

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Water Headlines for the week of May 10, 2010

Water Headlines is a weekly on-line publication that announces
publications, policies, and activities of the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency's Office of Water

In This Week's Water Headlines:
1) Office of Water Launches an Updated and Reorganized Website
2) Fiscal Year 2009 National Water Program Best Practices and End of
Year Report
3) EPA Responds to the BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico
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1) Office of Water Launches an Updated and Reorganized Website
This week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Water
will launch an updated and reorganized website. The new site will be
organized by topic, and will feature a consistent navigation menu.
If you regularly use certain content, it may be in a different place
after the launch. Please take a moment now to bookmark any frequently
used pages, and use these bookmarks to locate your pages after this
week. After the launch, please take note of the new page addresses and
update your bookmarks.

We are excited about this new look and feel and hope that you enjoy your
experience with the new site which can be accessed at www.epa.gov/ow

2) Fiscal Year 2009 National Water Program Best Practices and End of
Year Report
The Office of Water has released the FY 2009 National Water Program Best
Practices and End of Year Report.  The Report describes the progress
made in fiscal year 2009 toward each of the 15 National Water Program
subobjectives identified in the FY 2009 National Water Program Guidance
and the EPA 2006 -2011 Strategic Plan.  Four key elements in the Report
are: an overview of performance for all FY 2009 National Water Program
measures; a description of innovative approaches and best practices in
program implementation; performance highlights and management challenges
for each subobjective; and an appendix of data for environmental and
program-related measures, including national and regional data (where
available).  The Report and supporting documents can be found at
http://www.epa.gov/water/waterplan/fy09.html .

3) EPA Responds to the BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico
Since the BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico on April 22, 2010, EPA has
mobilized resources to support the U.S. Coast Guard and protect public
health and the environment.  Our Emergency Operations Center at
headquarters has been activated, trained EPA responders are working on
the scene, and special mobile equipment has been sent to the Gulf area.
We have several online resources available:

1) We're posting updated data and other information on our BP oil spill
site ( www.epa.gov/bpspill ):
*       Get air quality and water data
*       Find answers to common questions
*       Submit technology solutions

2) Connect with us on social media sites:
*       Administrator Jackson's personal account of the response to the
oil spill: Facebook and Twitter
*       EPA's announcements about our response: Facebook and Twitter

3) Please subscribe to our oil spill updates at
http://service.govdelivery.com/service/subscribe.html?code=USAEPA_389 .

You can also visit the coordinated government response site
(www.deepwaterhorizonresponse.com) for:
*       Information about the spill and efforts to stop the oil from
flowing
*       Hotlines to report oil on land or injured wildlife
*       Details of how you can volunteer

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