Draft National Water Program Strategy: Climate Change

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Open for Public Comment through May 17, 2012
Draft National Water Program Strategy: Response to Climate Change (2012)

EPA's draft 2012 Strategy adresses climate change impacts on water resources and EPA's water programs. Climate change alters the water cycle and could affect the implementation of EPA's programs. EPA and our state, tribal, local and federal partners must review and adapt the practices that have been developed over the past 40 years since passage of the Clean Water Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act and other statutes. Ensuring that EPA's programs continue to protect public health, and the environment that sustains our communities and the economy, requires immediate and continuous collaboration.

National Water Program 2012 Strategy: Response to Climate Change—Public Comment Draft (PDF) (112pp, 3.6MB, About PDF)
How to Comment:
Comments must be received on or before May 17, 2012, 45 days after publication in the Federal Register.
• Electronic Docket: The Strategy and related documents can be found in the Agency's electronic docket at http://www.regulations.gov.
• E-mail: You may also e-mail your comments to owdocket@epa.gov. Please include EPA-HQ-OW-2011-0943 in the subject line.
• U.S. Postal Mail: Send the original and three copies of your comments to: Water Docket, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460. Attention: Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2011-0943.
• Hand Delivery/Courier: Deliver the original and three copies of your comments to EPA Docket Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20460, Attention: Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2011-0943, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. The telephone number for the Water Docket is (202) 566-2426.
If you have difficulty accessing this PDF document, please contact Elana Goldstein (water_climate_change@epa.gov) at
202-564-1800 for assistance.
Supporting Documents



Policy Memorandum from Lisa P. Jackson establishing the EPA Climate Work Group (PDF) (3 pp, 594K)
This memorandum calls for measures to anticipate and adapt to the effects climate change will have on the EPA's core mission as well as actions to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. It also includes helping the most vulnerable people and places reduce their exposure and sensitivity to climate change and improving their capacity to predict, prepare for and avoid adverse impacts. This priority is reflected in the EPA's FY 2011-2015 Strategic Plan which includes a heightened focus on cross-program activities addressing climate change adaptation and mitigation.
Charter for State-Tribal Climate Change Council of the National Water Program (PDF) (5 pp, 821K)
A key goal of the National Water Program Strategy: Response to Climate Change is to engage States, Tribes, and others in addressing the complex issues posed for water quality program managers by a changing climate. In an effort to strengthen cooperation amongst these groups, a State Climate Council of the EPA National Water Program has been formed. The charter outlines the Council's purpose, membership, and operation.



Coming Together for Clean Water: EPA's Strategy to Protect America's Waters (PDF) (14 pp, 1.7MB)
On April 15, 2010, Administrator Lisa P. Jackson convened a diverse group of stakeholders to discuss opportunities to reinvigorate EPA’s strategy for achieving clean water. This strategy outlines the challenges that were highlighted at the 'Coming Together for Clean Water' forum, describes the public participation process, and highlights the EPA’s priorities for achieving clean water goals.

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Willard Chin
Tribal Program Office (CED-3)
Communities and Ecosystems Division
U.S.EPA
75 Hawthorne Street
San Francisco, CA 94105
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