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what’s new

Registration is now open for the 19th Annual Nonpoint Source Pollution Conference to be held May 19-21, 2008, at the Mystic Marriott Hotel in Groton, Conn. To view an updated agenda and to register online, please visit the conference website. Register before May 1 to take advantage of the early-bird discount.

Registration is now open for the 17th Annual State Fund Administrators Meeting, taking place from June 8-11 in Charleston, SC. For more information and to register for the meeting, please visit our State Fund website. Please remember to make your hotel reservation by May 15th.

NEIWPCC is inviting proposals for Lake Survey Analysis. Please visit our contractor’s page for more details.

NEIWPCC is now accepting proposals for Estuary Habitat Restoration Planning Grants and Stewardship Grants for the New York – New Jersey Harbor Estuary Program. Proposals will be accepted until May 16, 2008. Visit our Harbor Estuary Program website to download the RFP.

On December 20, 2007, the U.S. EPA officially approved the Northeast Regional Mercury Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL). NEIWPCC coordinated the development of the mercury reduction plan, which the six New England states and New York State jointly submitted to EPA on October 24, 2007. To download the TMDL and EPA’s Approval Document, visit our Mercury TMDL page.

View the Fall 2007 training schedule. Updates are continually posted to the schedule, so please check often. Also visit our training page for more information.

L.U.S.T.Line: NEIWPCC is currently soliciting proposals to develop L.U.S.T.Line. For more information about L.U.S.T.Line, to view the RFP, and to download previous issues of the bulletin, please visit our L.U.S.T.Line page.

Milestone Year: 2007 marks the 60th anniversary of NEIWPCC’s founding. Read the Act of Congress that launched the Commission. Also in 2007, we hosted the 200th meeting of our Commissioners. View photos from the May meeting.

Survey results now available! Raw and compiled data results are now posted for the 2006 Survey of State Experiences with Petroleum and Hazardous Substance Releases at LUST Sites, Heating Oil Tanks, and Out of Service Tanks at www.neiwpcc.org/mtbe.asp

Northeast AVGWLF: NEIWPCC’s development of a regional, GIS-based, watershed-scale model. Find out more about the project or download model information.

NEIWPCC has completed The Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators Guide to Biosolids Sampling Plans. Read more about this important guidance document for wastewater treatment plant operators.

NEIWPCC’s 2007 Northeast Water Science Forum - Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products: State of the Science, a two-day intensive technical conference, was held August 8 - 9, 2007. Please visit the conference website to download the conference presentations.