ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON WATER INFORMATION

AGENDA (5/17/99)

[Note: Deviations from the agenda are recorded at the end of this Attachment]
Day 1   Tuesday May 18, 1999
8:00 a.m. Registration and Coffee
8:30 a.m. Introduction and opening remarks
David Cottingham
Statements by new member organizations
8:45 a.m. League of Women Voters - Linda Walker/Elana Cohen
8:55 a.m. Know Your Watershed - Karol Keppy
9:05 a.m. National Association of Counties - Charlie Hunsicker/James Davenport
9:15 a.m. National Mining Association - Glenn Eurick/Karen Bennett
9:25 a.m. National Ground Water Association - Dennis Goldman
 
9:35 a.m. Roundtable Introductions of Current Members
10:35 a.m. Break
Reports from Subgroups
10:50 a.m. National Water Quality Monitoring Council
John Klein/Herb Brass/Linda Green/Charles Spooner
  • Progress report on Council work plan. (Klein)
  • Methods Board report (Brass)
    • Report on Performance Based Systems (PBMS)  [Relates to CWAP action 87].
    • Update on Federal laboratory accreditation.
    • Presentation of new Methods Board fact sheet.
  • Update on planning for second National Monitoring Conference (Green).
  • Update on Council activities related to the Clean Water Action Plan (Spooner).
11:30 a.m. Questions and Discussion
ACTIONS: (1) Consider revised Council Work Plan and determine acceptance
  (2) Consider paper from the Methods Board on Performance Based Systems (PBMS)and determine acceptance
  (3) Discuss Resources to support the Council
11:45 a.m. Lunch
Keynote Speaker on Volunteer Monitoring
     Geoff Dates from Riverwatch Network
Reconvene - Reports from Subgroups (continued)
1:45 p.m. Streamgaging Task Force
Tom Stiles/Tom Yorke
  • Review Task Force membership.
  • Present Task Force Work Plan.
  • Summarize tasks accomplished to date.
  • Discuss commitment of time and resources.
2:20 p.m. Questions and Discussion
ACTIONS: (1) Consider membership for approval
  (2) Consider Work Plan for acceptance
2:30 p.m. Federal/State Coop Review Task Force
Larry Rowe/Steve Blanchard
  • Status - tasks accomplished to date
  • Preliminary findings and/or recommendations
  • Next steps
2:45 p.m. Questions and Discussion
ACTIONS: (1) Discuss preliminary findings of the Task Force
  (2) Discuss process for acceptance of final report
2:55 p.m. Break
3:15 p.m. Subcommittee on Spatial Water Data
Bob Pierce
  • Joint development of consensus standards for subdivision of hydrologic units
3:50 p.m. Questions and Discussion
ACTIONS: (1) Consider endorsement of developing a Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) guideline for subdividing hydrologic units and/or
  2) Consider endorsement of developing a Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) for this purpose
4:00 p.m. Hydrology Subcommittee
Tom Yorke
  • Issues identified and under study
4:15 p.m. Questions and Discussion (no actions)
4:25 p.m. National Water Quality Assessment Program
Tim Miller
  • Overview of recent results on nutrients and pesticides; other topics under study
4:40 p.m. Questions and Discussion (no actions)
4:50 p.m. Adjourn first day
Day 2  Wednesday May 19, 1999
8:30 a.m. Registration and Coffee
  Reconvene - National Initiatives
9:00 a.m. Implementing the Clean Water Action Plan
Glenda Humiston
9:30 a.m. Questions and Discussion
10:00 a.m. National Weather Service Strategic Vision.
Jack Kelly
10:30 a.m. Questions and Discussion
11:00 a.m. Break
11:15 a.m. American Heritage Rivers Initiative
Roger Stephenson
11:45 a.m. Questions and Discussion
12:15 p.m. Lunch
  Reconvene - National Initiatives (continued)
1:30 p.m. Community/Federal Information Partnership
Norm Gunderson
2:00 p.m. Questions and Discussion
2:30 p.m. National Issues in Water Resources Information
All Members
  • Members present ideas for discussion of national water information issues for consideration by ACWI
  • Consideration of any future effort by ACWI
3:30 p.m. Public Comments
4:00 p.m. Actions Summary
Discuss future meetings
Closing Comments
4:30 p.m. Adjourn the meeting
NOTE:
The following changes to the Agenda were made during the course of the meeting:

  • National Issues in Water Resources Information was moved from May 19 to May 18 at the request of members who had early flights on May 19.

  • The presentation on NAWQA by Tim Miller was postponed from May 18 to May 19 to make time for the above.

  • The meeting was adjourned at 3:30 p.m. on May 18.

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