1 Member of the National Water Quality Monitoring Council
* Council Steering Committee member
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds (OWOW) |
Susan Holdsworth1, * |
Council Co-Chair, Chief of Monitoring Branch |
Washington, DC |
Office of Research and Development (ORD) |
Mike McDonald1 |
Representative |
Research Triangle Park,
NC |
EPA ORD Lab |
Steve Wendelken |
Alternate, Co-Chair, Methods Board |
Cincinnati, OH |
U.S. Department of the Interior |
U.S. Geological Survey |
Water Mission Area |
Gary Rowe1, * |
Council Co-Chair (NAWQA), Co-Chair,
National Monitoring Network for U.S. Coastal Waters & Tributaries |
Lakewood, CO |
Candice Hopkins* |
Council Exec. Secretary; Co-Chair, Collaboration & Outreach Workgroup;
Co-Chair, 2014
Conference |
Boise, ID |
Dan Sullivan* |
Co-Chair, Methods Board; Co-Webmaster; NEMI Chair |
Middleton, WI |
Jim Kreft |
Lead Architect, Water Quality Portal |
Middleton, WI |
Mike McHale* |
Co-Chair, National Network of Reference Watersheds |
Troy, NY |
Sheri Alcalde |
Administrator for Logistics & Travel Coordination |
Reston, VA |
Kim Martz |
Exec. Sec. of Collaboration & Outreach Workgroup; Newsletter Design & Layout; Co-Webmaster |
Reston, VA |
Bureau of Land Management |
Scott Miller |
Representative |
Denver, CO |
National Park Service |
Water Resources Division |
Alan Ellsworth1 |
Representative |
Fort Collins, CO |
Jennifer Back |
Alternate |
Fort Collins, CO |
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service |
Mike Higgins1 |
Representative |
Fort Collins, CO |
U.S. Department of Agriculture |
U.S. Forest Service |
Michael Eberle1 |
Representative |
Washington, DC |
Chris Carlson |
Alternate |
Arlington, VA |
Tracy Hancock |
Alternate |
Washington, DC |
Natural Resources Conservation Service |
Karma Anderson1 |
Representative |
Portland, OR |
Vacant |
Alternate |
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
Chandra Pathak1 |
Representative |
Washington, DC |
Erich Emery |
Alternate |
Cincinnati, OH |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
Marie DeLorenzo1 |
Representative |
Charleston, SC |
Dennis Apeti |
Alternate |
Silver Spring, MD |
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University of Iowa |
Mary Skopec1 |
Representative |
Iowa City, IA |
Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc. (CUAHSI) |
Jared Bales |
Representative |
Cambridge, MA |
Danielle Tijerina |
Alternate |
Cambridge, MA |
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National Tribal Water Council |
Nancy Schuldt1 |
Representative |
Cloquet, MN |
Vacant |
Alternate |
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State Representative for EPA Regions
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Region 1: New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services |
Chris Bellucci1 |
Representative |
Hartford, CT |
Vacant |
Alternate |
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Region 2: New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection |
Leslie McGeorge1 |
Representative, Co-Chair, Water Quality Statistics & Assessment Workgroup |
Trenton, NJ |
Region 3: Virginia Department of Environmental Quality |
Larry Willis |
Representative |
Roanoke, VA |
Region 4: South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control |
Dave Chestnut1 |
Representative |
Columbia, SC |
Bryan Rabon |
Alternate |
Columbia, SC |
Region 5: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency |
Tim Asplund1 |
Representative |
Madison, WI |
Region 6: Oklahoma Water Resources Board |
Monty Porter1 |
Representative |
Oklahoma City, OK |
Region 7: |
Liz Smith |
Representative |
Topeka, KS |
Region 8: Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality |
Jeremy ZumBerge1 |
Representative |
Cheyenne, WY |
Region 9: California Water Quality Monitoring Council |
Nicholas Martorano1 |
Representative |
Sacramento, CA |
Region 10: Oregon Department of Environmental Quality |
Aaron Borisenko1 |
Representative |
Hillsboro, OR |
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River Basin Issues |
Jason Heath1 |
Representative |
Cincinnati, OH |
Great Lakes Issues |
Madeline Magee1 |
Representative |
Madison, WI |
Watersheds/Wetlands Interests |
Ed Sherwood1 |
Representative |
Clearwater, FL |
Jay Leverone |
Alternate |
Sarasota, FL |
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Industry/Local/Other Interests
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Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography |
Jane Caffrey1 |
Representative |
Pensacola, FL |
Rachel Noble |
Alternate |
Morehead City, NC |
Association of Clean Water Administrators |
Martha Clark Mettler1 |
Representative |
Indianapolis, IN |
National Association of Clean Water Agencies (municipal interests) |
Jim Dorsch1 |
Representative |
Denver, CO |
North American Lake Management Society (environmental and watersheds interests) |
Jeff Schloss1 |
Representative |
Durham, NH |
Sara Peel |
Alternate |
Warsaw, IN |
Association of American State Geologists (geology and groundwater interests) |
John Metesh1 |
Representative |
Butte, MT |
Water Environment Federation (environmental and technical interests) |
Amy Kathman1 |
Representative |
Alexandria, VA |
Seth Brown |
Alternate |
Alexandria, VA |
Water Quality Management and Interests |
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Representative |
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Municipal/Drinking Water/Public Health interests |
Chris Greene1 |
Representative |
Saint Paul, MN |
Volunteer Monitoring Community |
Danielle Donkersloot1 |
Representative; Chair, Volunteer Monitoring Council, Co-Chair, Collaboration & Outreach Workgroup |
Trenton, NJ |
Julie Vastine |
Alternate |
Carlisle, PA |
Global Lake Ecological Observatory Network |
Kathleen Weathers1 |
Representative |
Millbrook, NY |
* Member of Steering Committee of the National Water Quality Monitoring Council
Membership Terms
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The National Council shall comprise a balanced membership of federal, tribal, interstate, state, local, and municipal governments, watershed groups-and national associations that will include volunteer monitoring groups. The membership will include representatives from organizations that collect, analyze, interpret, disseminate, or use water-quality monitoring information as well as those that develop monitoring technology, guidelines, and/or standards.
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Total membership of the National Council should not exceed 35 member organizations. Each member organization will designate their representative and an alternate to the National Council.
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State membership on the National Council will include one State agency representative from each of the 10 Federal regions. Within each region, the Council Steering Committee will solicit representatives of State water-quality monitoring agencies. This will be done in coordination with State officials interested in membership. State members will serve 4-year terms.
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The Council Co-Chairs will recommend to the Council Steering Committee a minimum of 11 non-government member organizations that have differing viewpoints and water-quality-monitoring and assessment functions. These organizations may represent the following interests: tribal, agriculture, environmental interest groups, industry, local agencies and municipalities, river-basin commissions, and/or associations, universities, and volunteer monitoring groups. These other member organizations will serve 4-year terms and can be redesignated.
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The USGS and the USEPA will serve as Co-Chairs of the National Council. The USGS will provide the Executive Secretariat for the National Council. Including the USGS and USEPA, Federal membership on the National Council will not exceed 10 representatives and will initially include the following organizations: the U.S. Department of Commerce/NOAA, the Tennessee Valley Authority, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Department of Energy, the USEPA/Offices of Water, the U.S. Department of the Interior/USGS, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Additional Federal member organizations up to a total of 10 can participate as mutually agreed by the Steering Committee of the National Council.
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Representatives or their alternates are expected to attend all meetings of the National Council. If a member organization is not represented at three consecutive meetings,then the Steering Committee of the National Council may appoint a new member organization to replace the member that has failed to participate.
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