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Clarity
Overview
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•Monitoring and Draft Tier 3 SOP
•Draft Assessment Method for Tier 3 data
•Consensus Vote on the Above Items
•Quick CWA IR Categories Review
•Restoration Approaches Once Listed
Clarity Standard Timeline
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•Draft Monitoring and Assessment Methods
•Initial Data Collection
•Standard approval by EMC and EPA
•QAPP for Clarity collection methods
•Assessment methods approval by EMC
•Data collection (DEQ and others)
•Assessment -303d listings
•Prioritization for restoration planning
•Restoration Planning (4t, 4b, 5r)
•Implementation
Tier 3 PAR Data Collection Methods DRAFT
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1.Extinction coefficients shall be collected using an approved meter
2.Data will be collected within 5 meters of the deep edge of SAV area (as mapped
including historical) or captured in metadata (discussion)
3.Instrument shall be at least 0.5 meters off the bottom???
4.Data must be collected between March 1 and October 31 (8 months)
5.Data must be collected during at least 3 months of the above period
6.Annual growing season medians will be calculated for this period each year
(potentially 5 GS medians per assessment period)