Water Quality Standards Performance Measures for Section 106 under the Program Assessment and Rating Tool (PART)

Note: The measures in this table were designed as a national performance indicator. Although the information is presented on a state-by-state basis for informational purpose, the user should be cautioned that annual performance in a given state for a specific year may vary year-to-year and cannot be used as a strict comparison between state performance in any given year.

PART Measure: Percentage of States and Territories that, within the preceding 3-year period, submitted new or revised water quality criteria acceptable to EPA that reflect new scientific information from EPA or other sources not considered in the previous standard.

This measure indicates the progress of states and territories in adopting or revising their water quality criteria to reflect the latest scientific information. States and tribes should maintain up-to-date water quality standards that consider the latest recommended water quality criteria from EPA or similar information from other sources. This includes criteria for pollutants that did not have criteria before, as well as updates to reflect new toxicity studies or exposure factors. (States and territories must review their water quality standards at least once every three years.)

This measure is only one of several indicators used by states and EPA to assess progress in the water quality standards program.

Results as of September 30, 2007
(FY 2007 Annual Performance Measure)

EPA Region	FY 2007 Results	Number
EPA Region 1	Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island	3
EPA Region 2	New Jersey, New York, U.S. Virgin Islands	3
EPA Region 3	Delaware, Maryland, Pennslyvania, Virginia, West Virginia, District of Columbia	6
EPA Region 4	Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, South Carolina	4
EPA Region 5	Illinois, Indiana	2
EPA Region 6	Arkansas, Louisiania, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas	5
EPA Region 7	Kansas, Missouri	2
EPA Region 8	Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming	6
EPA Region 9	California, Nevada, American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands	4
EPA Region 10	Alaska, Idaho	2
Total		37
Total (percentage of 56 states and territories)		66.1%

Information as of January 28, 2008.

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Results as of September 30, 2006
(FY 2006 Annual Performance Measure)

EPA Region	FY 2006 Results	Number
EPA Region 1	Maine	1
EPA Region 2	New York, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands	3
EPA Region 3	Delaware, Maryland, Pennslyvania, Virginia, West Virginia, District of Columbia	6
EPA Region 4	Alabama, Florida, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee	6
EPA Region 5	Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin	4
EPA Region 6	Arkansas, Louisiania, Texas	3
EPA Region 7	Kansas, Missouri	2
EPA Region 8	Colorado, Montana, South Dakota, Utah	4
EPA Region 9	California, Nevada, American Samoa, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands	4
EPA Region 10	Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington	4
Total		37
Total (percentage of 56 states and territories)		66.1%

Information as of January 08, 2007.

Results as of September 30, 2005
(FY 2005 Annual Performance Measure)

EPA Region	FY 2005 Results	Number
EPA Region 1	Connecticut, Maine	2
EPA Region 2	New York, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands	3
EPA Region 3	Maryland, Delaware	2
EPA Region 4	Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee	8
EPA Region 5	Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Ohio	5
EPA Region 6	Arkansas, Texas	2
EPA Region 7	Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska	3
EPA Region 8	Colorado, South Dakota, Utah, Montana	4
EPA Region 9	California, Nevada, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands	3
EPA Region 10	Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Washington	4
Total		36
Total (percentage of 56 states and territories)		64.3%

Information as of January 26, 2006.

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