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1. Water Quality Program
   Interagency Coordinating Committee (IACC)

What is the IACC?

It is a cooperative working group composed of 28 State agencies involved in implementing California’s Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Program (NPS Program Plan).

The IACC’s primary goals are to:

• Improve interagency coordination and promote statewide consistency in implementing the NPS Program Plan.
• Promote the watershed approach in addressing nonpoint source pollution.
• Provide a forum for resolving policy and programmatic conflicts among State agencies.

Some of the specific tasks of the IACC are to:

• Assist the IACC members in developing their five-year implementation plans for implementing the NPS Program Plan.
• Provide the goals, objectives, and structure for the formation of technical advisory committees and work groups for specific subject areas and/or watersheds as appropriate.
• Coordinate with local watershed groups.
• Coordinate with federal agencies on their policies and activities with NPS implications.
• Provide for public participation and input in implementing and refining the NPS Program Plan.
• Assist in periodic assessment of progress made in implementing the NPS Program Plan.

IACC Meetings and Activities

• Summary of the April 20, 2004 meeting [PDF]

Documents

• California Nonpoint Source Program Five-Year Implementation Plan, July 2003 - June 2008
• Nonpoint Source Biennial Progress Report - July 2001 through June 2003
• Biennial Progress Report on California's Efforts to Prevent and Control Nonpoint Source Pollution - July 1, 1999 to June 30, 2001 [Final]
• San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission's Nonpoint Source Pollution Report and Proposed Work Program [PDF]

Useful Tools for IACC Members

• IACC member contact list (revised August 10, 2004) [PDF]
• California Biodiversity Council’s Best Funding Practices for Watershed Management (includes a comprehensive list of potential funding sources)
• EPA Office of Water’s Funding Information (potential Federal funding sources)
• State Water Resources Control Board’s web site titled Grants and Loans
• NOAA Coastal Services Center's Funding Opportunities for Coastal Managers
• Tools for Linking Management Measures to Water Quality [PowerPoint 97Presentation from the Information Center for the Environment (University of California at Davis]