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ET-2 (6/23/05 version) Purpose: Environmental Targets And Priorities
State of Ohio Targets: Environmental priorities and targets drive NPS implementation in Ohio, so that by 2010:
The purpose of this component of the plan:
- Summarize relevant established international, national, and regional targets or "desired" states for NPS issues and classify using environmental indicators hierarchy;
- Define baseline data ("as is" state) for existing targets; define baseline for proposed targets wherever possible;
- Establish items that Ohio NPS partners will be tracking and reporting to USEPA;
- Provide state-wide primary causes and sources of NPS-related surface water non-attainment and threats to drinking and ground waters in Ohio;
- Identify current and potential future priority areas for action;
- Identify gaps in current targets and make recommendations to fill them;
- Identify statewide research and environmental data analysis needs;
- Provide an organized, central location for the above-mentioned information that can serve as a basis for aligning limited funding and technical assistance where the most environmental benefit will occur due to NPS implementation;
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