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|Name=National Estuary Program
|Name=National Estuary Program
|Abbreviation=NEP
|Abbreviation=NEP
|Website=https://www.epa.gov/nep
|Description=The EPA's National Estuary Program (NEP) is a very successful community-based program designed to restore and maintain the ecological integrity of estuaries of national significance. The NEP is a non-regulatory program established by Congress and authorized by section 320 of the Clean Water Act in 1987. It is a unique voluntary program that operates through partnerships among EPA and other Federal, State, and local organizations; industry; academia; environmental and business groups; and community residents. Currently, there are 28 NEPs located along the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts and in Puerto Rico each with a director and staff, working with local stakeholders to improve the health of their estuary - it’s waters, habitats, and living resources. Each NEP has a Management Conference (MC) that consists of diverse stakeholders and uses a collaborative, consensus-building approach. The MCs develop and implement Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plans (CCMP), long-term plans that contain actions to address water quality and living resource challenges and priorities. The EPA provides annual funding, national guidance and technical assistance to the local NEPs.The Indian River Lagoon was nominated as an Estuary of National Significance and joined the NEP under the management of the St. Johns River and South Florida Water Management Districts in 1990. Today, the Indian River Lagoon NEP Management Conference is the IRL Council, a special district of Florida.
|Focus=28 national estuaries of significance.
|Street=Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.Mail Code 4204M
|Region=United States
|Founded=1987
|Statement=The NEP is a collaborative, efficient, and adaptable ecosystem-based network of organizations that protects and restores 28 estuaries of national significance.
|Description=The National Estuary Program (NEP) is an EPA place-based program to protect and restore the water quality and ecological integrity of estuaries of national significance. Currently, 28 estuaries located along the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts and in Puerto Rico are designated as estuaries of national significance. Each NEP focuses within a study area that includes the estuary and surrounding watershed.
 
The NEPs are located in a variety of institutional settings, including state and local agencies, universities and individual nonprofits. In overseeing and managing the national program, EPA provides annual funding, national guidance and technical assistance to the local NEPs.
 
The 28 NEPs develop and implement Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plans (CCMPs), which are long-term plans that contain actions to address water quality and living resource challenges and priorities. The NEP challenges and priorities are defined by local, city, state, federal, private and non-profit stakeholders.
 
Each NEP has a Management Conference (MC) that consists of diverse stakeholders and uses a collaborative, consensus-building approach to implement the CCMP. Moreover, each MC ensures that the CCMP is uniquely tailored to the local environmental conditions and is based on local input, thereby supporting local priorities.
 
The NEP is a non-regulatory program established by Congress and was authorized by section 320 of the Clean Water Act in 1987.
 
The Indian River Lagoon was nominated as an Estuary of National Significance and joined the NEP in 1990 under the sponsorship of the St. Johns and South Florida Water Management Districts. The Program's Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan (CCMP) was published in 1997 and updated in 2008.  
 
Today, the IRLNEP is sponsored by the IRL Council, which was established in February 2015 as a special district of Florida. The IRL Council includes representatives of five counties bordering the lagoon (Volusia, Brevard, the Indian River County Lagoon Coalition, St. Lucie and Martin counties), the St. Johns River and South Florida Water Management Districts, and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). The U.S. EPA provides guidance to the IRL Council.
|Street=1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Code:4204M
|City=Washington
|City=Washington
|State=DC
|State=DC
|Country=United States
|Country=United States
|Zip=20460
|Zip=20460
|Phone=202-566-1146
|Email=ow-owow-internet-comments@epa.gov
|Email=ow-owow-internet-comments@epa.gov
|Phone=202-566-1146
|Website=https://www.epa.gov/nep
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|Image=org-logo-national-estuary-program.png
|Founded=1987
|Focus=National Estuaries
|Region=United States
|Statement=The NEP is a collaborative, efficient, and adaptable ecosystem-based network of organizations that protects and restores 28 estuaries of national significance.
|Parent=Office of Wetlands Oceans and Watersheds
|Child=Indian River Lagoon National Estuary Program
|Partner=IRL Council; Association of National Estuary Programs
|Type=Government
|Government Division=United States Government
|US Division2=Executive Branch
|US Division2=Executive Branch
|US Executive=Environmental Protection Agency
|US Executive=Environmental Protection Agency
|US Division5=Office of Wetlands Oceans and Watersheds
|US Division5=EPA Office of Water
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National Estuary Program (NEP)

National Estuary Program
The EPA's National Estuary Program (NEP) is a very successful community-based program designed to restore and maintain the ecological integrity of estuaries of national significance. The NEP is a non-regulatory program established by Congress and authorized by section 320 of the Clean Water Act in 1987. It is a unique voluntary program that operates through partnerships among EPA and other Federal, State, and local organizations; industry; academia; environmental and business groups; and community residents. Currently, there are 28 NEPs located along the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts and in Puerto Rico each with a director and staff, working with local stakeholders to improve the health of their estuary - it’s waters, habitats, and living resources. Each NEP has a Management Conference (MC) that consists of diverse stakeholders and uses a collaborative, consensus-building approach. The MCs develop and implement Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plans (CCMP), long-term plans that contain actions to address water quality and living resource challenges and priorities. The EPA provides annual funding, national guidance and technical assistance to the local NEPs.The Indian River Lagoon was nominated as an Estuary of National Significance and joined the NEP under the management of the St. Johns River and South Florida Water Management Districts in 1990. Today, the Indian River Lagoon NEP Management Conference is the IRL Council, a special district of Florida.

The NEP is a collaborative, efficient, and adaptable ecosystem-based network of organizations that protects and restores 28 estuaries of national significance.

Focus: National Estuaries
Region: United States
Founded: 1987

Hierarchy

Government Organization
United States Government; Executive Branch; Environmental Protection Agency; EPA Office of Water; EPA Office of Wetlands Oceans and Watersheds

Affiliations

Parent Organizations: Office of Wetlands Oceans and Watersheds

Subsidiaries: Indian River Lagoon National Estuary Program

Partners: IRL Council; Association of National Estuary Programs

Contact

National Estuary Program
Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.Mail Code 4204M
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: 202-566-1146
Email: ow-owow-internet-comments@epa.gov
Website: https://www.epa.gov/nep

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