National Estuary Program Program Evaluation Guidance: Final

National Estuary Program Program Evaluation Guidance: Final

2011-08-31

The primary purpose of the Program Evaluation (PE) process is to help the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) determine whether the 28 programs included in the National Estuary Program (NEP) are making adequate progress implementing their Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plans (CCMP) and therefore merit continued funding under §320 of the Clean Water Act (CWA). Continued funding for each NEP under §320 of the CWA is contingent upon Congress appropriating sufficient funds to the EPA for the purpose of implementing the NEP. The PE process also is useful for: • highlighting environmental results; • highlighting strengths and challenges in program management; • demonstrating continued stakeholder commitment; • assessing the progress of the NEP as a national program; and • transferring lessons learned within EPA, among NEPs, and with other watershed programs.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
National Estuary Program

Environmental Protection Agency

37

Water Monitoring & Assessment
Water Education, Outreach & Community Capacity

Program evaluation
National Estuary Program

2010-2019

No

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