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Annual reporting of any monitoring, studies, or analyses conducted as part of S8.13 <br />below must follow the requirements specified in the approved Quality Assurance <br />Project Plans (QAPPs). <br />B. Stormwater Management Program Effectiveness Studies. Each city and county <br />Permittee listed in S1.D.2.a.i and S1.D.2.a.ii shall collaborate with other Permittees to <br />select, propose, develop, and conduct Ecology -approved studies to assess, on a <br />regional or sub -regional basis, effectiveness of permit -required stormwater <br />management program activities and best management practices. Permittees shall: <br />1. Review the individual study ideas that were proposed in Permittees' annual <br />reports due March 31, 2010 and add new ideas for collaborative studies of <br />permit -required programmatic, operational, or structural best management <br />practices. For each study idea, discuss: what data are needed to evaluate the <br />effectiveness of the practice; how Permittees' stormwater management <br />programs might be improved based on the findings of a study; and potential <br />partnerships between Permittees whereby data can be collected efficiently and <br />effectively. <br />2. Rank the study ideas and compile a final list of twelve to fifteen study ideas for <br />Eastern Washington. For each of these twelve to fifteen study ideas, identify a <br />single Permittee as lead entity and also identify the sub -region or other grouping <br />of Permittees that will participate. <br />3. On or before June 30, 2016, submit the ranked list of twelve to fifteen study <br />ideas for Eastern Washington to Ecology. Include a brief summary of the data <br />collection that will be necessary to evaluate the effectiveness of the practice. For <br />each study idea, list the lead entity and the other Permittees that will participate. <br />4. Lead entities shall develop detailed study design proposals for a combined total <br />of no fewer than eight and no more than twelve of the top-ranked ideas. For <br />each study, describe the purpose, objectives, design, and methods; list the <br />Permittees that will participate, and their roles and responsibilities; describe <br />anticipated outcomes; identify methods to report the results; and describe <br />expected modifications to the Permittees' stormwater management programs. <br />5. On or before June 30, 2017, lead entities shall submit the detailed proposals to <br />Ecology in both electronic and paper form. <br />6. Lead entities shall submit a Quality Assurance Project Plan (QAPP) for each <br />study within six months of Ecology's written approval of each detailed <br />proposal. A combined total of no fewer than eight and no more than twelve <br />QAPPs shall be submitted from all lead entities. All QAPPs shall be submitted <br />in both electronic and paper form. If Ecology does not request changes or <br />provide written approval within 90 days of the QAPP submittal, the QAPP is <br />considered approved as submitted. <br />7. Lead entities of a minimum of four studies shall begin to implement each study <br />no later than six months following approval of the QAPP. Lead entities for the <br />Eastern Washington Phase HMunicipal Stormwater Permit—August 1, 2014 <br />Page 39 <br />