Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Program Section 319 Biannual Report
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State of Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Program Section 319 Biannual Report FAA 3191716 – The Triangle Park Restoration Project stabilized eroding streambanks along an unnamed tributary of Prentiss Creek within Triangle Park in Woodridge, Illinois. Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Bureau of Water Watershed Management Section Nonpoint Source Unit September 2020 TABLE OF CONTENTS Figures 4 Tables 5 1. Introduction 7 2. Assessment of Nonpoint Source Pollution 8 2.1 Streams 8 2.2 Lakes 12 2.3 Lake Michigan 14 2.4 Wetlands 15 2.5 Ground Water 15 2.6 National Monitoring Program 15 3. Illinois Nonpoint Source Management Program 17 4. Implementation of Illinois’ Nonpoint Source Management Program 19 4.1 Program Objectives and Milestones 19 4.2 Key Partners and Programs 29 4.2.1 United States Department of Agriculture 29 4.2.2 Illinois Department of Agriculture 32 4.2.3 Illinois Department of Natural Resources 33 4.2.4 Illinois Environmental Protection Agency 33 4.2.4.1 Nonpoint Source Success Stories 33 4.2.4.2 Total Maximum Daily Loads 35 4.2.4.3 Watershed-based Planning 35 4.2.4.4 Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy 36 4.2.4.5 Illinois Clean Lakes Program 38 4.2.4.6 Priority Lake and Watershed Implementation Program 38 4.2.4.7 Lake Education Assistance Program 39 4.2.4.8 Water Pollution Control Loan Program 39 4.2.4.9 Illinois Green Infrastructure Grant Program for Stormwater Management 39 4.2.4.10 Section 604b – Water Quality Management Planning Grant Program 40 4.2.4.11 Section 319(h) – Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Financial Assistance Program 41 5. Open Section 319 Grants – Completed Projects 47 FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 2016 47 Copperas Creek Watershed Project 47 Upper Cache River Watershed Plan 47 Facilitating the Implementation of the Illinois Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy 48 Watershed-Based Plan Development 48 Lake Bloomington Pilot: Reducing Nitrogen Loss and Improving Water Quality 49 Hickory Creek Green Infrastructure 50 Galena River Watershed Plan 51 Woods Creek Streambank Stabilization and Restoration 51 Timber Lake South Inlet Project 52 Kinkaid Lake BMP Implementation 53 Otter Lake Watershed Plan and TMDL Implementation 54 Upper Silver Creek BMP Implementation 55 Fetzner Park Riparian Area Restoration 56 Raingarden/Bioswales at Tower Lakes 57 Kimball Farms Detention Basin Retrofit Project 58 Clinton County Livestock Waste Management Project 59 1 FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 2017 60 Technical Assistance for the Coastal Clean Waters Program 60 Calculation of Riverine Nitrate and Total Phosphorus Loads 60 Copperas Creek Watershed-Based Plan 61 Friends Creek Watershed-Based Plan 61 East Fork Creek Watershed-Based Plan 62 Lake Springfield Watershed-based Plan BMP Implementation 62 Culver Park Detention Basin Retrofit Project 63 Buffalo Creek Streambank Restoration 64 Homer Glen Heritage Park BMPs for Water Quality Improvement 65 Silver Creek Corridor Restoration Project 66 Waverly Lake TMDL & Watershed Plan Implementation 67 North Mill Creek Channel Restoration 68 Kinkaid Lake Gully & Shoreline Stabilization 69 Welworth-Wentworth Bioretention Basin 70 Triangle Park Restoration Project 71 FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 2018 73 Flint Creek Dreamway Stream & Riparian Area Restoration Project 73 Woods Creek Restoration Project - Phase 1 73 Keith Andres Memorial Park Stream Restoration Project 74 FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 2019 76 Lake Charleston Shoreline Stabilization Initiative 76 6. Open Section 319 Grants – Ongoing Projects 77 FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 2016 (NPS PROGRAM FUNDS) 77 Total Maximum Daily Load Development 77 Total Maximum Daily Load Development 79 Illinois Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy Implementation 80 FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 2016 (WATERSHED PROJECT FUNDS) 82 Nippersink Creek Watershed Plan Implementation 82 FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 2017 (NPS PROGRAM FUNDS) 84 Total Maximum Daily Load Development 84 Illinois Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy Implementation 85 Streambank Cleanup And Lakeshore Enhancement 86 FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 2017 (WATERSHED PROJECT FUNDS) 87 Lake County Countywide BMP Implementation Program 87 FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 2018 (NPS PROGRAM FUNDS) 89 Technical Assistance for the Coastal Clean Waters Program 89 Total Maximum Daily Load Development 90 Illinois Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy Implementation 91 Illinois Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy Implementation 92 Nonpoint Source Pollution Management Workshop 93 Upper South Branch Kishwaukee River Watershed Improvement Plan 94 Lake Michigan Watershed-based Planning Project 95 South Fork Kent Creek Watershed Plan Development 96 Highland Silver Lake Watershed BMP Implementation 97 FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 2018 (WATERSHED PROJECT FUNDS) 98 7th Avenue Creek Stream Restoration Project 98 2 Lake Lou Yaeger Watershed Implementation Project 99 North Branch Chicago River Watershed Based Plan Update 100 Otter Lake Watershed Plan Implementation 101 FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 2019 (NPS PROGRAM FUNDS) 102 Technical Assistance for the Coastal Clean Waters Program 102 Total Maximum Daily Load Development 103 Illinois Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy Implementation 104 Winneshiek Creek Watershed-based Plan 105 Canteen Creek-Cahokia Creek Watershed BMP Implementation 106 Little Rock Creek Watershed-Based Plan 107 North Fork Vermilion River and Lake Vermilion Watershed Plan Update 108 FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 2019 (WATERSHED PROJECT FUNDS) 109 Lake Bloomington and Evergreen Lake Watershed Plan Update 109 Lake Mauvaise Terre In-Lake Dam Phase 1 110 Proposed Sediment Basin and Gully Stabilization 111 Copperas Creek Watershed-Based Plan Implementation Project 112 Macoupin Creek / Otter Lake Watershed Implementation 113 St. Joseph Creek Restoration 114 The Big Ditch and Healthy Water 115 Lake County SMC Watershed-Based Plan Implementation Program 116 Silver Creek Concrete Removal & Stabilization Project 118 FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 2020 (NPS PROGRAM FUNDS) 119 Total Maximum Daily Load Development 119 Fiddyment Creek, Milne Creek, and Fraction Run Watershed Plan 120 Keith Creek Watershed-based Plan 121 Salt Smart Training & Certification Program for Parking Lot & Sidewalk BMPs 122 FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 2020 (WATERSHED PROJECT FUNDS) 123 Embarras River Watershed Based Plan Update 123 Lake Springfield Watershed Management Plan BMP 124 Candlewick Western Tributary Bioinfiltration Project 125 Robbins Rain Garden and Riparian Restoration Project 126 Village Hall Permeable Paver Parking Lot 127 Klein Creek Section 1 Streambank Stabilization 128 Klein Creek Stream Restoration Reaches 5, 6, and 7 129 OakBrook Tributary Restoration 130 Woods Creek Restoration Project - Phase 2 131 Squaw Creek Watershed & Fish Lake Drain Watershed-Based Plan Updates 132 Appendix 1 - Watershed-based Plans Appendix 2 - Closed Section 319 Grants – FFY 1990 - 1999: Completed Projects Appendix 3 - Closed Section 319 Grants – FFY 2000 - 2009: Completed Projects Appendix 4 - Closed Section 319 Grants – FFY 2010 - 2015: Completed Projects 3 Figures Figure 2.1. Section 319 National Monitoring Program Projects in Illinois 15 Figure 4.1. NWQI Watersheds in Illinois 31 Figure 4.2. NWQI Lake De Revey Watershed 31 Figure 4.3. NWQI Lake De Revey Subwatershed Monitoring 31 Figure 4.4. CREP Eligibility Map 33 Figure 4.5. Illinois Coastal Zone 33 Figure 4.6. Illinois Success Stories approved by USEPA 34 Figure 4.7. The Proportion of Nitrate and Total Phosphorus Lost to the Mississippi River by Source 37 Figure 4.8. Nitrate-N Reduction goal in Pounds per Year by Source 37 Figure 4.9. Total Phosphorus Reduction Goal in Pounds per Year by Source 38 4 Tables Table 2.1. Point and Nonpoint Source Summary for Streams 8 Table 2.2. Summary of Causes of All Use Impairments in Streams 10 Table 2.3. Summary of Sources of All Use Impairments in Streams 11 Table 2.4. Point and Nonpoint Source Summary for Lakes 12 Table 2.5. Summary of Causes of All Use Impairments in Lakes 13 Table 2.6. Summary of Sources of All Use Impairments in Lakes 14 Table 2.7. Wetlands in Illinois 15 Table 2.8. Use Support in Community Water Supply Wells 15 Table 2.9. Section 319 National Monitoring Program Projects in Illinois 16 Table 4.1. 2013 Program Short- and Medium-Term Objectives and Milestones 19 Table 4.2. Funding in Illinois Under Key Programs 29 Table 4.3. Pollutant Load Reductions Achieved in Illinois Under Key Programs 29 Table 4.4. Illinois NRCS Conservation Accomplishments 30 Table 4.5. NWQI Watersheds in Illinois 31 Table 4.6. IDA Programs - Summary of Completed BMPs 32 Table 4.7. Illinois Success Stories approved by USEPA 34 Table 4.8. Watershed Milestones and Targets 36 Table 4.9. WPCLP Awards for NPS Control Projects in Illinois 39 Table 4.10. IGIG - Summary of Completed BMPs 40 Table 4.11. Funding Awarded to Illinois EPA Under Section 319 of the CWA 42 Table 4.12. Section 319 NPS Program - Summary of Completed BMPs 43 Table 4.13. Pollutant Load Reductions for Completed BMPs by Section 319 Grant Year 46 5 6 1. Introduction Nonpoint source (NPS) pollution includes pollution caused by rainfall or snowmelt moving over and through the ground and carrying natural and human-made pollutants into lakes, rivers, streams, wetlands, estuaries and other coastal waters, and ground water. Atmospheric deposition and hydrologic modification (unnatural changes to the shape, flow, or biology of streams and other aquatic systems) are also sources of NPS pollution. The Clean Water Act of 1987 included a new national initiative to help states develop innovative NPS pollution control strategies. Under Section 319 of the Clean Water Act, the United States Environmental