Tennessee River Basin Watershed Management Plan

Appendices

Appendix A.

List of Acronyms and Abbreviations *

AAM                     Alabama A & M University

A&I                        Agriculture and Industry (water supply use classifications)

ACES                     Alabama Cooperative Extension System

ADAI                     Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries

ADCNR                 Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources

ADECA                 Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs

ADEM                   Alabama Department of Environmental Management

ADIR                      Alabama Department of Industrial Relations

ADPH                    Alabama Department of Public Health

AFA                       Alabama Forestry Association

AFC                        Alabama Forestry Commission

AFO                       Animal Feeding Operation

ALFA                     Alabama Farmers Federation

ANHP                    Alabama Natural Heritage Program

ARA                       Alabama Rivers Alliance

ARS                        Agricultural Research Service

ASMC                    Alabama Surface Mining Commission

ASSESS                 Strategy for Sampling Environmental Indicators of Surface Water Quality Status

ASWCC                 Alabama Soil and Water Conservation Committee

ASWCD                Alabama Soil and Water Conservation Districts

AWFF                    Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries

AWPCA                Alabama Water Pollution Control Act

AWW                    Alabama Water Watch

BMP                       Best Management Practices

CAC                       Citizen Advisory Committee

CAFO                     Confined Animal Feeding Operation

COE                        United States Army Corps of Engineers

CRP                        Conservation Reserve Program (USDA)

CWA                      Clean Water Act

DO                          Dissolved Oxygen

DC                          District Conservationist

EMAP                    Environmental Monitoring Assessment Program

EPA                        Environmental Protection Agency

EQIP                       Environmental Quality Incentives Program

EWP                       Emergency Watershed Protection Program

F&W                      Fish and Wildlife (water supply use classification)

FSA                        Farm Services Agency (USDA)

GIS                          Geographic Information System

HUC                       Hydrologic Unit Code

NASA                    National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Marshall Space Flight Center)

NAWQA               National Water Quality Assessment Program (USGS)

NPDES                   National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

NPS                        Nonpoint source

NRCS                     National Resources Conservation Service (USDA)

NRI                         Natural Resources Inventory (USDA)

NWI                       National Wetland Inventory of the USFWS

OAW                     Outstanding Alabama Water (water use classification)

ONRW                   Outstanding National Resource Water (water use classifications)

OSM                       United States Bureau of Mines - Office of Surface Mining

PALS                      People Against A Littered State

PS                           Point Source

PWS                       Public Water Supply (water use classification)

RC&D                    Resource Conservation and Development

S                              Swimming and Other Whole Body Water Contact Sports (water use classification)

SH                           Shellfish Harvesting (water use classification)

SMZ                       Streamside Management Zone

SRF                         State Revolving Fund of Alabama

SWCC&D              Soil and Water Conservation Commission and Districts

SWCD                    Soil and Water Conservation District

TMDL                    Total Maximum Daily Loads

TNC                        The Nature Conservancy (of Alabama)

TSI                          Trophic State Index

TVA                       Tennessee Valley Authority

UAH                       University of Alabama at Huntsville

USACE                  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (a.k.a. COE)

USCOE                   United States Army Corps of Engineers

USDA                    U.S. Department of Agriculture

USDA-FS              United States Department of Agriculture - Forest Service

USDA-NRCS        Natural Resources Conservation Service

USEPA                   United States Environmental Protection Agency

USFS                      U.S. Forest Service

USFWS                  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Department of the Interior)

USGS                      United States Geological Survey

UWA                     University of West Alabama

WHIP                     Wildlife Habitat Incentives Program (USDA)

WMA                    Watershed Management Authorities

WRP                       Wetlands Reserve Program (USDA)

WQ                  Water Quality

* This is a list of common terms used in the State of Alabama.  Not all terms apply to the Tennessee basin or appear in this Plan.

Appendix B

Final 2000 Alabama List of 303(d) Streams and Impaired Waters

WaterbodyID	Waterbody Name	Support Status	County	Uses	Causes	Potential Sources	Date  of  Data	Size, miles	Downstream / Upstream Locations	1996 303(d)?	TMDL Date
AL/06030001-160_01	Dry Creek	Non	Jackson	Fish & Wildlife	Metals	Surface Mining - abandoned	1980	8.0	Coon Creek /	No	2004
					pH		1985-88		Its Source
					Siltation		1991
AL/06030001-160_02	Hogue Creek	Non	Jackson	Fish & Wildlife	Nutrients	Surface Mining - abandoned	1986	2.4	Flat Rock Creek /	No	2004
					pH		1987		Its Source
					OE/DO
AL/06030001-160_03	Warren Smith Creek	Non	Jackson	Fish & Wildlife	pH	Surface mining-abandoned	1986	3.0	Dry Creek /	No	2004
					Siltation		1987		Ross Branch
AL/06030001-160_04	Rocky Branch	Non	Jackson	Fish & Wildlife	pH	Surface mining-abandoned	1988	3.6	Dry Creek /	No	2002
					Siltation		1991		Its Source
AL/06030001-160_05	Coon/Flat Rock Creek	Partial	Jackson	Fish & Wildlife	Metals	Surface mining-abandoned	1988	20.0	Tennessee River /	Yes	2002
					pH	Mine tailings-abandoned	1991		Its Source
					Siltation
AL/06030001-170_01	Mud Creek	Partial	Jackson	Fish & Wildlife	OE/DO	Nonirrigated crop prod.	1988	18	Tennessee River /	Yes	2002
						Pasture grazing	1991		Its Source
AL/06030001-220_01	South Sauty Creek	Partial	DeKalb	Fish & Wildlife	pH	Unknown source	1988-98	32	Lake Guntersville/	Yes	2002
									Its Source
AL/06030001-250_01	Town Creek	Partial	DeKalb	Fish & Wildlife	pH	Unknown	1988-98	63.3	Lake Guntersville/	Yes	2002
									Its Source
AL/06030001-270_01	Scarham Creek	Non	Marshall	Fish & Wildlife	Pesticides	Nonirrigated crop prod.	1991	24	Short Creek /	Yes	2001
					Ammonia	Specialty crop prod.	1993-95		Its Source
					Siltation	Int. animal feeding oper.
					OE/DO	Pasture grazing
					Pathogens
AL/06030002-060_01	Guess Creek	Non	Jackson	Fish & Wildlife	Unknown toxicity	Unknown source	1997	10.8	Paint Rock River /	No	2004
					OE/DO	Pasture grazing			Bee Branch
					Pathogens

WaterbodyID	Waterbody Name	Support Status	County	Uses	Causes	Potential Sources	Date  of  Data	Size, miles	Downstream / Upstream Locations	1996 303(d)?	TMDL Date
AL/06030002-070_01	Cole Spring Branch	Partial	Jackson	Fish & Wildlife	Siltation	Pasture grazing	1994-95	2.1	Bridge at Jones Farm /	Yes	2001
					OE/DO				Jeep Trail Crossing
AL/06030002-100_01	L. Paint Rock Creek	Partial	Marshall	Fish & Wildlife	Siltation	Pasture grazing	1994-95	2.0	Merrill Road Bridge /	Yes	2001