Program Priorities

EPA’s Strategic Plan and Equity Goals

EPA Region 9 San Francisco Bay Program Office FY24 Annual Priority List. Text equivalent follows below the graphic. — Click Image to Enlarge | Text-equivalent of this image can be found below.

As a Clean Water Act authorized program, the San Francisco Bay Program Office priority list intends to invest in the partnerships, science and projects needed to “move the needle” on a range of water quality issues.

The San Francisco Bay Program also intends to continue to support the leadership role the state of California, local governments and Tribal partners have demonstrated in preparing our landscapes and communities for climate change and doing so equitably.

Priority Projects, Activities, and Studies that Restore San Francisco Bay, Achieve Equity, and Build Climate Resilience

Download the Priority List: San Francisco Bay Program Office Annual Priority List (pdf) (121.97 KB, May 2024)
Priority	Related Action in the San Francisco Estuary Blueprint (CCMP)
Wetlands Regional Monitoring Program	Action 8: Implement a Wetlands Regional Monitoring Program. Action 10: Protect, restore, and enhance tidal marsh habitat.
Beneficial Reuse of Dredged Material Support	Action 6: Manage sediment and soil on a regional scale and advance beneficial use.
Nutrient Management	Action 20: Advance nutrient management in the Estuary.
Subtidal habitat, eelgrass and oyster reef restoration	Action 4: Implement climate adaptation projects that prioritize natural and nature-based strategies. Action 9: Protect, restore, and enhance intertidal and subtidal habitats.
BRRIT (Bay Restoration Regulatory Integration Team)	Action 3: Overcome challenges to accelerate implementation of climate adaptation projects that prioritize natural and nature-based strategies. Action 9: Protect, restore, and enhance intertidal and subtidal habitats.
Large scale tidal wetlands restoration	Action 4: Implement climate adaptation projects that prioritize natural and nature-based strategies. Action 7: Decrease carbon emissions and subsidence in the Delta and increase carbon sequestration on natural and agricultural lands. Action 12: Maximize habitat benefits of managed ponds and other non-tidal wetlands and waters.
In-Bay Monitoring of Pollutants, including trash, and algal species under the Regional Monitoring Program	Action 20: Advance nutrient management in the Estuary. Action 21: Address emerging contaminants in the Estuary's waters.
Large scale shoreline resilience, multi-benefit projects	Action 1: Plan for increased climate resilience that incorporates natural resource protection. Action 4: Implement climate adaptation projects that prioritize natural and nature-based strategies.
Large scale implementation of urban green stormwater infrastructure	Action 19: Manage stormwater with low impact development and green stormwater infrastructure. Action 23: Reduce trash and marine debris in the Estuary.
Special studies/projects for addressing PFAS in SF Bay	Action 21: Address emerging contaminants in the Estuary’s waters. Action 22: Reduce human health risks due to legacy contaminants and contaminants in fish.
Special studies/projects for addressing PCBs under TMDL implementation plan	Action 22: Reduce human health risks due to legacy contaminants and contaminants in fish.