The distinction between compliance monitoring needs for the GBP, and research/investigation needs to improve selenium and drainage management, has been and will likely continue to be blurred. The compliance monitoring plan is designed to measure whether the GBP meets the commitments made in the UA, EA/FONSI, and consensus letter to the CVRWQCB and to improve, where possible through the monitoring program, the current scientific understanding of selenium fate and transport. However, additional research and investigations will be required to address questions related to selenium mobilization, fate, and transport in order to better predict and prevent impacts, to develop, implement and evaluate improved drainage management techniques, and through these efforts develop and implement a long term drainage management plan.


The comprehensive data collection effort undertaken for the monitoring program may allow more in-depth, interagency research projects to be performed than might have been otherwise possible.

The data collection, reporting and dissemination process will be implemented to foster close cooperation and coordination, not only with the agencies and organizations involved in the monitoring program but also with the research community.