1. Provide general direction and oversight of the project in that watershed area and work to obtain the resources and funds necessary to do that work.
2. Convene a Scientific Advisory Panel to develop a study plan for the basin and provide quality assurance and quality control for the data collection effort.
3. Plan, schedule, and conduct volunteer training workshops in the watershed area.
4. Coordinate distribution of materials equipment and supplies to the volunteers for their work.
5. Coordinate unified sample collection efforts, ensuring delivery of collected samples to selected laboratories.
6. Provide feedback and technical support to the volunteers regarding monitoring data and watershed issues of interest to the volunteers. Help develop response strategies when water quality problems are indicated by volunteer reports and data collected.
7. Conduct a year-end Watershed Protection Conference for the volunteers and other interested parties in the watershed.
8. Coordinate activities with the Inter-basin Coordinating Committee and select a delegate and alternate to serve on that committee.

List of tasks and responsibilities associated with this plan of work.

Initial Membership on the Interbasin Coordinating Committee shall consist of one representative each from the Kentucky Waterways Alliance Advisory Council, Cumberland Chapter of the Sierra Club, the Kentucky Water Watch Program. And each functioning Local Watershed Steering Committee.

The finances of the ICC and each regional watershed steering committee will be managed by each steering committee. Each steering committee may establish a bank account for its use with these provisions:

1. Each Steering Committee should identify a fiduciary agent to receive and disburse funds on its behalf.
2. Any disbursements of funds must be in accordance with section 501(c)3 of the U.S. Uniform Tax Code.
3. Each Steering Committee should adopt financial policies for purchasing, expense reimbursements and inventory control.
4. Each Steering Committee should publish quarterly financial reports and income statements for distribution to its members and to the ICC.
5. Should the Steering Committee cease to function, any remaining funds will be returned to the original contributors on a pro rata basis.

1. If a funding request requires use of the name Watershed Watch or identify activity of the project as grant "match", The Local Watershed Steering Committee should provide a copy of the application to the ICC for review.
2. If a funding request requires the use of the name or tax number of the Sierra Club, then application must be submitted to the Sierra Club for review.
3. If a funding request requires the use of the name, tax number or signature of an officer of the Kentucky Waterways Alliance, then a copy of the application must be submitted to the Alliance for review.
4. All grant application reviews should be done as expeditiously as possible to ensure swift and efficient acquisition of funding.
5. A Steering Committee must provide its own assurances that it will be responsible for conducting the work and filing any status or progress reports as required by any grant contracts or funding agreements it enters into.

C) A Steering Committee may execute work contracts, lab contracts and conduct it's own purchasing from Committee accounts, but at no time is the Committee to go into debt or contract for services beyond its ability to pay.

Adoption of this Plan Of Work The Plan of Work was adopted by the Interbasin Steering Committee at its August 28, 1999 Meeting. This plan of work may be amended at any announced meeting of the ICC by consensus or simple majority vote of the delegates present. Please send comments or questions to project organizers.