Department of Environmental Quality
State Water Control Board
Meeting:
TMDL Public Meeting - Hardware & North Fork Hardware River watersheds (Albemarle & Fluvanna Counties)
| Meeting Details | |
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| Date / Time | 9/2/2015 3:00 pm |
| Location | Thomas Jefferson Soil and Water Conservation District Office
706 Forest St # G Charlottesville, VA |
| Board Website | http://www.deq.virginia.gov |
| Agenda document | agency has not posted |
| Minutes document | minutes not taken |
| Disability Friendly? Yes Deaf interpreter available upon request? No | |
| Purpose of the meeting The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will host a public meeting to discuss the modification of Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for the Hardware River and North Fork Hardware River watersheds in Albemarle and Fluvanna Counties. The North Fork Hardware River and the Hardware River were first listed as impaired on the Virginia’s 303(d) TMDL Priority List and Report due to violations of the State’s water quality standard for bacteria in 2006. The creeks have remained on the 303(d) list for these impairments since then. The impaired segment of the North Fork Hardware River extends 10.42 miles from the headwaters downstream to its confluence with the South Fork Hardware River. The impaired segment of Hardware River extends 23.03 miles from its confluence with the North Fork downstream to its confluence with the James River. Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act and §62.1-44.19:7.C of the Code of Virginia require DEQ to develop TMDLs for pollutants responsible for each impaired water contained in Virginia’s 303(d) TMDL Priority List and Report. DEQ completed bacteria TMDLs for the Hardware River and the North Fork in July 2007. The TMDLs were approved by the US Environmental Protection Agency on April 10, 2008. The TMDL report is available on the DEQ website at: http://www.deq.virginia.gov/Programs/Water/WaterQualityInformationTMDLs/TMDL/TMDLDevelopment/ApprovedTMDLReports.aspx In addition, Section 62.1-44.19:7.C of the Code of Virginia requires expeditious implementation of total maximum daily loads when appropriate. Upon initiating development of a TMDL implementation plan (IP) for the Hardware River in March 2015, several errors were identified in watershed modeling performed in support of TMDL development. As a result, the Hardware River and North Fork Hardware River TMDLs have been modified in order to correct these errors. The purpose of this meeting is to present the modified TMDLs, and to review the errors found in the original TMDLs and associated corrections made. A 30-day public comment period for the meeting and modified TMDLs will begin on September 3, 2015, and end on October 2, 2015. Notice of this meeting and comment period will appear in the August 24, 2015 Virginia Register. | |
| Meeting Scope |
Public hearing to receive comment on a proposed stage
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General business of the board
Discuss particular regulations / chapters
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| Contact Information | |
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| Name / Title: | Nesha McRae |
| Address: |
4411 Early Road PO Box 3000 Harrisonburg, 22801 |
| Email Address: | nesha.mcrae@deq.virginia.gov |
| Telephone: | (540)574-7850 FAX: (540)574-7878 TDD: ()- |