Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Environmental Quality
Board
State Water Control Board
Meeting:
TMDL Public Meeting - Implementation Plan - West, Stephens and Crooked Run and Willow Brook watersheds (Frederick, Warren and Clarke Counties)

 
Meeting Details
Date / Time 6/29/2016  7:00 pm
Location North Warren Volunteer Fire Hall’s Celebration Hall
2nd Floor
266 Rockland Court
Front Royal, Virginia 
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? Yes
Purpose of the meeting
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality will host a public meeting to present a draft TMDL Implementation Plan for Crooked, Stephens and West Runs and Willow Brook. The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) seeks written and oral comments from interested persons on the development of a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Implementation Plan (IP) for the West, Stephens and Crooked Run and Willow Brook watersheds in Frederick, Warren and Clarke Counties. West and Stephens Runs 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 2010, while Willow Brook and Crooked Run were listed in 2006 and 2002, respectively. The creeks have remained on the 303(d) list for these impairments since then. The impaired segment of West Run extends 6.12 miles from its headwaters downstream to its confluence with Crooked Run. The impaired segment of Stephens Run extends 0.95 miles from its confluence with an unnamed tributary to its confluence with Crooked Run. The impaired segment of Crooked Run extends 8.87 miles down from the Lake Frederick dam to its confluence with the Shenandoah River. Willow Brook is impaired from its headwaters to its confluence with the Shenandoah River (3.95 miles). 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. In addition, Section 62.1- 44.19:7.C of the Code of Virginia requires expeditious implementation of total maximum daily loads when appropriate. The IP should provide measurable goals and the date of expected achievement of water quality objectives. The IP should also include the corrective actions needed and their associated costs, benefits, and environmental impacts. DEQ completed bacteria TMDLs for the Crooked, Stephens and West Runs in September 2014. The TMDLs were approved by the Environmental Protection December 22, 2015. The final TMDL report is available on the DEQ website at: http://www.deq.virginia.gov/Portals/0/DEQ/Water/TMDL/apptmdls/shenrvr/ShenTribs_ Bacteria_Benthic_Final.pdf, Development of the Crooked, Stephens, West Runs and Willow Brook TMDL Implementation Plan began in January 2016. A 30-day public comment period for the meeting will begin on June 30, 2016 end on July 29, 2016. Notice of the public meeting and public comment period appears in the June 27, 2016 Virginia Register. For more information, please contact the staff person listed.
Meeting Scope
 
Public hearing to receive comment on a proposed stage
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General business of the board
 
Discuss particular regulations / chapters

Contact Information
Name / Title: Nesha McRae 
Address: DEQ Valley Regional Office
PO Box 3000
Harrisonburg, 22801
Email Address: nesha.mcrae@deq.virginia.gov
Telephone: (540)574-7850    FAX: (540)574-7878    TDD: ()-