Department of Environmental Quality
State Water Control Board
Meeting:
TMDL Technical Advisory Committee Meeting - Accotink Creek Watershed Benthic
| Meeting Details | |
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| Date / Time | 6/7/2017 1:00 pm |
| Location | Richard Byrd Library Meeting Room
7250 Commerce Street Springfield, VA 22150-3499 |
| Board Website | http://www.deq.virginia.gov |
| Agenda document | agency has not posted |
| Minutes document |
Meeting minutes
10/16/2017
(269k)
FINAL
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| Disability Friendly? Yes Deaf interpreter available upon request? Yes | |
| Purpose of the meeting This is the sixth meeting of the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) for the Accotink Creek Watershed Benthic Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) project. Biological monitoring data collected by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) have shown that portions of Accotink Creek and Long Branch do not meet Virginia’s water quality standard for aquatic life use due to poor health in the benthic biological communities. The stressor identification analysis, which was finalized on September 29, 2015 identified sediment, chloride, hydromodification, and habitat modification as the most probable stressors contributing to the benthic impairments in the Accotink Creek watershed. Of the four most probable stressors, only sediment and chloride are pollutants. DEQ, with assistance from the Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin (ICPRB), have been developing TMDLs for sediment and chloride in accordance with the Clean Water Act. The purpose of this meeting is to present and discuss the draft sediment and chloride TMDL reports. This meeting is an opportunity to solicit input from the TAC on these sediment and chloride TMDL reports. If you have any questions regarding the TAC, this meeting, or the Accotink TMDL project, please contact Will Isenberg via phone, email, or conventional mail using the information listed at the bottom of this notice. All materials related to this project have been posted on the DEQ website at: http://www.deq.virginia.gov/Programs/Water/WaterQualityInformationTMDLs/TMDL/TMDLDevelopment/DocumentationforSelectTMDLs.aspx The draft sediment TMDL report and the draft chloride TMDL report will also be available at the address above prior to the sixth TAC meeting. Please contact the DEQ staff person listed if you have any questions. | |
| 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: | Will Isenberg |
| Address: |
DEQ - Office of Watershed Programs & Ecology PO Box 1105 Richmond, 23218 |
| Email Address: | William.Isenberg@deq.virginia.gov |
| Telephone: | (804)698-4228 FAX: ()- TDD: ()- |