Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Environmental Quality
Board
Department of Environmental Quality
Meeting:
TMDL TAC Meeting - Holmes Run and Tripps Run

 
Meeting Details
Date / Time 5/24/2012  1:30 pm
Location Thomas Jefferson Library
Meeting Room 2
7415 Arlington Boulevard, Falls Church, VA 22042 
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 (DEQ) and the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) announce the first Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) Meeting to introduce the Holmes Run and Tripps Run Benthic TMDL studies. This is the first meeting to introduce these TMDL projects to the TAC. The purpose of the TAC will be to provide technical input and insight for the project, and to assist with stakeholder and public participation. Portions of Holmes Run and Tripps Run have been identified as impaired on the Clean Water Act §303(d) list for not supporting Virginia’s water quality aquatic life use standard due to poor health of the benthic macroinvertebrate communities. Virginia agencies are working to identify the benthic stressors causing the aquatic life use impairments in Holmes Run and Tripps Run. During this study, DEQ will develop a total maximum daily load, or a TMDL, for each of the impaired stream segments. A TMDL is the total amount of a pollutant a water body can receive and still meet water quality standards. To restore water quality, pollutant levels have to be reduced to the TMDL allocated amount. The public comment period on the materials presented at the TAC Meeting will extend from May 24, 2012 to June 25, 2012. Notice of this meeting appears in the Virginia Register published on May 7, 2012.
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: Jennifer Carlson  / TMDL Coordinator
Address: DEQ - Northern Regional Office
13901 Crown Court
Woodbridge, 22193
Email Address: Jennifer.Carlson@deq.virginia.gov
Telephone: (703)583-3859    FAX: (703)583-3821    TDD: (804)698-4021