Meeting:
TMDL TAC Meeting - Holmes Run and Tripps Run
Meeting Details | |
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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 | agency has not posted |
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
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Contact Information | |
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Name / Title: | Jennifer Carlson / TMDL Coordinator |
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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 |