Department of Environmental Quality
Department of Environmental Quality
Meeting:
TMDL Public Meeting - Bull Creek, Levisa Fork, North & South Fork Pound River, Powell River (Buchanan, Lee, and Wise Counties)
| Meeting Details | |
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| Date / Time | 10/24/2013 6:00 pm |
| Location | Norton Community Center
201 Park Avenue Norton, VA 24273 |
| 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 Mines, Minerals and Energy (DMME) announce a public meeting on phased revisions for water quality improvement studies for the four coalfield streams. This is the final public meeting on the phased revisions to the TMDLs. DEQ and DMME have been working to identify sources pollutants affecting the aquatic organisms in the waters of Bull Creek, Levisa Fork, North and South Pound River and the Powell River. During the development of the studies the pollutants impairing the aquatic community were identified and total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) were developed for the impaired waters. A TMDL is the total amount of a pollutant a water body can contain and still meet water quality standards. To restore water quality, contamination levels must be reduced to the TMDL amount. The draft monitoring plan, the phased TMDL reports and the presentation from the public meeting are available from the contact below or on the DEQ website at http://www.deq.virginia.gov/Programs/Water/WaterQualityInformationTMDLs.aspx Public comment period will be from October 24, 2013 to November 25, 2013. Notice of this meeting appears in the October 21, 2013 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: | Martha Chapman |
| Address: |
DEQ Southwest Regional Office 355-A Deadmore Street, P. O. Box 1688 Abingdon, 24210-1688 |
| Email Address: | Martha.Chapman@deq.virginia.gov |
| Telephone: | (276)676-4800 FAX: (276)676-4899 TDD: ()- |