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Meeting Details
Date / Time	2/27/2014  2:00 pm
Location	DEQ - Blue Ridge Regional Office (Roanoke) 3019 Peters Creek Road Roanoke, VA 24019
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? No
Purpose of the meeting The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) announces the second round of working group meetings to discuss potential water quality improvement projects and funding sources to be included in the Roanoke River Watershed Clean-up Plan. The working groups will focus on identifying appropriate water quality improvement projects from the following perspectives: business, residential/agricultural and government. Virginia agencies are working to develop a clean-up plan with strategies for reducing levels of bacteria and sediment entering streams. The clean-up plan is designed to meet the bacteria and sediment reduction goals established by the following Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) studies: Bacteria TMDLs for Wilson Creek, Ore Branch and Roanoke River Watersheds, Virginia (available at http://www.deq.virginia.gov/portals/0/DEQ/Water/TMDL/apptmdls/roankrvr/uroanec.pdf), the Benthic TMDL Development for the Roanoke River, Virginia (available at http://www.deq.virginia.gov/portals/0/DEQ/Water/TMDL/apptmdls/roankrvr/uroanbc.pdf), and the Fecal Coliform Total Maximum Daily Load Development for Glade Creek, Tinker Creek, Carvin Creek, Laymantown Creek and Lick Run (available at http://www.deq.virginia.gov/portals/0/DEQ/Water/TMDL/apptmdls/roankrvr/tinkerfc.pdf). The TMDL studies were completed in February 2006, February 2006 and March 2004, respectively. 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 have to be reduced to the TMDL amount. The following is the “impaired” stream, the length of the impaired segment, location and the reason for the impairment: Ore Branch, all, bacteria; Roanoke River, 29.56 miles, bacteria; Back Creek, 9.88 miles, bacteria; Mason Creek, 7.56 miles, bacteria; Mudlick Creek, 7.28 miles, bacteria; Murray Run, 3.22 miles, bacteria; Peters Creek, 7.14 miles, bacteria; Tinker Creek, 19.34 miles, bacteria; Carvin Creek, 5.36 miles, bacteria; Glade Creek, 12.59 miles, bacteria; Laymantown Creek, 2.07 miles, bacteria; Lick Run, 9.37 miles, bacteria; Roanoke River, 20.04 miles, sediment. These portions of the Roanoke River watershed are located in Bedford, Botetourt, Floyd, Franklin, Craig, Montgomery, and Roanoke counties, Roanoke City and Salem. For additional information or to submit comments, please contact the staff listed below. Additional information, including materials from past meetings and working group descriptions, is also available on the DEQ web site at http://www.deq.virginia.gov/Programs/Water/WaterQualityInformationTMDLs/TMDL/TMDLImplementation/TMDLImplementationProgress.aspx DIRECTIONS: From Route 220 North, Route 460 East or Interstate 581 North: Take I-581 North to the second Peters Creek Road exit, number 2S. Go south on Peters Creek Road. After the second stoplight, turn left into Brammer Village. Go to the left in the parking lot and continue up the hill. DEQ is the third building (number 3019) on the right. Address is 3019 Peters Creek Road, Roanoke, VA 24019. Parking for daytime meetings is available in the lot by the main entrance and on the opposite side of the building by the garages.
Meeting Scope	Public hearing to receive comment on a proposed stage X General business of the board   Discuss particular regulations / chapters

Contact Information
Name / Title:	Mary Dail
Address:	DEQ-Blue Ridge Regional Office 3019 Peters Creek Rd. Roanoke, 24019
Email Address:	mary.dail@deq.virginia.gov
Telephone:	(540)562-6715    FAX: (540)562-6725    TDD: ()-