Department of Environmental Quality
Department of Environmental Quality
Meeting:
TMDL Public Meeting - Various tributaries (Tazewell & Russell Counties)
| Meeting Details | |
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| Date / Time | 11/5/2013 6:00 pm |
| Location | Lebanon Town Hall, 405 West Main Street in Lebanon, Virginia |
| 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 is announcing the final implementation plan to restore water quality, a public comment opportunity, and public meeting. This meeting will present a draft TMDL implementation plan for the following tributaries: Clinch River from Big Cedar Creek confluence downstream to the Dumps Creek confluence and the following tributaries: Maiden Spring Creek and Little River in Tazewell County, Virginia, and Indian Creek, Weaver Creek, Swords Creek, Lewis Creek and Big Cedar Creek in Russell County, Virginia.This plan follows a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) study developed for the Clinch River and tributaries including Maiden Spring Creek and Little River in Tazewell County, Virginia, and Indian Creek, Weaver Creek, Swords Creek, Lewis Creek, Big Cedar Creek that identified bacteria contamination as the cause for the streams failure to meet the Recreational Use water quality standard. The plan outlines the corrective actions needed to reduce the sources of bacteria and their associated costs and benefits, along with measurable goals, and an implementation timeline. The plan focuses on addressing the agricultural, residential, and urban sources of bacteria identified in the TMDL study. The development of a TMDL and a TMDL implementation plan includes public meetings and a public comment period once the study report is drafted. After public comments have been considered and addressed, DEQ will submit the implementation plan to the State Water Control Board for approval. Fact sheets are available for the impaired waters from the contacts below or on the DEQ web site at http://www.deq.virginia.gov/Programs/Water/WaterQualityInformationTMDLs.aspx The comment period will be from November 4, 2013 to December 4, 2013. Notice of this meeting appears in the November 4, 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: ()- |