Department of Environmental Quality
Department of Environmental Quality
Meeting:
Steering Committee Meeting - Roanoke River Watershed Clean-up Plan
| Meeting Details | |
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| Date / Time | 8/20/2014 1:30 pm |
| Location | DEQ - Blue Ridge Region Roanoke Office
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? Yes | |
| Purpose of the meeting The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) announces a Steering Committee meeting to discuss water quality improvement projects and funding sources to be included in the Roanoke River Watershed Clean-up Plan. The Steering Committee will continue to focus on the technical aspects of quantifying appropriate water quality improvement projects for each of the subwatersheds included in the Roanoke River Watershed Clean-up Plan area. 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. 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 | |
| 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: | Mary Dail |
| Address: |
DEQ-BRRO 3019 Peters Creek Road Roanoke, 24019 |
| Email Address: | mary.dail@deq.virginia.gov |
| Telephone: | (540)562-6715 FAX: ()- TDD: ()- |