Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Environmental Quality
Board
State Water Control Board
Meeting:
TMDL Local Steering Committee Meeting - Long Meadow Run and Turley Creek

 
Meeting Details
Date / Time 7/20/2015  1:00 pm
Location Massanutten Regional Library’s Downtown Branch
174 South Main Street
Harrisonburg, VA 22801 
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 Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and its contractors, Virginia Tech’s Biological Systems Engineering Department, will discuss population data for the development of a water quality study known as a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) and a watershed improvement plan (or Implementation Plan) for Long Meadow Run and Turley Creek. This is an opportunity for local residents to share information about the area and its local streams and give feedback as to the best way to help these streams return to a healthy condition. The Local Steering Committee will meet to discuss the draft TMDL document, discuss current cost-share and Best Management Practices installation in the watershed, and review next steps. Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act and §62.1-44.19:7.C of the Code of Virginia require DEQ to develop TMDLs for pollutants responsible for each impaired water contained in Virginia’s 303(d) TMDL Priority List and Report. These streams do not host a healthy and diverse population of aquatic life, and subsequently was listed as impaired for the “General Benthic (Aquatic life)” water quality standard. This water quality study (TMDL) will review all data collected and determine the cause of the benthic impairment through a weight of evidence approach. Reductions and a TMDL for the cause of the impairment will be developed. This meeting will be open to the public and all are welcome. In the case of inclement weather, the meeting will be postponed until Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at 1pm. The meetings of the Technical Advisory Committee are open to the public and all interested parties are welcome. Written comments are always accepted. For more information or to submit written comments, please contact the staff person listed.
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: Tara Sieber 
Address: DEQ-Valley Regional Office
P.O. Box 3000
Harrisonburg, 22801
Email Address: tara.sieber@deq.virginia.gov
Telephone: (540)574-7870    FAX: (540)574-7878    TDD: ()-