Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Environmental Quality
Board
Department of Environmental Quality
Meeting:
Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Community Engagement Meeting - Watershed Cleanup Study for Greendale Creek and Unnamed Tributary to Fleenor Branch

 
Meeting Details
Date / Time 5/29/2024  6:00 pm
Type Physical Location Only 
Location Greendale Elementary School located at 13092 McGuffie Road, Abingdon, VA 24210 In the event of inclement weather, the meeting will be held on June 3, 2024 at the same time and location. 
Board Website http://www.deq.virginia.gov 
Agenda document agency has not posted
Disability Friendly? No       Deaf interpreter available upon request? No
Purpose of the meeting
PURPOSE OF THE MEETING: The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will host the first TMDL Community Engagement meeting for the Greendale Creek and Unnamed Tributary TMDL on Wednesday May 29, 2024, at 6:00pm. The meeting is open to the public and any member of the public may participate in the proceedings. Meeting participants will assist in development of a cleanup study, also known as TMDLs, to address benthic impairments for both creeks and a dissolved oxygen impairment for the unnamed tributary to Fleenor Branch in Washington, VA. These two streams have been listed on Virginia’s § 303(d) list of impaired waters for failing to meet Virginia’s water quality standards due to an altered benthic macroinvertebrate community. TMDLs will be developed for sediment and dissolved oxygen, which were identified as probable contributors to the poor health of the stream segments. The meeting will discuss a series of preliminary sediment load allocation scenarios and discuss the process used to establish sediment loads. Information about this study can be found here: https://www.deq.virginia.gov/our-programs/water/water-quality/tmdl-development/tmdls-under-development. In the event of inclement weather, the meeting will be held on June 3, 2024 at the same time and location stated above. CONTACT INFORMATION: Landon Jenkins; DEQ Southwest Regional Office, 355-A Deadmore Street Abingdon, VA 24210; Phone: (276) 608-8643 E-mail: landon.jenkins@deq.virginia.gov.
Meeting Scope
 
Public hearing to receive comment on a proposed stage
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General business of the board
 
Discuss particular regulations / chapters

Contact Information
Name / Title: Landon Jenkins  / DEQ Southwest Regional Office
Address: 355-A Deadmore Street
Abingdon, 24210
Email Address: landon.jenkins@deq.virginia.gov
Telephone: (276)608-8643    FAX: ()-    TDD: ()-