The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will release the Final 2006 305(b)/303(d) Water Quality Assessment Integrated Report (Integrated Report) on October 30, 2006.

The Integrated Report combines both the 305(b) Water Quality Assessment and the 303(d) Report on Impaired Waters. This report was available for public comment from July 10, 2006 through August 11, 2006.   Comments were received from the public and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).  In response to comments, the report was revised and resubmitted to EPA in September 2006 and approved.  

The final report, responses to written comments, and map images are available for download on our website at http://www.deq.virginia.gov/wqa/. A very limited number of hard copies of the report are available by contacting Pat Carpin, either via e-mail at pmcarpin@deq.virginia.gov, or via phone at (804) 698-4575. The report is also available at no charge on CD-ROM (limit one per person) via this webpage. These CD-ROMs include the entire report, all of its appendices, and a book of maps developed from the 2006 assessment.

A hard copy of the entire map book is also available.  The map book can be ordered by printing the form found at http://www.deq.virginia.gov/wqa/pdf/2006ir/maporder.pdf   on our website, filling it out and mailing it to DEQ at the address indicated on the form with a check payable to “Treasurer of Virginia”.   Please memo your check with “2006 IR maps”.  The fees are listed on the order form.

Questions about the final report can be directed to the contact person below.