I oppose the current fast track proposal to amend the Commonwealth's water quality
standards regulations. Any change to the assessment of water quality criteria is a major change that, almost by definition, cannot be noncontroversial, at least in the sense that the changes must go through the fullest extent of transparency, discourse, and vetting by interested stakeholders and experts. This is particularly true because the current process that this action seeks to amend involved the work of regional experts and external stakeholders. Thank you for your attention to this matter and we look forward to hearing more about the next steps in this regulatory development process.