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Our Klamath Basin
Water Crisis
Upholding rural Americans' rights to grow food,
own property, and caretake our wildlife and natural resources.
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Notice of Information Meetings, Public
Hearings, Chance to Review
and Comment Oregon’s Draft 2004 Integrated Report on Water Quality Status and 303(d) List Notice issued: September 9, 2005 Written comments due: October 24, 2005, Monday, 5:00 PM Meeting and hearing dates and locations: Salem – October 11, 2005, Tuesday 6:30 PM Information Meeting 7:30 PM Public Hearing Salem Public Library 585 Liberty Street SE Salem, OR 97301 Bend – October 17, 2005, Monday 3:00 PM Information Meeting 4:00 PM Public Hearing Central Oregon Board of Realtors 2112 NE 4th Street Bend, OR 97701 What is the Draft 2004 Integrated Report on Water Quality Status?
The federal Clean Water Act (CWA) requires DEQ to
assess Oregon’s water quality and prepare this
report every two years. The 2004 Integrated Report
combines the Section 305(b) assessment of all
water bodies and the Section 303(d) list of water
bodies that do not meet water quality standards
and where Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) are
needed.
How is the report prepared? DEQ evaluates information and assigns an assessment category to each water body depending on available data, water quality status, and the source of the water quality impairment. The decision rules for reviewing data and assigning a water quality status are summarized in the Assessment Methodology for Oregon’s 2004 Integrated Report on Water Quality Status which constitutes Appendix B of the status report under OAR 340-041-0046. What are the categories for water bodies that do not meet standards? Water bodies that do not meet standards are water quality limited and are assigned Category 4 or Category 5 status: • Category 4: Water is impaired or threatened but a TMDL is not needed because: a) a TMDL is approved, b) other pollution requirements are in place, or c) the impairment (e.g., flow or lack of flow) is not caused by a pollutant.
Read the whole Notice at the link
above.
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