TMDLs Developed For Elk and Lower Kanawha Rivers

The DEP is accepting comment on the Total Maximum Daily Loads that have been prepared for the Elk River and the Lower Kanawha River.  The following is the aannouncement for the Lower Kanawha, but a similar announcement was made for the Elk River, except that the public meeting was held Sept 27 at Elkview Middle School.


      The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is announcing a comment period on proposed water quality improvement plans for selected streams in the Lower Kanawha River Watershed, located in southwestern West Virginia.

The DEP welcomes input and comments from the public on the proposed plan known as a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL). The comment period began Sept. 12 and extends through Oct. 14, inclusively.

A TMDL is defined as the amount of a pollutant which can be discharged into a stream and still allow the stream to meet water quality standards. Each of the streams under TMDL development has been identified as violating state water quality standards. The pollutants of concern are pH, total iron, dissolved aluminum, dissolved oxygen and fecal coliform. In addition, some streams have also been identified as having impairments to biological integrity. 

A public meeting is scheduled for Sept. 28 to present a general discussion of the draft TMDLs and to answer questions regarding the proposed TMDLs. The meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at Winfield High School in Winfield, W.Va.

Written comments on the proposed plans may be submitted by U.S. Mail, electronic mail, and fax. The preferred form for comment submissions is e-mail or disk in order to expedite the review and response process. Written comments should be postmarked no later than Oct. 14, 2011. Comments should be sent to:

Steve Young – Lower Kanawha TMDLs

West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection

601 57th Street

Charleston, WV 25304

E-mail: stephen.a.young@wv.gov

The TMDLs are available for review on DEP’s webpage:

http://www.dep.wv.gov/WWE/watershed/TMDL/Pages/default.aspx

CDs may also be obtained by calling Steve Young at (304) 926-0495, TTY 711

(304) 558-2751.

If you go to the DEP website, you'll see that TMDLs were done for the following constituents:

Elk
Stream name		Date approved	Pollutants
Draft Elk TMDL Report
Draft TMDL presentation from September 27, 2011 - Elkview Middle School
	Fecal allocations spreadsheet
	Metals and pH allocations spreadsheet
	Selenium allocations spreadsheet
Elk River TMDL and tributaries		2001	Al, Fe, Pb
	Decision rationale

Lower Kanawha
Stream name		Date approved	Pollutants
Draft Lower Kanawha TMDL Report
Draft TMDL presentation - September 28, 2011 - Winfield High School
	Fecal allocations spreadsheet
	Metals and pH allocations spreadsheet
Lower Kanawha approved TMDL report		2006
Heizer Creek appendix
Tupper Creek appendix
Twomile Creek appendix
Lower Kanawha fecal coliform allocations spreadsheets
Lower Kanawha metals allocations spreadsheets
Lower Kanawha sediment allocations spreadsheets
Lower Kanawha dissolved aluminum addendum
Lower Kanawha dissolved aluminum final addendum
Lower Kanawha decision rationale
Lower Kanawha EPA approval letter
Flat Fork of Pocatalico River		2001	PCBs
	Decision rationale
Kanawha River, Armor Creek and Pocatalico River		2000	Dioxin
Ridenour Lake		1999	Al, Fe, Nutrients, Sediment
	Decision rationale