Friday's Internet Edition, March 12, 2010.
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| NEARING COMPLETION- City officials are expecting that the intersection at South Bell and East Crews streets will be open again by the end of the week. The intersection has been closed for the past couple of weeks while a drain system was constructed. Public Works Director Ronnie Harris told the City Council last week that during the recent heavy rain, the system worked well. The block of Bell Street north of the intersection will also soon be paved, according to City Administrator Bill Funderburk Staff Photo |
The purpose of the meeting is to provide the public an opportunity to comment on the draft TMDL. The commission requests comment on each of the major components of the TMDL: problem definition, endpoint identification, source analysis, seasonal variation, linkage between sources and receiving waters, margin of safety, pollutant loading allocation, public participation, and implementation and reasonable assurances. After the public comment period, TCEQ staff may revise the TMDL, if appropriate.
The final TMDL will then be considered by the commission for adoption. Upon adoption of the TMDL by the commission, the final TMDL and a response to all comments will be made available on the TCEQ Web site. The TMDL will then be submitted to EPA Region 6 for approval. Upon approval, the TMDL will be certified as an update to the State of Texas Water Quality Management Plan.
Texas is required to develop TMDLs for impaired water bodies included in the State of Texas Clean Water Act. A TMDL is a detailed water quality assessment that provides the scientific foun-dation to allocate pollutant loads in a certain body of water in order to restore and maintain designated uses.
At the April 17 meeting, individuals will have the opportunity to present oral statements when called upon in order of registration. An agency staff member will give a brief presentation at the start of the meeting and will be available to answer questions before and after all public comments have been received.
Written comments should be submitted to Kerry Niemann, Water Program Division, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, MC 203, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, TX 78711-3087 or faxed to 512-239-1414.
All comments must be received by 5 p.m. on May 5, 2008 and should reference, One Total Maximum Daily Load for Bacteria in the Leon River Below Proctor Lake, For Segment Number 1221.
For further information, contact Niemann at 512-239-0483 or kniemann@tceq.state.tx.us.
Copies of the TMDL document will be available and can be obtained via the commission’s Web site at http://www.tceq.state.tx.us/implementation/water/tmdl/tmdlcalendar.html or by calling 512-239-6682.