EPA Draft Regional Temperature Guidance Workshop
Reminder: EPA Draft Regional Temperature Guidance Workshop
Thursday, November 7 in Lacey, WA 1:00pm - 4:30pm
Department of Ecology (300 Desmond Drive, Lacey)
Note: Because of limited parking at the Ecology Building, overflow parking
will be available across the street at the ShopKo parking lot. Ecology
shuttle vans will be available at ShopKo from 12:45pm to 1:30 pm to
transport people to the Ecology building, and also available after the
workshop to transport back to the ShopKo parking lot.
EPA will also be holding workshops in Oregon and Idaho:
November 6 in Portland, OR 1-4:30pm - City of Portland Bldg.
November 15 in Boise, ID 9-12:30 - Idaho Department of Environmental
Quality
The workshops will be to discuss and seek comments from the public on EPA's
second draft of the Regional Temperature Guidance now out for public review.
The guidance is intended to be used by states and tribes to establish water
quality standards for temperature which will protect native salmon and trout
(steelhead, bull trout and cutthroat trout).
See this link for more information:
http://yosemite.epa.gov/R10/WATER.NSF/6cb1a1df2c49e4968825688200712cb7/1442c
7b1fcde026b88256c4e0074dc2f?OpenDocument
Ecology will be proposing a rule update to Washington's Water Quality
Standards late this fall. This will include an update to the temperature
criteria. We recognize that this temperature issue is complex and important
to a number of interests. Attached is a link to Washington's temperature
proposal: http://www.ecy.wa.gov/biblio/0010066.html
The Department of Ecology encourages you to comment on EPA's guidance and
attend these workshops.
Melissa Gildersleeve
Water Quality Program
P - 360-407-6461
email - mgil461@ecy.wa.gov
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