Contact: Brad Smith, Watershed Assessment, phone: (302) 739-4590
or Melinda Carl, Public Affairs Office, phone: (302) 739-9902

DNREC to Hold Public Workshops Aug. 30 and Sept. 1 on TMDLs for Chester, Choptank, Marshyhope and Pocomoke River Watersheds

The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control will hold public workshops Aug. 30 and Sept. 1 on the proposed total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) for nutrients, dissolved oxygen, and bacteria for the Chester, Choptank, Marshyhope and Pocomoke River watersheds in Delaware. TMDLs establish the maximum amount of pollutants that can be discharged to a waterbody from point and nonpoint sources while maintaining water quality standards.

The first workshop will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30 at the Hartly Fire Hall, 2898 Arthursville Road in Hartly. The second will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 1 at the University of Delaware Cooperative Extension Service Research and Education Center, 16684 County Seat Highway (Route 9) in Georgetown.

Copies of the draft regulations and supporting documents will be available on August 12 on the Department’s website at: http://www.dnrec.state.de.us/water2000/Sections/Watershed/
TMDL/tmdlinfo.htm  or by request by contacting Brad Smith at (302) 739-4590.

Comments, questions and suggestions may be presented either orally or in writing prior to, or at the workshop. To present written materials, please submit them (preferably by email) to Hassan.mirsajadi@state.de.us  or by regular mail or facsimile to: Hassan Mirsajadi, Watershed Assessment Section, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, Silver Lake Plaza – Suite 220, 820 Silver Lake Boulevard, Dover, DE 19904-2464; fax: (302) 739-6140.
 

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