TMDL Implementation Progress

Implementation Plan Development for the Little River

• Final public meeting - May 3, 2011
  • IP background and TMDL history - VA DEQ
  • IP development - MapTech
  • Draft Implementation Plan for Little River (comment end date June 15, 2011) 

Implementation Plan Development for the James River and Selected Tributaries in the Richmond Area

• Brainstorming session - November 16, 2010
  • Presentation on IP development
  • Government/Urban workgroup agenda
  • Government/Urban workgroup minutes
  • Residential workgroup agenda
  • Residential workgroup minutes
  • Agriculture workgroup agenda
  • Agriculture workgroup minutes

• Comments and DEQ responses for the 11/16/2010 – 12/27/2010 1st public comment period

• First Work Group meetings - December 9 and 13, 2010
  • Government/Urban workgroup agenda
  • Government/Urban workgroup minutes
  • Residential workgroup agenda
  • Residential workgroup minutes
  • Agriculture workgroup agenda
  • Agriculture workgroup minutes

• First Steering Committee meeting - January 12, 2011
  • Meeting agenda
  • Government/Urban workgroup summary
  • Residential workgroup summary
  • Agriculture workgroup summary
  • Meeting minutes

• Second Work Group meetings - January 24 and 26, 2011
  • Government/Urban workgroup handout 
  • Government/Urban workgroup minutes
  • Residential workgroup handout
  • Residential workgroup minutes
  • Agriculture workgroup handout
  • Agriculture workgroup minutes

• Second Steering Committee meeting - March 9, 2011
  • Meeting handout
  • Summary of important issues and unresolved items
  • Meeting minutes

• Third Steering Committee meeting - April 11, 2011
  • Meeting agenda and handout
  • Meeting minutes

• Final public meeting - May 18, 2011
  • Implementation Plan Development and Overview - MapTech, VADEQ

Division of Mined Land Reclamation - TMDL Workshop

Virginia's Department of Mines, Minerals, and Energy's Division of Mined Land Reclamation (DMLR) recently hosted a workshop on total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) for resource extraction impaired streams.

The workshop, held from 8:30 am until 4:00 pm on September 28th, 2006 at Virginia Highlands Community College in Abingdon, Virginia, was aimed at representatives of Virginia's coal mining industry. About 20 people attended the workshop. Representatives from DMLR, the Department of Environmental Quality, coal industry, consulting firms and law firms presented TMDL-related information. The presentations can be viewed on this page.

If you have questions regarding the workshop, you may contact Joey O'Quinn, DMLR Reclamation Specialist, at 276-523-8151 or joey.oquinn@dmme.virginia.gov. For general questions regarding the Virginia TMDL program, please contact Charles Martin, DEQ's Watershed Program Manager, at 804-698-4462 or chmartin@deq.virginia.gov.

Workshop information (PDF):

• Agenda
• TMDL Overview
• SWRO status and perspectives
• Levisa Fork TMDL
• DMLR status and perspectives
• TMDL Issues
• DMLR permitting process
• OSM/BMP/TDS Project
• Legal status and perspectives
• Industry status and perspectives
• Garden Creek TMDL

Implementation Project Progress

The goal of TMDL implementation is to restore water quality in impaired watersheds. To gage progress toward this goal, DEQ tracks Best Management Practice (BMP) installations and continues to monitor water quality in the impaired watersheds.

DEQ and partner agencies are making progress towards the goal of improving water quality in the Commonwealth. To see what progress has been made to date, scroll down to view TMDL Implementation status reports.

• Blackwater River (Franklin County), Bacteria Impairment
  • Progress Report, 2006
  • Progress Report, 2005
• Muddy Creek and Dry River, Bacteria Impairment
  • Progress Report, 2005
  • Section 319 nonpoint source program success story
• Mill Creek and Pleasant Run, Bacteria Impairment
  • Progress Report, 2005
• Cedar, Hall/Byers, and Hutton Creeks, Bacteria Impairment
  • Progress Report, Spring 2004
• Chowan River Watershed Implementation Plan Development
  • Booklets for the subwatersheds:
    • Blackwater and Raccoon River study areas
    • Nottoway River study area (2 MB PDF file)
• Stroubles Creek TMDL Implementation Study, Montgomery County
  • Flier on the Stroubles Creek water quality improvement project
• Hawksbill and Mill Creeks, Page County
  • Implementation Booklet