[Awclist] Draft Jemez TMDL and Public Meeting

[Mary Scofield]

The SWQB is inviting the public to comment on the draft "total maximum 
daily load" (TMDL) document for the Jemez River Watershed. Draft TMDLs 
in this document include:



East Fork Jemez (San Antonio Creek to Valles Caldera National Preserve 
bnd) - arsenic and temperature;

Jemez River (Zia Pueblo boundary to Jemez Pueblo boundary) - arsenic and 
boron;

Jemez River (Jemez Pueblo boundary to Rio Guadalupe) - arsenic and boron;

Jemez River (Rio Guadalupe to Soda Dam near Jemez Springs) - arsenic, 
boron, nutrients, and temperature;

Jemez River (Soda Dam near Jemez Springs to East Fork Jemez) - arsenic;

Rio de las Vacas (Rio Cebolla to Clear Creek) - nutrients;

Rio Guadalupe (Jemez River to confluence with Rio Cebolla) - temperature;

Rito de las Palomas (Rio de las Vacas to headwaters) - 
sedimentation/siltation and temperature;

Rito Peñas Negras (Rio de las Vacas to headwaters) - nutrients; and,

San Antonio Creek (East Fork Jemez to VCNP boundary) - arsenic.



A TMDL is a planning document that establishes specific goals to meet 
water quality standards in waterbodies where pollutant limits are 
exceeded.  It includes current pollution loadings, reduction estimates 
for pollutants, information on probable sources of pollution, and 
suggestions to restore or protect the health of the waterbody.



The 30-day comment period on this document will open June 8, 2009 and 
will close July 10, 2009 at 5:00 p.m. MST.  The SWQB plans to request 
approval of the draft final TMDLs at the Water Quality Control 
Commission's (WQCC) regularly scheduled meeting on August 11, 2009.



A public meeting is planned for June 25, 2009 in Jemez Springs, NM. 
Please see the attached public notice and flyer for more information. 
Please contact Shelly Drinkard at 505-827-2814 or 
shelly.drinkard at state.nm.us.



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