[Awclist] Public Meeting Notice and Comment Period for Proposed Amendments to New Mexico Water Quality Standards

[Mary Scofield]

Dear Water Quality Stakeholder:

The Surface Water Quality Bureau of the New Mexico Environment 
Department invites public comment on two proposals to amend the surface 
water quality standards:

1)The Department proposes to change the aquatic life use for the *lower 
Dry Cimarron* from coldwater with a 25°C segment-specific temperature 
criterion to coolwater with a 29°C temperature criterion. A Use 
Attainability Analysis has been prepared to support the proposal. The 
Department held a public meeting in Folsom on August 12, 2010 to solicit 
input on the proposed changes.

2)The Department proposes to classify or reclassify approximately 70 New 
Mexico lakes into *new lake-only segments*, with each lake segment 
containing a lake or group of similar lakes with appropriate designated 
uses and criteria.

The public is invited to comment on the proposed amendments, which are 
available on the Department’s Water Quality Standards web page at 
http://www.nmenv.state.nm.us/swqb/Standards/ under “What’s New.”

The Bureau will hold two *public meetings *on the lakes proposal:

·*Santa Fe, Wednesday, August 24, 5:30 p.m.*at the Oliver La Farge 
branch of the Santa Fe public library, 1730 Llano Street.

·*Roswell, Tuesday, August 30, 5:30 p.m.*at the New Mexico Environment 
Department Field Office, 1914 West Second Street.

The Department is accepting comments on both proposals until *5:00 p.m. 
Friday, September 9, 2011.*

Send comments on the lakes proposal to Deby Sarabia 
deborah.sarabia at state.nm.us <mailto:deborah.sarabia at state.nm.us> 
(telephone 505-827-0417). Send comments on the Dry Cimarron proposal to 
Tim Michael tim.michael at state.nm.us <mailto:tim.michael at state.nm.us> 
(telephone 505-476-3799).

*Tim Michael*

(505) 476-3799

tim.michael at state.nm.us <mailto:tim.michael at state.nm.us>

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