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Boulder Elkhorn Project Outreach

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Below you will find project status updates, copies of meeting presentations, and contact information for the Boulder-Elkhorn TMDLs. If you would like to receive periodic email updates about this project, please contact Christina Staten to be added to our distribution list.


 

ANNOUNCEMENTS & UPDATES

November 16, 2012

Metals TMDLs:

The public comment period has begun. The final, draft document can be found on DEQ's website at: http://deq.mt.gov/pubcom.mcpx. Comments may be submitted until 5 p.m. Thursday, December 6, 2012 either electronically at http://comment.cwaic.mt.gov/ or by mail to: Montana Dept. of Environmental Quality, PPA/WQPB, PO Box 200901, Helena, MT 59620-0901. A public meeting will be held on Monday, November 26 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Boulder City Hall. For additional information, see the Boulder-Elkhorn Metals TMDLs Public Notice.

 

Nutrients, Sediment, & Temperature TMDLs:

The temperature section of the document has been posted on the Boulder Elkhorn Documents page. Additional document sections and appendices will be posted within the next few weeks. An advisory group meeting to review this document has not yet been scheduled.

October 5, 2012

Delays have been encountered on this project. Below are updates on both TMDL documents.

 

Metals TMDLs:

The public comment period for this document is expected to begin toward the end of this month. A draft version of the document is still available for review on the Boulder Elkhorn Documents page.

 

Nutrients, Sediment, & Temperature TMDLs:

The draft nutrient TMDLs were posted on the Boulder Elkhorn Documents page today. The temperature TMDLs are expected to be availalbe at the end of the month, and the sediment TMDLs available during the beginning of November. The stakeholder review and comment period will continue for two weeks after all document sections have been posted, and an advisory group meeting will also be scheduled to discuss the full document. Additional details will be posted, once available. Please contact Christina Staten if you have any questions (cstaten@mt.gov, 406-444-2836).

August 7, 2012

Metals TMDLs:

A draft version of the document is posted on the Boulder-Elkhorn Documents page, and written stakeholder comments are currently being accepted. The public comment period for the metals document is expected to begin during the first half of September. Unless requested, an advisory group meeting to review the draft document prior to the public comment period will not be held.

 

Nutrients, Sediment, & Temperature TMDLs:

Portions of the draft document are being posted on the Boulder-Elkhorn Documents page for stakeholder review and comment, as they are completed. A full draft is expected to be complete in September and an advisory group meeting will be held to review the document prior to the public comment period. The public comment period for the nutrients, sediment, and temperature document is expected to begin this fall.

July 10, 2012 A draft version of Appendix D of the nutrients, sediment, and temperature TMDL document has been posted on the Boulder-Elkhorn Documents page for stakeholder review. This appendix contains a discussion of the reference condition approach and the targets being used for the sediment TMDLs. Other portions of the document will be posted as they become available.
June 14, 2012

A draft version of the Boulder-Elkhorn metals TMDL document has been posted on the Boulder Elkhorn Documents page for stakeholder review. A stakeholder meeting will be held in July to discuss the document, answer questions, and obtain feedback. A notice will be posted when the meeting date has been set.

The nutrients, sediment, and temperature TMDLs will be published in a separate document; a draft is expected to be complete by late July.

March 2, 2012 Presentations from the Feb 28, 2012 stakeholder meeting have been posted below. Presentations are broken into pollutant categories and have been compressed for faster downloading. If you would like to review draft documents but have a slow internet connection, please contact Christina Staten at cstaten@mt.gov or (406) 444-2836 to have documents mailed to you on a CD. For additonal information about land management practices that help improve water quality and funding for these activities, please see our nonpoint source program webpage. Sampling data and source assessment reports can be found on the Documents page.

February 15, 2012

A watershed advisory group meeting will be held Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at City Hall in Boulder (located at 304 N Main St). The meeting will start at 7 p.m. and is expected to last 1 to 2 hours. DEQ will provide a project update, discuss sediment and temperature data collection methods, and review the results of the metals, nutrients, sediment, and temperature sampling. Contact Christina Staten (406-444-2836) if you would like additional information about the meeting.

 

 

MEETINGS & PRESENTATIONS

MEETING

PRESENTATIONS & HANDOUTS

October 8, 2009

DEQ met with the Boulder-Elkhorn TMDL Advisory Groups to provide an overview of the project, introduce project staff, and discuss results of the 2009 high-flow metals sampling.

October 8, 2009 Presentation (1.4 MB)

This presentation defines TMDLs, outlines the steps of TMDL development, provides a list of water quality impairments in the Boulder River watershed and reviews the results of the 2009 high-flow metals sampling.

February 28, 2012

DEQ held a stakeholder meeting to discuss metals, nutrient, sediment, and temperature water quality sampling and assessments that have taken place since 2009.

 

All presentations are less than 1 MB. Captions explaining the slide will pop up if you  hover over pictures and diagrams with your mouse.

What is a TMDL? (639 KB)

Sediment & Temperature Overview (656 KB)

Nutrient Water Quality Monitoring & TMDL Overview (652 KB)

Metals Water Quality Monitoring (999 KB)

 

Handout: Where to find additional water quality information (26 KB)

 

 

PROJECT CONTACTS

 

PROJECT MEMBER

ROLE

EMAIL

PHONE

Christina Staten

Project Coordinator

cstaten@mt.gov

(406) 444-2836

Tim Byron

Project Manager for Metals TMDLs

tbyron@mt.gov

(406) 444-5341

Lou Volpe

Project Manager for Nutrients TMDLs

lvolpe@mt.gov

(406) 444-6742

Jim Bond

Project Manager for Sediment & Temperature TMDLs

jabond@mt.gov

(406) 444-3548

 

 


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Page Released: February 15, 2012

Last Updated: October 5, 2012