DRAFT: Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report

• Draft 2008 Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report
• Draft Appendices: Acronyms, HUC Maps, Definitions and Integrated Lists of Surface Waters

Available for Public Comment until March 31, 2008.

The Department of Environmental Protection has prepared a draft 2008 Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report for submission to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as required of Sections 305(b) and 303(d) of the Clean Water Act, and in fulfillment of the reporting requirements of 38 M.R.S.A. Section 464.3.A of the State of Maine's Water Classification Program. 

This report is available for public comment until March 31, 2008.  Reviewers of the document should pay particular attention to the categories and listing methods required by the USEPA for the surface water assessments in this report.  These methods are described in Chapter 4.  Specific surface waterbody attainment and impairment assignments can be found in the Appendices (a separate file).  The appendices are broken into three waterbody types: rivers/streams, lakes, and estuarine/marine waters.  Categories 1-3 are for waters that are not impaired, categories 4 and 5 are for water segments that are impaired for one or more uses. 

We encourage you to review the document and provide comment on this year's report.  Comments become part of the public record and are published in the final version of the Report.  Comments should be sent to:

Susan Davies, Maine Department of Environmental Protection
State House #17
Augusta , ME 04333

By fax: 207-287-7191
By email:  305b.Comments@maine.gov

Contact: Susan P. Davies, Water Quality Standards Coordinator (207-287-7778)