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Updates to Texas Environmental Quality Implementation Procedures: Comment Period Open Until March 2010

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) invites public comments on the draft Implementation Procedures (IPs) from January 19, 2010, to March 17, 2010. These updated procedures include new sections on nutrient screening, revised criteria for streams, expanded dechlorination requirements, and more. Electronic comments can be submitted via email, while written comments should be sent to Mr. David Galindo, MC 150, Water Quality Division, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, TX 78711-3087, or faxed to (512) 239-4420.

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Updates to Texas Environmental Quality Implementation Procedures: Comment Period Open Until March 2010

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  1. Implementation Procedures Comment Period: 1/19/10 - 3/17/10 Draft IPs available at: www.tceq.state.tx.us/nav/eq/eq_swqs.html Electronic comments may be submitted via email to IPCOMMNT@tceq.state.tx.us.

  2. Implementation Procedures Written comments may be submitted to: Mr. David Galindo, MC 150 Water Quality Division Texas Commission on Environmental Quality P.O. Box 13087 Austin, Texas 78711-3087 or faxed to (512) 239-4420

  3. Implementation Procedures Current IP version includes: • New section on nutrient screening procedures. • Updated MALs and additional explanatory language. • More stringent critical flow calculation for streams and rivers with a significant spring flow component. • Dechlorination requirements expanded to minor domestic facilities (>0.5 MGD). • New section on converting new fish-tissue based criteria to water column criteria. • New section on recreational UAAs.

  4. Implementation Procedures Revisions from the draft IPs presented to stakeholders on 1/9/09 include: • Removed seagrass screening procedures • Removed one year transition period for replacement of fecal coliform with E. coli limits. • Added nutrient screening for renewals and Industrial permits on a case by case basis • Removed human health screening procedures for discharges to intermittent water bodies.

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