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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. Implementation Procedures. Written comments may be submitted to:
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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.
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
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.
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.