Draft Water Quality Management Plan available
updated
Wed, Feb 22, 2012 10:43 AM
Monday, Feb. 27 & Wednesday, Feb. 29 - WOODSTOCK,
CAVENDISH - The Agency of Natural Resources is pleased to announce
the release of the Draft Water Quality Management Plan for the
Black and Ottauquechee Rivers (Basin 10). The draft plan and
appendix are available online at: http://www.vtwaterquality.org/ or
by contacting Marie Levesque Caduto at (802) 885-8958 or
Marie.Caduto@state.vt.us. The draft plan is being released for
public comment. The deadline for the submission of comments is
March 16, 2012. Comments may be submitted in writing or by e-mail
to Marie Levesque Caduto, DEC/WMD, 100 Mineral St., Suite 303,
Springfield, VT 05156, or Marie.Caduto@state.vt.us.
Two meetings will be held in February to take public comment. The
meetings will take place on Monday, February 27 at 6:30 p.m. in
Woodstock Town Hall and Wednesday, February 29 at 6:30 p.m. in
Cavendish Town Office. Public comments will then be addressed in a
Responsiveness Summary which will become an Appendix to the final
plan.
The Basin 10 Water Quality Management Plan provides an overview of
the current condition of the two watersheds and lays out
recommendations and strategies that will guide the Agency and
surface water partners in managing these waters to further improve
water quality and to protect and enhance the resources and uses the
community values. Swimming, fishing, boating, wildlife and scenic
enjoyment, snowmaking and hydropower are all identified by
watershed residents as important uses.
The plan also describes the health of the basin's surface waters
and the priority future and ongoing steps to restore and protect
these waters. With the purpose of improving both water quality and
aquatic habitat, this plan presents the recommendations of local
watershed residents, stakeholders from varying interests, the
Agency of Natural Resources and natural resource professionals from
other state and federal agencies to guide protection and
improvement efforts in this basin for the next five years. The
central component of this water quality management plan is the
implementation table, which includes 96 specific actions to address
threats to surface waters in the basin. The actions listed in the
plan will be priorities for state funding to address water quality
issues in the basin over the five year life of the plan.
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