Opportunity for Comment
Draft 2024 Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report
Comment deadline: July 22, 2024, 5:00 PM
The Maine Department of Environmental Protection has prepared the draft "2024 Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report" for submission to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as required by 303(d), 305(b) and 314 of the Clean Water Act, and in fulfillment of the reporting requirements of 38 M.R.S. 464(3)(A) of the State of Maine's Water Classification Program. This report is available for public comment until 5:00 PM, July 22, 2024. For more information and access to the documentation (2 files), please visit the Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Reports webpage. Reviewers of the Report document should pay particular attention to the Consolidated Assessment and Listing Methodology (CALM) required by the EPA for surface water assessments in this report. The CALM is described in Chapter 4 of the document. For the first time, assessments for waters that present barriers to fish passage are included in a new Category 4-C-FPB (Fish Passage Barrier); the relevant CALM is included under the header 'Support of Indigenous Species. Specific waterbody attainment and impairment assignments can be found in the Appendices.
Comments become part of the public record and are published in the final version of the Report. All comments should be sent to:
By email: IRcomments.DEP@maine.gov
By fax: 207-287-7826
Meagan Sims
Maine Department of Environmental Protection
Bureau of Water Quality
State House Station 17
Augusta, ME 04333-0017