It is obvious that EPA and NOAA are just looking to see if Ecology pretends to have a program to control nonpoint sources with management measures and additional management measures to meet water quality standards and protect designated uses.
This letter constitutes the comments of Northwest Environmental Advocates (NWEA) on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) draft Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) for the Deschutes River and its Tributaries: Sediment, Bacteria, Dissolved Oxygen, pH, and Temperature July 31, 2020 TMDLs for Public Comment (July 31, 2020) (hereinafter “TMDLs”).
Mercury is a pervasive toxic pollutant that has significant deleterious effects on aquatic life—including imperiled species of salmon—as well as on aquatic-dependent life, such as the birds and mammals that consume those fish.
EPA’s Action on Revisions to the Washington State Department of Ecology’s Surface Water Quality Standards for Shellfish Harvesting Bacteria Criteria
Water quality and endangered species in Washington rivers and Puget Sound will get a much needed boost following a judge’s sign-off late Friday on a historic settlement.