Notice of Public Comment Period for
Draft 2014 District of Columbia Integrated Report
The federal Clean Water Act (CWA) requires the District of Columbia to assess the city’s waters and publish an Integrated Report (IR) (Sections 305(b) and 303(d) of the federal CWA) biennially on the status of all waterbodies in the District. Waterbodies listed as impaired may require the development of total maximum daily loads.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) guidance on the preparation of the Integrated Report encourages a public comment period. The Draft 2014 IR is attached below. The draft document is also available for review at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, 901 G St., NW, Washington, DC 20001, during normal business hours.
For consideration the comments must be received by Monday, September 22, 2014.
Comments received will be considered in the preparation of the final District of Columbia 2014 Integrated Report for submittal to EPA. Please email comments to [email protected] with “Comments on the 2014 Draft IR” as the subject line. Hard copy comments may be submitted to the following address:
DDOE Water Quality Division
ATTN: 2014 Integrated Report
1200 First Street, NE, 5th Floor
Washington, DC 20002
Comments postmarked after September 22, 2014 will not be accepted.
For questions concerning the contents of the draft document please contact, Lucretia Brown at [email protected] or 202-535-1807.
