The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is requesting water quality information for the development of Alaska’s 2014 Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report (Integrated Report). This biennial report describes to Alaskans the health of Alaska’s waters (as required under Sections 303(d) and 305(b) of the federal Clean Water Act) and includes the list of impaired (polluted) waters.
DEC encourages the public to submit any existing and readily available water quality related data and information for consideration by the Department in preparing the Integrated Report. Updates or revisions to the draft 2012 Integrated Report are encouraged. All data and information must be submitted to DEC no later than 5 PM Tuesday, September 3, 2013 in order to be considered for the final 2014 Integrated Report.
DEC will review all information submitted and will public notice the draft 2014 Integrated Report later this winter. A final Integrated Report is required to be submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency by April 1, 2014. The final report will be available to the public.
Alaska’s draft 2012 Integrated Report is available on-line at
http://www.dec.state.ak.us/water/wqsar/waterbody/docs/2012finalIntegratedReport.pdf
To request a hardcopy of the draft 2012 Integrated Report or to submit water quality data or information contact DEC at:
Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation
Division of Water
Attention: Drew Grant
410 Willoughby, Suite 303
P.O. Box 111800
Juneau, Alaska 99801-1795
Phone: (907) 465-5304
Fax: (907) 465-5274
E-mail: drew.grant@alaska.gov
The State of Alaska, Department of Environmental Conservation complies with Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. If you are a person with a disability who may need a special accommodation in order to participate in this public process, please contact Deborah Pock at (907) 269-0291 through the Alaska Relay Service, TDD Relay Service 1-800-770-8973/TTY or dial 711, or www.akrelay.com, within 30 days of publication of this notice to ensure that any necessary accommodations can be provided.