The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is requesting public review and comment on DEC’s draft Listing Methodology for Determining Water Quality Impairments from Petroleum Hydrocarbons, Oils and Grease.

Every two years DEC submits an Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report to the US Environmental Protection Agency on the health of Alaska’s waters.  This Integrated Report, includes the list of polluted waters known as the “impaired waters list” as required under Clean Water Act Section 303(d). The draft listing methodology describes the process DEC will use to add or remove a water from Alaska’s impaired waters list. 

DEC encourages the public to submit comments for consideration by the Department in the application and use of this listing methodology.

Submit written comments by 5:00 PM on June 19, 2015 to:

Drew Grant

PO Box 111800

410 Willoughby Ave, Ste. 303

Juneau, AK 99811-1800

drew.grant@alaska.gov

Phone: 907-465-5304

Fax: 907-465-5274

DEC will review all comments submitted for consideration in revision to the petroleum hydrocarbons listing methodology.

Alaska’s draft listing methodology for petroleum hydrocarbons is available on-line at

http://dec.alaska.gov/water/wqsar/waterbody/integratedreport.htm