The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is requesting water quality information for the development of Alaska’s 2014/2016 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 2014/2016 Integrated Report. Updates and revisions will also be made to the final 2012 Integrated Report. All data and information must be submitted to DEC no later than 5 PM Monday, September 14, 2015 in order to be considered for the final 2014/2016 Integrated Report.

DEC will review all information submitted and will public notice the draft 2014/2016 Integrated Report later this winter. A final Integrated Report is required to be submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency by April 1, 2016.  The final report will be available to the public.

Alaska’s final 2012 Integrated Report is available on-line at

http://www.dec.state.ak.us/water/wqsar/waterbody/docs/2012finalIntegratedReport.pdf

Additionally, the DEC Division of Water is also providing notice of two planning documents recently completed and the public is encouraged to review these strategic plans.

1. Alaska Nonpoint Source (NPS) Water Pollution Control Strategy http://dec.alaska.gov/water/wqsar/Docs/AlaskaNonpointSourceWaterPollutionControlStrategy.pdf and

2. Alaska’s Clean Water Five-Year Strategic Plan http://dec.alaska.gov/water/wqsar/Docs/AlaskaCleanWaterFive-YearPlan.pdf

To request a hard copy of the documents, 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

To sign up to get DEC Nonpoint Source program announcements visit http://list.state.ak.us/soalists/dec.wqsar.nps/jl.htm

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 Natalie Wolfe 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.