West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection Patrick Campbell - March 17, 2009

Clean Water Act: Passed by Congress – 1972 Objective - To restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biologic integrity of the Nations waters.

The CWA ingredients... Water Quality Standards for waterbodies Impaired waterbodies on 303(d) list Implement through Watershed Approach TMDLs- define and allocate control responsibility NPDES PERMITS Monitoring NPS Restoration

Categories of Waters Category 1- Meeting all uses Category 2 – Meeting some, others unknown Category 3 – All uses unknown (unmonitored) Category 4 –Impaired for a use; TMDL complete Category 5 – Impaired for a use - TMDL needed (the 303(d) list)

2008 Integrated Report Summary

N ~ 200

(Some of the) Current Water Issues in WV Selenium Nutrients/Chesapeake Bay TMDLs Frac. Water from O&G operations Antidegradation Tier 3

Selenium Expect comment on revised national recommended criteria this summer –Continued movement to a tissue standard Several companies testing differing treatment technologies Material handling plans at new mines w/selenium potential

Nutrients Chesapeake Bay TMDL Development Underway Greenbrier River Algae Assessment Completed Lake Water Quality TP and Chlorophyll criteria approval pending at EPA Stream criteria still to come

TMDLs In Public Notice: Dunkard Upper Ohio South Camp Ck/12Pole Youghiogheny Coming Next: Cheat – 1/10 Lower Elk & Lower Kanawha tribs 1/11 Mid Ohio North & South 1/12 Mon/Little Kanawha Tribs monitoring 7/09 All available at

The Marcellus Play/TDS/Monongahela River Guidance comment imminent

Antidegradation Tier 3 process awaiting EPA approval Guidance for implementation under construction

Aldrich Branch Hanging Rock Branch Lick Branch Birchlog Run Armstrong Run Bear Run Jakeman Run Little Barrenshe Run Cranberry River Back to stream list Public land Private land Tier 3 stream segments on public land Wilderness Area (see slide 42) (see slide 42)

And Finally... Expect a Water Quality Standards open meeting in late May/Early June –Nutrients –Mercury –Total Dissolved Solids –Iron –Others?

Thank you for your data and interest!