Implementation Procedures Comment Period: 1/19/10 - 3/17/10 Draft IPs available at: Electronic comments may be submitted via to

Implementation Procedures Written comments may be submitted to: Mr. David Galindo, MC 150 Water Quality Division Texas Commission on Environmental Quality P.O. Box Austin, Texas or faxed to (512)

Implementation Procedures Current IP version includes: New section on nutrient screening procedures. Updated MALs and additional explanatory language. More stringent critical flow calculation for streams and rivers with a significant spring flow component. Dechlorination requirements expanded to minor domestic facilities (>0.5 MGD). New section on converting new fish-tissue based criteria to water column criteria. New section on recreational UAAs.

Implementation Procedures Revisions from the draft IPs presented to stakeholders on 1/9/09 include: Removed seagrass screening procedures Removed one year transition period for replacement of fecal coliform with E. coli limits. Added nutrient screening for renewals and Industrial permits on a case by case basis Removed human health screening procedures for discharges to intermittent water bodies.