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Continuing Planning
Process Overview
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Regional Office
Water Quality Managers
State
Office
Water Quality Division
Barry Burnell
(208) 373-0502
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Water Quality, Continuing Planning Process:
Water Quality Management Plan
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| Water Quality Management Plan Requirements |
| Additional Components of DEQ's Water Quality Management Plan |
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One tool DEQ uses to implement its water quality program is its Water Quality Management Plan. A "water quality management plan" is the state management plan developed and updated by DEQ in accordance with sections 205, 208, and 303 of the federal Clean Water Act. In essence, it is a compilation of the guidance and programs DEQ uses to implement the Clean Water Act—the nuts and bolts of implementing DEQ's water quality program.
Each component of the Water Quality Management Plan is updated individually.
The updating processes vary in their triggers, participants, and time frames, and the majority include public comment periods. In addition, the Water Quality Management Plan list of component documents is periodically inspected by the Water Quality Division in the Continuing Planning Process and is appropriately updated. Any update to a component of the Water Quality Management Plan is automatically considered an update of the Water Quality Management Plan itself.
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| Water Quality Management Plan Requirements |
Federal
regulations (40 CFR §130.6) describe a minimum of
nine Water Quality Management Plan elements. The list below identifies
each required element and provides links to the DEQ water quality program components
that fulfill each requirement.
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1. Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) |
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Development of TMDLs in accordance with sections 303(d) and 303(e)(3)(C) of the Clean Water Act. |
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Integrated Report; List of Subbasin Assessments, TMDLs, and Implementation Plans; State of Idaho Guidance for the Development of TMDLs (pdf, 221 kb); TMDL Implementation Plans Overview; TMDL Overview |
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2. Effluent Limitations |
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Development of effluent limitations and schedules of compliance in accordance with section 303(e)(3)(A) of the Clean Water Act. |
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National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Overview (operated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Idaho) |
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3. Municipal and Industrial Waste Treatment |
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Identification of anticipated
municipal and industrial waste treatment works,
including facilities for treatment of stormwater-induced combined sewer overflows;
programs to
provide necessary financial arrangements for such works; establishment
of construction priorities and schedules for initiation and
completion of such treatment works including an identification
of open space and recreation opportunities from improved water
quality. |
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Catalog of Storm Water BMPs for Idaho Cities and Counties, Compendium of BMPs to Control Polluted Runoff, Environmental Planning Tools and Techniques, Grants and Loans Programs, Idaho Waste Management Guidelines for Aquaculture Operations (pdf, 583 kb), Pollutant Trading Guidance, Septic System Guidance, Wastewater-Land Application Permit Program Guidance |
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4. Nonpoint Source Management and Control |
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Regulatory and non-regulatory programs, activities, and best management practices (BMPs) that the agency has selected as the means to control nonpoint source pollution where necessary to protect or achieve approved water uses. |
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1999 Idaho Nonpoint Source Management Plan, Catalog of Storm Water BMPs for Idaho Cities and Counties, Cattle Feeding Operations Interagency Cooperative Agreement (pdf on Dept of Admin Web site), Compendium of BMPs to Control Polluted Runoff, DEQ-ISDA Agricultural Pollution Abatement Plan Memorandum of Understanding (pdf, 25 kb), DEQ's
Nonpoint Source Management Program, Environmental Planning Tools and Techniques, Idaho Dairy Pollution Prevention Initiative Memorandum of Understanding (pdf on Dept of Admin Web site), Idaho
Forest Practices Act, Idaho Solid Waste Facilities Act, Mines and Mine Waste in Idaho: DEQ's Preliminary Assessment Program, Municipal
Solid Waste Landfill Frequently Asked Questions (pdf, 51 kb), Operating Swine and Poultry Facilities in Idaho, Septic System Guidance, Waste Management and Remediation, Wastewater-Land Application Permit Program Guidance |
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5. Management Agencies |
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Identification of agencies necessary to carry out the plan and provision for adequate authority for intergovernmental cooperation. |
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Memoranda of Agreement/Understanding, Responsible Agencies in Idaho (39-3602(7)), Table of Authorities |
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6. Implementation Measures |
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Identification of implementation measures necessary to carry out the plan, including financing, the time needed to carry out the plan, and the economic, social and environmental impact of carrying out the plan. |
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DEQ's
Strategic Plans and Annual Reports, Grants and Loans Programs,
Nonpoint Source Management §319 Subgrants, Intended Use Plan for Loan Programs, Performance Partnership Agreement with EPA (pdf, 143 kb) |
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7. Dredge or Fill Program |
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Identification and development of programs for the control of dredge or fill material. |
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Clean Water Act § 401 Certification Process, Idaho 401 Guidance (pdf, 41 kb) |
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8. Basin Plans |
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Identification of any relationship to applicable basin
plans developed under section 209 of the Clean Water Act.
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Basin and Watershed Advisory Groups, Integrated Report, List of Subbasin Assessments, TMDLs, and Implementation Plans, TMDL Overview , TMDL Implementation Plan Overview
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9. Ground Water |
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Identification and development of programs for control
of ground water pollution.
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Ground Water Quality Act (see 39-102 and 39-120 through 39-127) , Ground Water Monitoring and Protection, Ground Water Quality Reports, Ground Water Quality Rule (pdf on Dept of Admin Web site), Idaho Ground Water Protection Interagency Cooperative Agreement (pdf, 47 kb), Idaho
Ground Water Quality Plan, Priority One Nitrate Area Ranking Process (pdf, 32 kb), Septic
System Guidance, Sole
Source Aquifer Protection
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| Most of the documents of the Water Quality Management Plan can be viewed from this Web site (see links above and below); the remainder (mainly older documents not available electronically) are at the DEQ State Office, 1410 N. Hilton, Boise, Idaho, and can be viewed by the public at this location during business hours. |
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| Additional Components of DEQ's Water Quality Management Plan |
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