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When establishing TMDL limits, DEQ: These plans are sent to DEQ for inclusion in an <br /> • Reviews existing data and monitors to overall water quality management plan, which <br /> determine what pollutant is causing DEQ then submits to the U.S. Environmental <br /> water quality problems and in what Protection Agency (EPA) along with the TMDL. <br /> amounts it is entering the water. The EPA has the responsibility for approving the <br /> review and monitoring also attempts to TMDL. <br /> determine how much of the pollution <br /> comes from point sources, nonpoint Not all basins will have TMDLs developed at <br /> pollution, such as surface runoff, and once. DEQ has prioritized the order for <br /> how much is naturally occurring: allocating resources to develop TMDLs through <br /> • Uses techniques such as computer the year 2007. <br /> modeling to determine what affect the <br /> pollution is having on the stream or Protecting our future <br /> river, and how much of the pollutant Through careful planning and through such <br /> can be discharged without exceeding approaches as the Total Maximum Daily Load, <br /> water quality standards in the we can not only address pollution today but also <br /> watershed. maintain the quality of Oregon's waterways for <br /> • Uses this information to establish the future. <br /> permit limits on the amount of pollutant <br /> each pipe can discharge and limits on For more information about TMDLs, or about <br /> nonpoint sources that are controlled how you can help prevent water pollution, write <br /> through various water quality the Oregon Department of Environmental <br /> management plans. Quality, Water Quality Division, 811 SW Sixth <br /> Ave., Portland, OR, 97204. You may also <br /> This comprehensive approach focuses on contact Greg Aldrich, Watershed Management <br /> watershed plans developed locally. Section Manager, at (503) 229-6345. <br /> How plans are developed Further information on TMDLs and other <br /> Management plans to restore streams and rivers programs can be found at DEQ's Web site at <br /> <br /> to water quality standards will be developed by www•deq.state.or.us <br /> government agencies in cooperation with <br /> landowners. This document is available in an alternative <br /> • If the land adjacent to a waterbody is format (e.g. large type or Braille) by calling <br /> agricultural, then the Oregon DEQ's Office of Communications & Outreach at <br /> Department of Agriculture would work (503) 229-5766 or (toll-free within Oregon) 1- <br /> with the landowners in the watershed to 800-452-4011. People with hearing impairments <br /> devise and implement a management may call DEQ's TTY line at (503) 229-6993. <br /> plan (as stipulated by Senate Bill 1010). <br /> • If the land is private or state forest, then , ~ , ff+ <br /> the Ore on De artment of Forest r ~ " • <br /> g p M ~ it 's <br /> implements the Forest Practices Act. <br /> • Federal agencies (such the U.S. Forest <br /> Service or the Bureau of Land <br /> Management) would have responsibility <br /> to develop watershed management i <br /> plans for federal lands. <br /> • In urban and rural areas not covered by <br /> other state or federal agencies, cities <br /> and counties would develop ,J <br /> management plans, working closely <br /> with local watershed councils. <br /> Riparian shade is an important component for maintaining <br /> cool stream temperatures. <br /> <br />