The first technical advisory committee meeting for Lick Creek has been scheduled!  Here’s the information from the Department of Environmental Quality:

The first meeting of a technical advisory committee for Lick Creek will be held at the Dante Lives On facility beside the Dante Post Office in the old Clinchfield Coal Office Building in Dante Virginia.  To reach this location from St. Paul, travel on Route 63 to Dante and exit to downtown Dante.  When you reach the Post Office the meeting room is located in the building beside the store next to this Post Office.  Turn onto the bridge and park behind the office building.  The meeting entry is from the parking area.

The meeting will begin at 9:30 am on Wednesday, September 13. 

Rough drafts of the documents to be discussed are available and are attached to this post.

We hope to see you Wednesday!

-Becky Zeckoski
(Modeler for the bacteria TMDL)

The first Technical Advisory Committee Meeting was a huge success!  Many thanks to all of you who came and provided your expertise!  I have updated the bacteria handout with comments from the meeting (they’re included in bold italics throughout the handout).  Please take a look, and if I have anything wrong or missed a major point, please let me know!  Recall this is just for the bacteria TMDL...Gene is compiling the comments regarding the benthic TMDL separately.

My contact information is included on the first page of the handout - phone, email, fax, and mailing address.

-Becky Zeckoski