On March 25, 2013, the EPA partially approved and partially disapproved West Virginia’s (WV) 2012 303(d) list submittal. Specifically, EPA approved WV’s proposal to list 1,176 water quality limited segments as impaired. However, EPA disapproved WV’s failure to review all readily available data and information and not list 255 water quality limited segments as not meeting water quality standards and needing a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL).
The following documents include: transmittal memo from EPA to WV, final list of waters added, response to comments document and copies of comments received by EPA.
You may need a PDF reader to view some of the files on this page. See EPA’s About PDF page to learn more.- Final transmittal memo to WVDEP (PDF)(1 pg, 56 K)
- Enclosure 1 to final transmittal - List of waters (PDF)(9 pp, 192 K)
- Enclosure 2 to final transmittal - Response to comments (PDF)(25 pp, 2 MB)
- Public comment 1 (PDF)(1 pg, 11 K)
- Attachment to public comment 1 (PDF)(69 pp, 2 MB)
- Public comment 2 (PDF)(3 pp, 17 K)
- Public comment 3 (PDF)(2 pp, 17 K)
- Public comment 4 (PDF)(1 pg, 14 K)
- Attachment to public comment 4 (PDF)(98 pp, 5 MB)
- Public comment 5 - WV Coal Association (PDF)(1 pg, 14 K)
- Attachment to public comment 5 (PDF)(22 pp, 1 MB)
- Public comment 6 - WVDEP (PDF)(1 pg, 69 K)
- Attachment to public comment 6 (PDF)(3 pp, 717 K)
- Partial approval-partial dissaproval cover letter (PDF)(2 pp, 1 MB)
- Enclosure 1 to PAPD letter - Review of WV's 2012 303(d) list (PDF)(17 pp, 11 MB)
- Enclosure 2 to PAPD letter - EPA's List Development Process (PDF)(6 pp, 4 MB)
- Enclosure 3 to PAPD letter - Proposed List of Waters to be Added to WV's 2012 303(d) list (PDF)(9 pp, 7 MB)