TENTATIVE PROGRAM - Second Draft
Virginia Chapter Soil and Water Conservation Society Annual Meeting
TMDL Planning and Implementation in Virginia
October 15, 1999
Chancellor Community Building
Fredricksburg, Virginia

Time Topic and Tentative Speakers

8:30Welcome and Meeting Introductions (Wade Biddix)

8:45What is a TMDL? (Definitions, water quality standards and impairments, TMDL over view, history, National TMDL planning process) (EPA representative: Jeff Grubbs, Tom Henry, Don Brady ? - Don Wells is lining up a speaker)

9:30Overview of the Virginia TMDL planning process with focus on point sources, plan requirements, public participation, agency responsibilities, development of impaired water lists, etc.)DEQ Representative (Ron Gregory or Charlie Martin) - Stu Wilson will line up speaker

10:00Overview of Virginia TMDL planning process for nonpoint sources - DCR Representative (Stu Wilson)

10:15Discussion Break

10:30 Evolving National TMDL Policy/Regulation - state and federal, e.g. FACA recommendations, nutrients, etc (EPA representative: Jeff Grubbs, Tom Henry, Don Brady? - Don Wells is lining up a speaker)

11:00DEQ Response/Comments: DEQ Representative (Ron Gregory or Charlie Martin) - Stu Wilson will line up speaker

11:05DCR Response/Comments: Stu Wilson

11:10TMDL Development Tools – BASINS Demonstration (Gene Yagow and Theo Dillaha)

12:00Awards Luncheon (Lisa Sizemore, Mary Leigh Wolfe)

1:30Overview of Virginia TMDL Projects: priority list, RFP process, RFP schedule (Mark Bennett)

1:45The Muddy Creek Fecal Coliform TMDL (Mark Bennett)

2:15The Muddy Creek Nitrate TMDL (Shaw Yu - Theo will contact)

2:45Mountain Run Fecal Coliform TMDL (Gene Yagow)

3:15USGS TMDL Development Project (USGS Representative : Doug Moyer - Stu Wilson will contact)

3:45Overcoming TMDL Development Difficulties (Benthic TMDLs and Data Uncertainty) (Mark Bennett)

4:15Summary and Conclusions (Theo Dillaha?)

4:30Adjourn

Planning Committees:

Overall Meeting Chairperson

Wade Biddix (wade.biddix@va.usda.gov)

Technical Program Committee Members:

Mark Bennett (mrb@dcr.state.va.us)

Theo Dillaha (dillaha@vt.edu)

Mark Landry (m-landry@vt.edu)

Don Wells (dwells1943@aol.com)

Stu Wilson (swilson@dcr.state.va.us)

Gene Yagow (eyagow@vt.edu)

Local Arrangements:

Wade Biddix (wade.biddix@va.usda.gov)

Ron Wisniewski (ron.wisniewski@vafrederic.fsc.usda.gov)

Awards Luncheon:

Lisa Sizemore (lisa.sizemore@va.usda.gov)

Mary Leigh Wolfe (mlwolfe@vt.edu)