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stream segments. These 6 TMDLs are scheduled to be completed and submitted to EPA by<br />

May 1, 2002.<br />

These will be <strong>the</strong> first group of TMDLs developed in Virginia addressing benthic community<br />

degradation. The benthic TMDLs present special challenges in determining <strong>the</strong> cause and<br />

effect relationships between <strong>the</strong> pollutant(s) and <strong>the</strong> bottom dwelling aquatic life.<br />

Rapid Changes in TMDL Process<br />

EPA proposed on August 23, 1999, significant modifications to <strong>the</strong> TMDL regulation with<br />

associated revisions to <strong>the</strong> NPDES and <strong>the</strong> Water Quality Standards program regulations.<br />

Recently, EPA announced that <strong>the</strong> final 303(d) rules will be issued in late June or July.<br />

Apparently, EPA will proceed with an expanded TMDL program that will broaden federal<br />

authority and make <strong>the</strong> TMDL a primary water quality management program instead of just<br />

one part of <strong>the</strong> process. One of <strong>the</strong> major impacts to <strong>the</strong> TMDL regulation revisions is <strong>the</strong><br />

requirement that an implementation plan must be submitted to EPA as a part of each TMDL.<br />

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