The Department of Environmental Protection has invited comments on Total Maximum Daily Load plans for watersheds in Carbon, Dauphin, Schuylkill and Somerset counties. They include:

Nesquehoning Creek Watershed, Carbon-Schuylkill Counties: DEP will hold a public meeting on the proposal September 10 at the Pottsville District Office in Pottsville starting at 1:00. Contact: James Andrews, 570-621-3118 or send email to: jameandrew@state.pa.us .

Pine Creek Watershed, Dauphin-Schuylkill Counties: DEP will hold a public meeting on the proposal September 10 at the Pottsville District Office in Pottsville starting at 10:00. Contact: James Andrews, 570-621-3118 or send email to: jameandrew@state.pa.us .

Shade Creek Watershed, Somerset County: DEP will hold a public meeting on the proposal on September 3 at the Cambrian District Office in Ebensburg starting at 1:00. Contact: Jeff Miller, 814-472-1803 or send email to: jeffreymil@state.pa.us .

For more information and to review copies of the plans, visit DEP’s TMDL webpage.

8/29/2008