The Department of Environmental Protection is inviting public comments on Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Plans in 11 watersheds. They include:

Pumpkin Run Watershed, Greene County:DEP will hold a public meeting on the proposed plan October 15 at the Rices Landing borough Community Building, Rices Landing, Pa. Comments due: November 2. Contact: Joe Boylan, 814-797-1191 or send email to: joboylan@state.pa.us.

Licking Creek Watershed, Clarion County:DEP will hold a public meeting on the proposed plan October 2 at the Knox District Mining Office, Knox, Pa. Comments due: November 26. Contact: Ely Heferle, 814-797-1191 or send email to: eheferle@state.pa.us.

Mill Creek Watershed, Clarion and Jefferson Counties:DEP will hold a public meeting on the proposed plan October 2 at the Knox District Mining Office, Knox, Pa. Comments due: November 26. Contact: Ely Heferle, 814-797-1191 or send email to: eheferle@state.pa.us.

Little Toby Creek Watershed, Elk and Jefferson Counties:DEP will hold a public meeting on the proposed plan October 7 at the Knox District Mining Office, Knox, Pa. Comments due: November 26. Contact: Ely Heferle, 814-797-1191 or send email to: eheferle@state.pa.us.

Pond Creek and Sandy Run Watersheds, Luzerne County:DEP will hold a public meeting on the proposed plan October 30 at the Pottsville District Office in Pottsville, Pa. Comments due: November 20. Contact: James Andrews, 570-621-3118 or send email to: jameandrew@state.pa.us.

Bucks Mountain Watershed, Carbon and Luzerne Counties:DEP will hold a public meeting on the proposed plan October 30 at the Pottsville District Office in Pottsville, Pa. Comments due: November 20. Contact:James Andrews, 570-621-3118 or send email to: jameandrew@state.pa.us.

Buffalo Creek Watershed, Somerset County:DEP will hold a public meeting on the proposed plan October 28 at the Ebensburg District Office, Ebensburg, Pa. Comments due: November 27.. Contact: Miles Baird, 814-472-1889 or send email to: mbaird@state.pa.us.

Coxes Creek Watershed, Somerset County:DEP will hold a public meeting on the proposed plan October 28 at the Ebensburg District Office, Ebensburg, Pa. Comments due: November 27. Contact: Mike Timcik, 814-472-1936 or send email to: mtimcik@state.pa.us.

Rock Run Watershed, Cambria County:DEP will accept comments on the revised proposed plan through November 27. Contact: Tim Kanla, 814-472-1891 or send email to: tkania@state.pa.us.

Whites Creek Watershed, Somerset County:DEP will hold a public meeting on the proposed plan October 28 at the Ebensburg District Office, Ebensburg, Pa. Comments due: November 27.Contact: Mike Timcik, 814-472-1936 or send email to: mtimcik@state.pa.us.

Connoquenessing Creek Watershed, Butler County:DEP is accepting comments on a proposed plan through November 20. Contact: Bill Brown, 717-783-2951.

For copies of these and other TMDL plans, visit theDEP TMDL webpage. (Notices of these comment periods were published in thePA Bulletin starting page 5362.)

9/26/2008