The Department of Environmental Protection this week invited public comments on three proposed Total Maximum Daily Load watershed plans in Carbon, Luzerne, Schuylkill and Westmoreland counties.

Lehigh River Watershed, Carbon, Luzerne, Schuylkill Counties: DEP will hold a public meeting on January 28 in the Pottsville District Office starting at 10:00 to gather public comments on the plan. Contact: James Andrews at 570-621-3118 or send email to: jameandrew@state.pa.us.

Sewickley Creek Watershed, Westmoreland County: DEP will hold a public meeting to gather public comments on the plan January 22 at the Greensburg District Mining Office starting at 1:30. Contact: Jennifer Orr at 717-772-5670 or send email to: jeorr@state.pa.us.

Stauffer Run Watershed, Westmoreland County: DEP will hold a public meeting to gather public comments on the plan January 22 at the Greensburg District Mining Office starting at 11:00. Contact: Scott Heidel at 717-787-1421 or send email to: scheidel@state.pa.us.

For more information or a copy of the proposed TMDL, visit DEP's TMDL webpage.

1/9/2009