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The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (WDEQ), Water Quality Division (WQD) is seeking additional public comment for Wyoming's Draft 2022/2024 Integrated Report (IR). This comment period is limited to the proposed revised listing decisions for Blair Creek and a segment of the Sweetwater River associated with recreational designated use support in these waterbodies.
Wyoming's Draft 2022/2024 Integrated Report (IR) was available for public review and comment from February 6, 2024, through March 22, 2024. In response to (1) comments received from the public and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and (2) a series of discussions with EPA, the WDEQ/WQD has revised Blair Creek and a 13.7- mile segment of the Sweetwater River (from the confluence of Blair Creek downstream to Lander Creek, located in Fremont County) from Category 3 (available data is insufficient or inconclusive for a use support decision) to Category 5 (available data and information indicates at least one designated use is threatened or impaired) in the draft IR.
Comments on these proposed changes to the Draft 2022/2024 IR will be accepted starting March 25, 2025, to 5:00 p.m. on April 9, 2025. Written comments should be sent to Joanna Harter, Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, 510 Meadowview Drive, Lander, Wyoming, 82520. Electronic comments may be submitted through the WDEQ comment portal provided at http://wq.wyomingdeq.commentinput.com.
A strikeout/redline version of Wyoming’s Draft Integrated Report showing the changes that have been made to the document is available at WDEQ’s website under the Reports tab (https://deq.wyoming.gov/water-quality/watershed-protection/water- quality-assessment/). If you have any questions regarding these changes to the Draft Wyoming 2022/2024 Integrated Report, please contact Joanna Harter at (307) 335-6965.
Para español, visite deq.wyoming.gov. Americans with Disabilities Act: special assistance or alternative formats will be made available upon request for individuals with disabilities. Please provide at least fourteen (14) days before the close of the public comment period for such requests.
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