This notice announces the availability and opportunity to comment on the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control’s Draft 2024 Combined Watershed Assessment Report (305(b)) and Determination for the Clean Water Act Section 303(d) List of Waters Needing TMDLs (the Integrated Report). EPA’s Integrated Reporting Guidance documents are available online at www.epa.gov/tmdl/identifying-and-listing-impaired-waters-under-clean-water-act.

The Draft Integrated Report is posted with this notice on the DNREC website at de.gov/dnrecnotices. The Draft Integrated Report and prior Integrated Reports are also available on the Department’s website at dnrec.alpha.delaware.gov/watershed-stewardship/assessment/reports/.

All comments on the Draft Integrated Report document received on or prior to December 11, 2024 will be considered for the final Integrated Report. Comments may be sent to Dr. Bhanu Paudel by mail at the DNREC/Division of Watershed Stewardship, Watershed Assessment and Management Section, 285 Beiser Blvd., Suite 102, Dover, DE 19904 or email at SurfaceWQS@delaware.gov. Electronic submissions are preferred.

For additional information, please contact Dr. Paudel, Environmental Scientist V, at (302) 739- 9939 or via email at bhanu.paudel@delaware.gov.

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