Subject (Geographic - Hierarchical) Country: United States State: New Jersey
Subject (Topical)fish consumption; rivers; water quality; watershed; Impaired Waters; Water Quality Inventory; Delist; Designated uses; Total Maximum Daily Loads; TMDL; 305(b); 303(d)
DescriptionIn 2000 the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) encouraged states to integrate the 305(b) Water Quality Inventory Report and the 303(d) List of Impaired Waters into a single Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report. The five components of New Jersey's Integrated Report Package are as follows: (1)A front-end report entitled New Jersey 2004 Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report, summarizing the contents of the integrated list as it applies to designated use attainment statewide within New Jersey; (2)Appendices 1A through 1D which include The Integrated List itself, comprised of sublists 1-5, Sublist 5 with priority ranking, A schedule of TMDL and other actions to be taken in the next 2 years, and Sublist 5 Delistings; (3)A Comparison Document indicating where waters previously listed on the 2002 Sublist 5 are currently listed within the 2004 Integrated List; (4)Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Methods detailing DEP's assessment methods as applied to the Integrated List; and (5)A Response to Comments Document containing all DEP responses to public and EPA comments on the Methods Document and Integrated List as mandated by the public process.
NotePurpose: To present the extent to which New Jersey is attaining water quality standards (the 305(b) portion of the effort) and identify waters that are impaired and need TMDLs as required under section 303(d) of the Act.
