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MDEQ has developed a new collaborative framework for implementing the Clean Water Act in compliance with a new national initiative by EPA. The Priority Framework Process is designed to help coordinate efforts to advance the effectiveness of the water program. In order to select priority watersheds MDEQ used landscape information to characterize and rank watersheds by resource value and potential stressors. This new framework does not change regulation, policy or issue new mandates. It is intended to provide focus for MDEQ's water programs so as to better manage the activities and promote collaboration to achieve water quality goals. More information on the Priority Framework Process can be found here:
http://www.mdeq.ms.gov/water/surface-water/priority-framework/
Table 8 below lists the TMDLs MDEQ has planned for development in 2024 and 2025 based on resource availability. These TMDLs are also dependent on completion of stressor identifications for the biological listings included.
Table 8. TMDLs Scheduled for 2024 and 2025
Basin | Water Body Name | Water Body ID | County | Pollutant(s) |
North Independent Streams | Owl Creek | 301412 | Tippah | Sediment |
Tombigbee River | Dry Creek | 804214 | Clay, Monroe | Sediment |
Tombigbee River | Town Creek | 804111 | Monroe, Clay | Sediment |
Tombigbee River | Town Creek | 804211 | Clay | Sediment |
Yazoo River | Cherry Creek | 901212 | Pontotoc | Biological Impairment |
Yazoo River | Lyon Creek | 901111 | Pontotoc | Biological Impairment |
Yazoo River | Okanattie Creek | 900911 | Union | Biological Impairment |
Yazoo River | Unnamed Tributary to Little Tallahatchie River | 901713 | Union | Biological Impairment |
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