Nutrient Work Group
Planning, Prevention, and Assistance Division
Telephone: (406) 444-6697 | Fax (406) 444-6836
Staff Contacts: Bob Bukantis (406) 444-5320, Mike Suplee (406) 444-0831
The Nutrient Work Group is an advisory work group, convened by the Department of Environmental Quality, representing publicly owned and privately owned point sources of pollution, nonpoint sources of pollution, and other interested parties that will advise the department on the base numeric nutrient standards, the development of temporary nutrient criteria, and the implementation of those standards and criteria together with associated economic impacts as required by §75-5-313, MCA.
Nutrient Work Group Meeting
Next Meeting
February 27, 2012
9:00 am - 3 pm
Room 111, Metcalf Building
1520 E. Sixth Ave
Helena, MT
Subgroup Meetings
Nutrient Subgroups Information and Materials
Nutrient Trading Subgroup Information
Private Sector Economic Impacts
November 2, 2011
8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Room 111, Metcalf Building
1520 E. Sixth Ave
Helena, MT
- Proposed Circular DEQ-12
- Proposed Associated Rule Changes
- Using a Computer Water Quality Model to Derive Numeric Nutrient Criteria: Lower Yellowstone River
- Report to the Environmental Quality Council on Progress toward Numeric Nutrient Standards for Montana's Surface Waters
- Sign up to receive meeting and agenda information
- Technical Documents Related to Nutrient Criteria
- EPA Current Status: State Adoption of Numeric Nutrient Standards
- EPA Water Quality Criteria for Nitrogen and Phosphorus Pollution
- EPA Comments on Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection's (FDEP) Proposed Rule Revisions
- EPA Memo on Substantial Economic Costs Demonstrations
- December 29, 2011 Letter to EPA concerning MT DEQ's plans to adopt numeric nutrient water quality standards
- January 3, 2012 Letter to MT DEQ from EPA concerning the initial review of MT's draft analysis and assessment to support temporary variances for public and private entities from MT's draft criteria for wadeable streams
