As part of the public review process, MDE published a notice of proposed action in the May 26, 2017 issue of the Maryland Register. This marked the beginning of the public comment period that ended on July 10, 2017 (please note that the public comment period was extended). During this public comment period MDE also held a public hearing on June 13, 2017 in Baltimore.

 

Please click on the links below to access the final approved 2016 Triennial Review materials including the description of regulatory changes, the recording of the public hearing and presentation, the comment-response document, and the letter of approval from EPA.

 

Other materials, relating to the proposed removal of Tier II segments, were requested by attendees of the hearing and are provided in the three bullets below.   

• Description of the Tier II segments proposed for removal and justification for removal
• Spreadsheet showing the original and corrected IBIs for Tier II waters that had baseline IBI corrections
• Maps Depicting Additions to Tier II Waters and Removal of Tier II Water