Elk River Sediment Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Summary and Implementation Framework and 2) Draft Basin Plan Amendment of Beneficial Uses

Abstract

that you initiate the process for identifying external scientific peer reviewers for two proposed actions related to the assessment and control of sediment discharges in the Elk River watershed. These are described in the 1) Draft Upper Elk River Sediment Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Summary and Implementation Framework and 2) the Draft Amendment of Beneficial Uses in Elk River, referred to herein as the TMDL Summary and Implementation Framework and the Beneficial Uses Amendment, respectively. The scientific basis for these two proposed actions is contained in the Staff Report for the Upper Elk River Sediment TMDL (Staff Report), which is the primary scientific document submitted for review. The secondary document submitted for review is Landslide Hazard in the Elk River Basin, Humboldt County, CA (Stillwater 2007)