Escapepod
01-20-2010, 10:52 AM
For those who already know about this - I apologize for redundancy.
For those sportspeople interested - The DEP is holiding a hearing on stream flow standards and regulations. The link is: <http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?A=2586&Q=448406> or can be viewed on the DEP website. The narrative excerpt from the hearing has been excerpted directly form the CTDEP public notice, it is:
"(1) Apply to all river and stream systems within this state; (2) preserve and protect the natural aquatic life, including anadromous fish, contained within such waters; (3) preserve and protect the natural and stocked wildlife dependent upon the flow of such water; (4) promote and protect the usage of such water for public recreation; (5) be based, to the maximum extent practicable, on natural variation of flows and water levels while providing for the needs and requirements of public health, flood control, industry, public utilities, water supply, public safety, agriculture and other lawful uses of such waters; and (6) be based on the best available science, including, but not limited to, natural aquatic habitat, biota, subregional basin boundaries, areas of stratified drift, stream gages and flow data, locations of registered, permitted, and proposed diversions and withdrawal data reported pursuant to section 22a-368a, locations where any dams or other structures impound or divert the waters of a river or stream and any release made therefrom, and any other data for developing such regulations or individual management plans. Such flow regulations may provide special conditions or exemptions including, but not limited to, an extreme economic hardship or other circumstance, an agricultural diversion, a water quality certification related to a license issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission or as necessary to allow a public water system, as defined in subsection (a) of section 25-33d, to comply with the obligations of such system as set forth in the regulations of Connecticut state agencies."
I recall that a town meeting is scheduled in the Wallingford public library for tonight...not sure of the time, and the actual hearing is tomorrow up at DEP. The DEP hearing is schedule for 9:00am till all commets are heard, Phoenix Auditorium, 5th Floor, 79 Elm Street, Hartford.
If anybody goes, it would be nice to hear what transpired.
For those sportspeople interested - The DEP is holiding a hearing on stream flow standards and regulations. The link is: <http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?A=2586&Q=448406> or can be viewed on the DEP website. The narrative excerpt from the hearing has been excerpted directly form the CTDEP public notice, it is:
"(1) Apply to all river and stream systems within this state; (2) preserve and protect the natural aquatic life, including anadromous fish, contained within such waters; (3) preserve and protect the natural and stocked wildlife dependent upon the flow of such water; (4) promote and protect the usage of such water for public recreation; (5) be based, to the maximum extent practicable, on natural variation of flows and water levels while providing for the needs and requirements of public health, flood control, industry, public utilities, water supply, public safety, agriculture and other lawful uses of such waters; and (6) be based on the best available science, including, but not limited to, natural aquatic habitat, biota, subregional basin boundaries, areas of stratified drift, stream gages and flow data, locations of registered, permitted, and proposed diversions and withdrawal data reported pursuant to section 22a-368a, locations where any dams or other structures impound or divert the waters of a river or stream and any release made therefrom, and any other data for developing such regulations or individual management plans. Such flow regulations may provide special conditions or exemptions including, but not limited to, an extreme economic hardship or other circumstance, an agricultural diversion, a water quality certification related to a license issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission or as necessary to allow a public water system, as defined in subsection (a) of section 25-33d, to comply with the obligations of such system as set forth in the regulations of Connecticut state agencies."
I recall that a town meeting is scheduled in the Wallingford public library for tonight...not sure of the time, and the actual hearing is tomorrow up at DEP. The DEP hearing is schedule for 9:00am till all commets are heard, Phoenix Auditorium, 5th Floor, 79 Elm Street, Hartford.
If anybody goes, it would be nice to hear what transpired.