Please refresh my memory, what is a TMDL?
Briefly, TMDL stands for “Total Maximum Daily Load”. A TMDL can be best described as a waterbody, watershed or basin-wide budget for pollutant influx to a watercourse. Q: The first edition of Questions and Answers about TMDLs indicated there is a 20-year schedule for the development of TMDLs in New Mexico. How was that schedule established? A: The schedule was established as part of the negotiated consent decree resolving a lawsuit entitled Forest Guardians and Southwest Environmental Center v. Carol Browner [U.S. Environmental Protection Agency](CIV. NO. 96-0826 LH). The schedule outlined in the consent decree is based, largely but not wholly, on the State’s 1996-1998 Clean Water Act §303(d) List of waters needing TMDLs in New Mexico. Q: What is a §303(d) list? A: Briefly, §303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act requires each state to identify surface waters within its boundaries that are not meeting, or expected to meet, water quality standards. Section 303 further requires the states
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