TMDLs Under Development
TMDL work is currently in-progress for the projects listed in the table below. Projects are organized alphabetically by TMDL project area within their respective river basin. A map of all TMDL project areas in Montana is available on the TMDL Project Area Status Map webpage. The map is color coded to show the status of each area, including whether or not a TMDL document has been completed. Some project areas have additional information on an external website and can be accessed by clicking on the TMDL project area name.
TMDL development generally takes two to five years to complete, and TMDL documents usually include multiple TMDLs that address multiple waterbodies in a project area. Pollutant groups that will be contained in the same document for a project area are merged together in the Public Comment Information column in the table below. TMDL development is a collaborative effort between DEQ and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Project managers include both DEQ and EPA staff.
| TMDL Project Area | Project / Pollutant Group | Project Manager | Primary Contact | Public Comment Information |
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Columbia River Basin |
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| Bitterroot Watershed** | Nutrients (Bitterroot River & Tributaries), Sediment (Bitterroot River) | Darrin Kron | Christina Staten, Project Coordinator | |
| Sediment (Overwhich Creek & Meadow Creek), Temperature (Mill Creek) | TBD* | Dean Yashan | ||
| Metals | Peter Brumm | Peter Brumm | ||
| Blackfoot Watershed | Nutrients | Christian Schmidt | Christian Schmidt | |
| Metals,Sediment | TBD* | Dean Yashan | ||
| Temperature | Kristy Fortman | Kristy Fortman | ||
| Central Clark Fork Basin Tributaries | Metals (Bonita-Superior Project) | Eric Sivers | Eric Sivers | |
| Nutrients | TBD* | Dean Yashan | ||
| Sediment, Temperature | Kristy Fortman | Kristy Fortman | ||
| Clark Fork River, Silver Bow Creek | Metals | Eric Sivers | Eric Sivers | |
| Flathead Lake Watershed** | Sediment (streams only), Temperature | Jim Bond | Christina Staten, Project Coordinator | |
| Nutrients, Sediment (Flathead & Whitefish Lakes) | Jason Gildea | |||
| Flint | Metals | Darrin Kron | Jim Bond | Public Comment period has closed. |
| Sediment | Jim Bond | |||
| Nutrients | Darrin Kron | Darrin Kron | ||
| Kootenai-Fisher** | Metals | Lou Volpe | Christina Staten, Project Coordinator | |
| Nutrients, Sediment, Temperature | Lisa Kusnierz | |||
| Rock | Metals | Tim Byron | Kristy Fortman | |
| Nutrients | Lou Volpe | |||
| Sediment, Temperature | Kristy Fortman | |||
| Thompson | Metals, Nutrients | Lou Volpe | Jim Bond | |
| Sediment, Temperature | Jim Bond | |||
| Tobacco** | Metals, Nutrients, Temperature | Lisa Kusnierz | Lisa Kusnierz | |
| Upper Clark Fork | Metals (Tributaries) | Eric Sivers | Christian Schmidt | |
| Nutrients, Sediment | Christian Schmidt | |||
| White Pine Creek | Temperature | TBD* | Dean Yashan | |
| Yaak | Nutrients | TBD* | Dean Yashan | |
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Lower Missouri River Basin |
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| Judith Mountains** | Metals, Nutrients, Sediment | Lisa Kusnierz | Lisa Kusnierz | |
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Upper Missouri River Basin |
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| Beaverhead | Sediment | Kristy Fortman | Kristy Fortman | DEQ will be accepting Public Comments through May 9, 2012 |
| Beaverhead - Jeffereson Rivers | Temperature | Kristy Fortman | Kristy Fortman | |
| Boulder-Elkhorn | Metals | Tim Byron | Christina Staten, Project Coordinator | |
| Nutrients | Lou Volpe | |||
| Sediment, Temperature | Jim Bond | |||
| Lake Helena** | Metals (Phase 2) | Jason Gildea | Jason Gildea | |
| Lower Gallatin | Nutrients | Christian Schmidt | Christian Schmidt | |
| Sediment | Lisa Kusnierz | |||
| Jefferson | Metals | Lou Volpe | Lou Volpe | |
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Yellowstone River Basin |
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There are currently no active projects in this basin, however TMDL-related support work is taking place in the Tongue and Powder project areas. |
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* TBD = To Be Determined. Planning work has begun for this project, but a project manager has not been assigned. ** This is a joint project between the Montana Department of Environmental Quality and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
