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Water quality standards webinar set for Feb. 8

| February 7, 2013 5:00 AM

OLYMPIA – The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) will convene the next Water Quality Standards Policy Forum as an interactive public webinar on Feb. 8.

The public may attend the meeting in person at Ecology’s building in Lacey or by computer and phone. All participants will be able to listen, ask questions, participate in discussions, and watch presentations.

Ecology’s Policy Forum will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (PST) questions contact Becca Conklin, Ecology water quality standards coordinator, at 360-407-6413 or swqs@ecy.wa.gov.

Policy Forums provide an opportunity for interested parties and the public to become involved and learn about Ecology’s rule activities to update the state’s water quality standards for toxics.

The Policy Forum will include a presentation about select toxic pollutants found in Washington waters, a discussion about risk levels and human health criteria calculation and continued discussion of scenarios that Ecology developed to help people understand potential effects of adopting new human health criteria and updating implementation tools.

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