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Title 117 Surface Water Quality Standards Triennial Review
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Title 117 – Nebraska Surface Water Quality Standards
March 29, 2021
April 29, 2021

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
STATE OF NEBRASKA
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY (NDEE)


Notice is hereby given pursuant to
Neb. Rev. Stats. §81-1504(4) and 40 CFR §131.20(b), the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy (NDEE) will hold a public hearing on Thursday, April 29, 2021 beginning at 10:00 A.M. Central Time (CT) at the Lincoln office, 245 Fallbrook Boulevard, Lincoln, NE in room 031. The public hearing will simultaneously be available via WebEx with a call-in option. The purpose of the hearing is to take public testimony and evidence about the review of NDEE regulations at Title 117 – Nebraska Surface Water Quality Standards.

The regulations promulgated under the federal Clean Water Act require that States hold a public hearing for the purpose of reviewing their Water Quality Standards as well as when revising Water Quality Standards (40 CFR §131.20(b)). This hearing and request for input is intended to satisfy the public participation requirement for reviewing the Water Quality Standards. A copy of the existing regulation, Title 117 – Nebraska Surface Water Quality Standards is available at the NDEE’s Lincoln office, 245 Fallbrook Boulevard, Lincoln, NE and on the NDEE website at
http://dee.ne.gov/RuleAndR.nsf/Title_117.xsp. The regulation is also available at the Office of the Secretary of State, Regulations Division, 1201 N Street, Suite 120, Lincoln, NE.

All interested persons may attend in-person, virtually at
https://tinyurl.com/tc5dzhbx, call-in to testify orally. Testimony will also be accepted by written submission or email (ndee.wqs@nebraska.gov) at the public hearing. Any person may provide advance notice of intent to testify by contacting Steven Thomas, Hearing Officer, NDEE, 245 Fallbrook Boulevard, Lincoln, NE, P.O. Box 98922, Lincoln, NE 68509-8922. Unscheduled testimony will be heard following scheduled testimony. Interested persons may also submit written comments prior to the hearing, which will be entered into the hearing record if received at the Lincoln office by 5:00 P.M. CT, April 28, 2021.

Please notify the NDEE at least one week in advance of the public hearing meeting if auxiliary aids or reasonable accommodations or alternate formats of materials are needed. Contact phone number is 402-471-2186. TDD users call 800-833-7352 and ask the relay operator to call us at 402-471-2186.


(See attached file: NDEE Title 117 Request for Public Notice 2021.docx)(See attached file: NDEE Title 117 Request for Public Notice 2021.pdf)

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