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Water Quality Subcommittee Charter and List of Members

Objective
Study and examine issues relative to TVA’s efforts to improve water quality in the Tennessee River watershed. Formulate recommendations for consideration by the RRSC and submittal to TVA that would improve or otherwise enhance these efforts for the benefit of stakeholders in the Tennessee Valley.

Desired work plan characteristics
Subcommittee activities should examine TVA’s existing programs and efforts and be guided by the provisions of the TVA Act.

Scope

  • TVA’s watershed teams, especially their work with local communities
  • Aquatic plant management
  • Reservoir release improvements
  • Impact of reservoir operations options on water quality
  • Current quality of water in the Tennessee Valley, including the identification of Tier Two and Tier Three streams in the Tennessee Basin
  • Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL)
  • Aquatic biodiversity, including the Nature Conservancy/WWF maps on where species are known to live
  • Baseline monitoring, including biological monitoring
  • Source water protection in the context of interagency cooperation
  • TVA oversight in water quantity and supply issues in the Tennessee Valley (e.g., withdrawals and interbasin transfers)

Subcommittee members
Note: The subcommittee consists of both members of the Regional Resource Stewardship Council and other participants who are not Council members.

Council members: Jimmy Barnett (Subcommittee Chair), Elaine Patterson, Bruce Shupp, Stephen Smith

Non-Council members:

Steve Alexander
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
446 Neal St.
Cookeville, TN 38501

Larry Bowers
Director of Risk Management, Wheland Automotive Industries
2800 South Broad St.
Chattanooga, TN 37408

Paul E. Davis
Director, Division of Water Pollution Control
Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation
401 Church St.
Nashville, TN 37243-1534

Brad McLane
Executive Director, Alabama Rivers Alliance
 2027 Second Ave. North, Suite A
Birmingham, AL 35203

John Poole Jr.
Chief, Water Division
Alabama Department of Environmental Management
P.O. Box 301463
Montgomery, AL 36130-1463

Axel Ringe
Tennessee Clean Water Network
1840 Lafayette Rd.
New Market, TN 37820 1463

Frank Russell
Project Manager, Glen Springs Holdings Inc.
334 Davis Rd.
Blue Ridge, GA 30513

Susan Weber
Environmental Protection Specialist
Directorate of Environment and Public Works
U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command
Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5300

Tim Weisenberger
Senior Environmental Specialist
BP, Decatur Plant, P.O. Box 2215
Decatur, AL 35609

Tom Wellborn
Chief of Wetlands, Coastal and Water Quality Branch
Region 4, Water Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency
61 Forsyth Street S.W.
Atlanta, GA 30303-3104

TVA technical advisor
 John W. Shipp Jr.
General Manager, Environmental Policy and Planning
River System Operations & Environment
1101 Market St., MR 2T
Chattanooga, TN 37402

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