DEQ seeks members for Clearwater Basin Advisory Group

January 31, 2025

Contact: Sujata Connell, Lewiston Regional Office Administrator, Sujata.Connell@deq.idaho.deq

LEWISTON - The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is seeking representatives to fill two vacancies on the Clearwater Basin Advisory Group (BAG).

The two vacancies are for mining and the representative-at-large.

The Clearwater BAG is comprised of citizens, appointed by DEQ's director, that represent stakeholder groups from five counties in north central Idaho. The BAG advises DEQ on water quality objectives within Idaho's Clearwater Basin and represents industries and interests directly affected by water quality programs within the basin.

The BAG meets at least twice each year, but sometimes more frequently, to advise DEQ on the following matters:

• Priorities within the basin
• Revisions needed in the designated beneficial uses for water bodies within the basins
• Categories to which water bodies in the basin should be assigned
• Processes for developing and implementing total maximum daily loads
• Members to be appointed to watershed advisory groups
• Water quality nonpoint source pollutant reduction priorities throughout the region

Members must have a demonstrated interest or expertise that will benefit the work of the group. Anyone interested in serving on the BAG as a representative for the above interests should contact Sujata Connell at (208) 799-4370 or Sujata.Connell@deq.idaho.gov by February 21, 2025, at 5 p.m.