Legal comment on Washington State dissolved oxygen criteria as applied to Lake Spokane

The Hayden Regional Sewer Board, the City of Coeur d’Alene, the City of Post Falls and Inland Empire Paper Company requested attorneys to create a legal analysis of Washington state’s dissolved oxygen criteria and how they are applied in Lake Spokane to develop the revised DO TMDL.

This analysis and cover letter was sent to EPA, the Washington Department of Ecology and Idaho Department of Environmental Quality.

Attached is the cover letter and legal analysis.

See February 4th post for summary of dissolved oxygen standards as applies to Lake Spokane issued by Washington Department of Ecology.