<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div></div><div><div apple-content-edited="true"><span></span><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">Erica Terence, Riverkeeper</div><div>PO Box 751</div><div>Somes Bar, CA 95568</div><div><br></div><div>530.627.3311 (office)</div><div>530.340.5415 (cell)</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.klamathriver.org/">http://www.klamathriver.org</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: center; "><b><u><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">Sample Comment</span></u></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">Date<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; ">Matt St. John, North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board<br>5550 Skylane Boulevard, Suite A<br>Santa Rosa, CA 95403<br>phone : 707-570-3762, fax : 707-523-0135, e-mail: <a href="mailto:mstjohn@waterboards.ca.gov">mstjohn@waterboards.ca.gov</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">RE:<span> </span>Comments for the 2008 303(d) List of Water Quality Limited Segments<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">Dear North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Opening<o:p></o:p></b></p><ol start="1" type="1" style="margin-top: 0in; "><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">[1-2 sentences] Explain who you are and where you live/work. If you represent an organization, state its name and title, and briefly summarize its mission.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">[1-2 sentences] Why is water quality important to you? From what experience or activities do you draw your knowledge about water quality in the region?<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Body</b><span style="font-size: 11pt; "><o:p></o:p></span></p><ol start="1" type="1" style="margin-top: 0in; "><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">What are the beneficial uses that your local waterways on the proposed 2008 impaired waters list (or proposed to be taken off the list) provide for you, your family, your organization, your livelihood?<span> </span>These include fishing, swimming, aquatic habitat, boating, surfing, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">Why is it important that these water bodies need to be included on the impaired waters list and cleaned up?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">What evidence do you have that the waterways on the list are “impaired” or polluted? Is the waterway more polluted than in the past? How has it changed?<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in; "><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">*Note that anecdotal evidence is useful and powerful – include your personal observations of the waterway over time as applicable, stories of how you or others have used the water in the past. Also, this question is important both for new listings and for delistings that you oppose.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><ol start="4" type="1" style="margin-top: 0in; "><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">Do you have scientific or monitoring data about the water bodies at issue on the 303(d) list (either to add or take off the list)? What does it show?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">Are you a fisherman? What is your experience with fish quality, species, health, or size in the water bodies affected?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">Do you have any other observations or data related to the water bodies being listed or delisted?<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">Do you have photos of the waterway? If so, please include them and note who took them and when; they can be very helpful.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; "><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Closing<o:p></o:p></b></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-top: 0in; "><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">Thank the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board for accepting and considering your comments.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">Restate name of listings you are supporting, and the delistings that you are opposing.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; ">Include your name and contact information.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div></div></div><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span></span></div></body></html>