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Upper Oyster Creek Recreational Use Attainability Analysis

RUAA for Upper Oyster Creek, Bullhead Bayou East, Bullhead Bayou West, and Unnamed Tributary of Bullhead Bayou, Brazos River Basin.

Project Summary

Status: Completed

Basin Brazos River Basin
Segment Names and Numbers Upper Oyster Creek, 1245; Bullhead Bayou East, 1202S, and Bullhead Bayou West, 1202R (Both segments previously Bullhead Bayou, 1245C); and Unnamed Tributary of Bullhead Bayou, 1202T (Previously Unnamed Tributary of Bullhead Bayou, 1245D)
Counties Fort Bend
Recreational Survey Report TCEQ completed a report of its Recreational Use Attainability Analysis for these water bodies.
Public Review of Recreational-Survey Report The comment period for the draft report has concluded. TCEQ used the public's comments to make an informed recommendation for the recreational-use category and criteria to include in the Texas Surface Water Quality Standards.
TCEQ Recommendations TCEQ recommended the contact recreation use on Upper Oyster Creek remain primary contact recreation and that the contact recreation use on Bullhead Bayou East, Bullhead Bayou West, and Unnamed Tributary of Bullhead Bayou be revised to secondary contact recreation 1. TCEQ held a second comment period for these recommendations that ended June, 2012. The use changes for Bullhead Bayou East, Bullhead Bayou West, and Unnamed Tributary of Bullhead Bayou were included in the 2014 Texas Surface Water Quality Standards.
Final Outcome

EPA approved recreation use changes for Bullhead Bayou East, Bullhead Bayou West, and Unnamed Tributary of Bullhead Bayou.

TCEQ retained the primary contact recreation use on Upper Oyster Creek.

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Project Report

See the RUAA for Upper Oyster Creek below.

See the RUAA for Bullhead Bayou East and Bullhead Bayou West (Previously Bullhead Bayou) and Unnamed Tributary of Bullhead Bayou below.

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For More Information

E-mail us at standards@tceq.texas.gov or see contact information for staff members.

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