Stream Name River Mile Approximate Location Listed Parameter 

LiĴle Deschutes Subbasin 

Crescent Creek 0-26.1 Mouth to Crescent Lake Temperature 

LiĴle Deschutes River 54-78 Temperature 

0-54 Dissolved Oxygen 

Paulina Cr. 0-13.2 Mouth to Paulina Lake Temperature 

Upper Deschutes Subbasin 

Deschutes River 

Squaw Creek 

126.4-162.6 Upstream of Squaw to Temperature, pH 

upstream of Tumalo 

189.4-222.4 Sunriver to Upstream of Bull Sediment, turbidity, 

Bend dissolved oxygen 

0-21 temperature 

Lower Crooked Subbasin 

Crooked River 

McKay Creek
1

Marks Creek
1

Mill Creek 

Ochoco Cr.

0-51 Mouth to Baldwin Dam Bacteria (fecal coliform), 

pH, temperature 

51-70 Baldwin Dam to Prineville Total Dissolved Gas 

Reservoir 

0-14.7 Mouth to LiĴle McKay Cr. Temperature 

0-17.1 Temperature 

0-11.5 Mouth to E./W. Forks Temperature 

0-36.4 Mouth to Camp Branch Temperature 

Upper Crooked Subbasin

 Crooked River 

Bear Creek 

82.6-109.2 Upstream of Deer Cr. to Temperature, pH

N. Fk. Crooked River 

0-34.3 Mouth to Headwaters Temperature 

Appendix Appendix E 

Appendix E 

303(d) Listed Streams and Protocol for 

Addressing Impaired Waters on BLM 

Administered Lands 

303(d) Listed Streams by Subbasin 303(d) Listed Streams by Subbasin 


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Protocol for 303(d) listed Streams Protocol for 303(d) listed Streams 

BLM will v BLM will vBLM will validate the 303(d) listing of its waterbodies. aterbodies.aterbodies. 

BLM will review the current 303(d) list and listing rationale to determine if the waterbody w aterbody was correctly listed. as correctly listed.

BLM will provide the State with documentation or evidence if the waterbody was erroneously placed on the list 

while it actually meets the water quality standard for which it was listed. as listed.as listed. 

BLM will assess the effect of its management actions on the water quality parameter for which a waterbody is 

303(d) listed. 303(d) listed. 

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BLM management activities will be assessed for their effects on water quality for the standard for which it was 

listed. listed. This will be done at the site-specific scale during evaluations of GMAs. aluations of GMAs. 

BLM will document and present evidence to the State where sufficiently stringent management measures 

(Appendix O) have been implemented to bring listed segments into compliance in a reasonable timeframe. For 

such situations, development of a TMDL and WQMP are not needed. EPA’s current interpretation of this is 

measures that would allow the waterbody to meet the water quality standard within two years. 

For waterbodies that remain on the 303(d) list and are affected by BLM management activities, BLM will develop 

or adjust management actions necessary to restore water quality and meet Oregon water quality standards. ater quality standards. 

BLM will work with the State agencies and local tribes to set priorities and timelines for addressing listed 

waterbodies. aterbodies. 

BLM will develop water quality restoration plans (WQRP), to address the water quality parameter at issue for 

lands it administers. A draĞ WQRP for the Upper Deschutes and LiĴle Deschutes Subbasins, completed jointly 

with the Deschutes National Forest, is currently on file in the Prineville District BLM office. The expected 

completion date for the final WQRP is October, 2004. The remainder of the planning area will be addressed in 

the WQRP for the Lower and Upper Crooked River Subbasins, to be completed jointly with the Ochoco National 

Forest.. BLMs WQRPs may be developed before or aĞer the State’s Total Maximum Daily Load standards 

(TMDLs) and Water Quality Management Plans (WQMPs), depending upon the State’s timeframes. Once the 

State’s WQMP is developed, the BLM’s WQRP must incorporate the WQMPs management measures to meet 

the TMDL’s load allocation. Any WQRP developed prior to a WQMP would have to be adjusted if needed to 

incorporate the management measures of the WQMP. 

BLM will submit WQRPs to the State for coordination purposes. If WQRPs are developed prior to TMDLs 

and WQMPs, submission of the WQRP is a means for the BLM to provide the State with information that may 

be incorporated into the TMDL and WQMP. AĞer WQMPs are developed, submission of the WQRP provides 

an opportunity for the State and BLM to jointly review BLM’s management activities for compliance with the 

management measures of management measures of the WQMPs. the WQMPs. 

BLM will implement WQRPs upon their completion, with adjustments as necessary. 

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