[Federal Register: July 8, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 130)]
[Notices]               
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7935-7]

 
Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Final Agency Action on Four Total 
Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces final agency action on four TMDLs 
prepared by EPA Region 6 for waters listed in Louisiana's Barataria 
river basin, under section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act (CWA). 
Documents from the administrative record file for the four TMDLs, 
including TMDL calculations and responses to comments, may be viewed at 
http://www.epa.gov/region6/water/tmdl.htm. The administrative record 

file may be examined by calling or writing Ms. Diane Smith at the 
following address. Please contact Ms. Smith to schedule an inspection.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diane Smith, Environmental Protection 
Specialist, Water Quality Protection Division, U.S. EPA Region 6, 1445 
Ross Avenue, Dallas, TX 75202-2733, (214) 665-2145.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1996, two Louisiana environmental groups, 
the Sierra Club and Louisiana Environmental Action Network 
(plaintiffs), filed a lawsuit in Federal

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Court against the EPA, styled Sierra Club, et al. v. Clifford et al., 
No. 96-0527, (E.D. La.). Among other claims, plaintiffs alleged that 
EPA failed to establish Louisiana TMDLs in a timely manner.

EPA Takes Final Agency Action on Four TMDLs

    By this notice EPA is taking final agency action on the following 
four TMDLs for waters located within the Barataria river basin:

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         Subsegment              Waterbody name           Pollutant
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020201......................  Bayou Des Allemands-- Dissolved Oxygen.
                               Lac Des Allemands
                               to Hwy. U.S. 90
                               (scenic).
020201......................  Bayou Des Allemands-- Nutrients.
                               Lac Des Allemands
                               to Hwy. U.S. 90
                               (scenic).
020303......................  Lake Cataouatche and  Dissolved Oxygen.
                               Tributaries.
020303......................  Lake Cataouatche and  Nutrients.
                               Tributaries.
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    EPA requested the public to provide EPA with any significant data 
or information that might impact the four TMDLs in the Federal Register 
Notice: 69 FR 69924 (December 1, 2004). The comments received and the 
EPA's response to comments may be found at http://www.epa.gov/region6/water/tmdl.htm
.


    Dated: June 28, 2005.
William K. Honker,
Acting Director, Water Quality Protection Division, Region 6.
[FR Doc. 05-13489 Filed 7-7-05; 8:45 am]

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