[Federal Register: April 5, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 64)]
[Notices]               
[Page 17249-17250]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

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Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Final Agency Action on 2 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 2 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 2 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 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 2 TMDLs

    By this notice EPA is taking final agency action on the following 2 
TMDLs for waters located within the Barataria river basin:

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             Subsegment                      Waterbody name                           Pollutant
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020401..............................  Bayou Lafourche--Donaldville  Dissolved Oxygen Nutrients.
                                       to Intracoastal Waterway at
                                       Larose.
020401..............................  Bayou Lafourche--Donaldville   Do.
                                       to Intracoastal Waterway at
                                       Larose.
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    EPA requested the public to provide EPA with any significant data 
or information that might impact the 2 TMDLs in the Federal Register 
Notice 69 FR pages 5985-5986 (February 9, 2004). The comments received 
and the EPA's response to comments may be found at http://www.epa.gov/region6/water/tmdl.htm
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    Dated: March 29, 2005.
Miguel I. Flores,
Director, Water Quality Protection Division, EPA Region 6.
[FR Doc. 05-6707 Filed 4-4-05; 8:45 am]

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