[Federal Register: October 10, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 195)]
[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-8229-3]
Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Final Agency Action on Eighty
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 eighty TMDLs
prepared by EPA Region 6 for waters listed in Louisiana's Red River,
Sabine River, and Terrebonne Basins, under section 303(d) of the Clean
Water Act (CWA). Documents from the administrative record file for the
eighty TMDLs, including TMDL calculations and responses to comments,
may be viewed at http://www.epa.gov/earth1r6/6wq/npdes/tmdl/index.htm.
The administrative record file may be examined by calling or writing
Ms. Diane Smith at the address below. 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,
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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 established 63 of these TMDLs pursuant to
a consent decree entered in this lawsuit.
EPA Takes Final Agency Action on Eighty TMDLs
By this notice EPA is taking final agency action on the following
eighty TMDLs for waters located within the Louisiana river basins:
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Subsegment Waterbody name Pollutant
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100306.......................... Kelly Bayou--AR Fecal Coliform.
State Line to
Black Bayou.
100309.......................... Cross Bayou....... Turbidity, TDS,
Chloride,
Sulfate, and TSS.
100406.......................... Flat River-- Fecal Coliform and
Headwaters to TDS.
Loggy Bayou.
100602.......................... Boggy Bayou....... Turbidity and
Sedimentation/
siltation.
100603.......................... Wallace Lake...... Turbidity and
Sedimentation/
siltation.
100701.......................... Black Lake Bayou.. Turbidity, TDS,
and Sedimentation/
siltation.
100704.......................... Kepler Creek...... TDS.
100707.......................... Castor Creek-- Fecal Coliform.
Headwaters to
Black Lake Bayou.
100708.......................... Unnamed Tributary Sulfate and TDS.
to Castor Creek
near Town of
Castor.
100709.......................... Grand Bayou-- Fecal Coliform.
Headwaters to
Black Lake Bayou.
100710.......................... Unnamed Tributary TDS, Chloride,
to Grand and Sulfate.
Bayou near Town
of Hall Summit.
100801.......................... Saline Bayou--from Fecal Coliform.
its origin near
Arcadia to LA Hwy
156 in Winn
Parish (scenic).
100804.......................... Unnamed Tributary TDS and Sulfate.
to Saline Bayou
near Town of
Arcadia.
100901.......................... Nantaches Creek-- Fecal Coliform.
Headwaters to
Nantaches Lake.
101101.......................... Cane River--above TDS and Chloride.
Natchitoches to
Red River.
101103.......................... Bayou Kisatchie-- Fecal Coliform and
entrance into TDS.
Kisatchie
National Forest
to Old River
(scenic).
101301.......................... Rigolette Bayou-- Fecal Coliform.
Headwaters to Red
River.
101303.......................... Iatt Creek-- TDS.
Headwaters to
Iatt Lake.
101401.......................... Buhlow Lake Turbidity.
(Pineville).
101601.......................... Bayou Cocodrie-- Turbidity.
from Little Cross
Bayou to Wild Cow
Bayou (scenic).
110202.......................... Pearl Creek--from Fecal Coliform.
its origin to its
entrance into
Sabine River
(scenic).
110401.......................... Bayou Toro-- Fecal Coliform.
Headwaters to LA
Hwy 473.
110402.......................... Bayou Toro--LA Hwy Fecal Coliform.
473 to its
entrance into
Sabine River.
110501.......................... West Anacoco Fecal Coliform.
Creek--Headwaters
to Vernon Lake.
110504.......................... Bayou Anacoco-- Fecal Coliform.
Vernon Lake to
Anacoco Lake.
110601.......................... Vinton Waterway... Turbidity.
120101.......................... Bayou Portage..... TDS, Chloride,
Fecal Coliform,
and TSS.
120102.......................... Bayou Poydras..... Sediment, Sulfate,
TDS, TSS, and
Fecal Coliform.
120104.......................... Bayou Grosse Tete. Fecal Coliform and
TDS.
120105.......................... Chamberlin Canal.. Fecal Coliform,
TSS, and
Sediment.
120106.......................... Bayou Plaquemine.. Turbidity.
120109.......................... Intracoastal Fecal Coliform.
Waterway.
120110.......................... Bayou Cholpe...... TDS and Sulfate .
120111.......................... Bayou Maringouin-- Fecal Coliform
and Headwaters to TDS.
East Atchafalaya
Basin Levee.
120112.......................... Bayou Fordoche.... Fecal Coliform and
TDS.
120201.......................... Lower Grand River Fecal Coliform and
and Belle River. Sulfate.
120206.......................... Grand Bayou and Fecal Coliform.
Little Grand
Bayou.
120301.......................... Bayou Terrebonne.. Fecal Coliform.
120502.......................... Bayou Grand Fecal Coliform.
Caillou.
120503.......................... Bayou Petit Fecal Coliform.
Caillou.
120504.......................... Bayou Petit Fecal Coliform.
Caillou.
120506.......................... Bayou du Large.... Fecal Coliform.
120507.......................... Bayou Chauvin..... Fecal Coliform.
120508.......................... Houma Navigation Fecal Coliform.
Canal.
120602.......................... Bayou Terrebonne.. Fecal Coliform.
120605.......................... Bayou Pointe au Fecal Coliform.
Chien.
120606.......................... Bayou Blue........ Fecal Coliform.
120701.......................... Bayou Grand Fecal Coliform.
Caillou.
120703.......................... Bayou du Large.... Fecal Coliform.
120707.......................... Lake Boudreaux.... Fecal Coliform.
120708.......................... Lost Lake, Four Fecal Coliform.
League Bay.
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.EPA requested the public to provide EPA with any significant data
or information that might impact the eighty TMDLs in the Federal
Register Notice: Volume 71, Number 139, pages 41217-41218 (July 20,
2006). The
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comments received and the EPA's response to comments may be found at
http://www.epa.gov/[fxsp0]earth1r6/6wq/[fxsp0]npdes/tmdl/index.htm.
EPA received requests from the Gulf Restoration Network and six
individuals for a 60-day extension of the comment period on the eighty
draft TMDLs in Louisiana. EPA will not extend the original comment
period, however, the Gulf Restoration Network and others may submit
comments after the closing date (i.e., August 21, 2006) of the comment
period until October 20, 2006. EPA will review and respond to comments
received between August 22, 2006, and October 20, 2006, and may
consider revising or modifying these TMDLs if appropriate.
Dated: September 28, 2006.
Miguel I. Flores,
Director, Water Quality Protection Division, EPA Region 6.
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