[Federal Register: October 1, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 189)]
[Notices]
[Page 55768-55769]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-8475-1]
Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Final Agency Action on 14 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 14 TMDLs prepared
by EPA Region 6 for waters listed in Louisiana's Red and Sabine River
Basins, under section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act (CWA). Documents
from the administrative record file for the 14 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,
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 five of these TMDLs pursuant
to a consent decree entered in this lawsuit.
EPA Takes Final Agency Action on 14 TMDLs
By this notice EPA is taking final agency action on the following
14 TMDLs for waters located within the Louisiana river basins:
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Subsegment Waterbody name Pollutant
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100401-0556575................ Ivan Lake............. Mercury.
100703........................ Black Lake and Clear Mercury.
Lake.
100705........................ Kepler Lake........... Mercury.
100709........................ Grand Bayou-- Mercury.
Headwaters to Black
Lake Bayou.
100709-001.................... Grand Bayou Reservoir. Mercury.
100803........................ Saline Bayou--From Mercury.
Saline Lake to Red
River.
101302........................ Iatt Lake............. Mercury.
101501........................ Big Saline Bayou-- Mercury.
Catahoula Lake to
Saline Lake.
101502........................ Saline Lake........... Mercury.
101504........................ Saline Bayou--Larto Mercury.
Lake to Saline Lake
(scenic).
101505........................ Larto Lake............ Mercury.
101506........................ Big Creek--Headwaters Mercury.
to Saline Lake.
110101........................ Toledo Bend Reservoir-- Mercury.
TX-LA Line to Toledo
Bend Dam.
110503........................ Vernon Lake........... Mercury.
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EPA requested the public to provide EPA with any significant data
or information that might impact the 14 Final TMDLs in the Federal
Register Notice: Volume 72, Number 137, page 39420 (July 18, 2007). The
comments received and the EPA's response to comments and the TMDLs may
be found at http://www.epa.gov/earth1r6/6wq/npdes/tmdl/index.htm.
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Dated: September 24, 2007
William K. Honker,
Deputy Director, Water Quality Protection Division, EPA Region 6.
[FR Doc. E7-19335 Filed 9-28-07; 8:45 am]
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