[Federal Register: October 25, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 206)]
[Notices]
[Page 60666-60667]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-8487-3]
Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Availability of 34 Total Maximum
Daily Loads (TMDL) in Louisiana
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability for comment of the
administrative record files for 34 TMDLs and the calculations for these
TMDLs prepared by EPA Region 6 for waters listed in the Red, Sabine,
and the Terrebonne Basins of Louisiana, under section 303(d) of the
Clean Water Act (CWA). These TMDLs were completed in response to a
court order in the lawsuit styled Sierra Club, et al. v. Clifford, et
al., No. 96-0527, (E.D. La.).
DATES: Comments must be submitted in writing to EPA on or before
November 26, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Comments on the 34 TMDLs should be sent to Diane Smith,
Environmental Protection Specialist, Water Quality Protection Division,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 6, 1445 Ross Ave., Dallas,
TX 75202-2733 or e-mail: smith.diane@epa.gov. For further information,
contact Diane Smith at (214) 665-2145 or fax 214.665.7373. The
administrative record files for the 34 TMDLs are available for public
inspection at this address as well. Documents from the administrative
record files may be viewed at http://www.epa.gov/earth1r6/6wq/npdes/tmdl/index.htm
, or obtained by calling or writing Ms. Smith at the
above address. Please contact Ms. Smith to schedule an inspection.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diane Smith at (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 proposes 26 of these TMDLs pursuant to a
consent decree entered in this lawsuit.
EPA Seeks Comment on 34 TMDLs
By this notice EPA is seeking comment on the following 34 TMDLs for
waters located within Louisiana basins:
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Subsegment Waterbody name Pollutant
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100406................. Flat River--Headwaters Nutrients and
to Loggy Bayou. Dissolved Oxygen.
100501................. Bayou Dorcheat-- Dissolved Oxygen and
Arkansas State Line to Mercury.
Lake Bistineau
(scenic).
100601................. Bayou Pierre-- Nutrients and
Headwaters to Sawing Dissolved Oxygen.
Lake.
100602................. Boggy Bayou--Headwaters Nutrients and
to Wallace Lake. Dissolved Oxygen.
100702................. Black Lake Bayou-- Dissolved Oxygen.
Webster-Bienville
Parish Line.
100703................. Black Lake and Clear Dissolved Oxygen.
Lake.
100803................. Saline Bayou--From Dissolved Oxygen.
Saline Lake to Red
River.
101301................. Rigolette Bayou-- Dissolved Oxygen.
Headwaters to Red
River.
101302................. Iatt Lake.............. Dissolved Oxygen.
101604................. Lake Concordia......... Dissolved Oxygen.
110401................. Bayou Toro--Headwaters Dissolved Oxygen.
to LA Hwy. 473.
120102................. Bayou Poydras.......... Nutrients and
Dissolved Oxygen.
120103................. Bayou Choctaw.......... Nutrients, Nitrogen,
Phosphorus, and
Dissolved Oxygen.
120105................. Chamberlin Canal....... Nutrients, Nitrogen,
Phosphorus, and
Dissolved Oxygen.
120106................. Bayou Plaquemine-- Nutrients and
Plaquemine Lock to Dissolved Oxygen.
Intracoastal Waterway.
120107................. Upper Grand River and Dissolved Oxygen.
Lower Flat River--
Headwaters to Intra
coastal Waterway.
120109................. Intracoastal Waterway-- Nutrients and
Morgan City to Port Dissolved Oxygen.
Allen Route--Port
Allen Locks to Bayou
Sorrel Locks.
120110................. Bayou Cholpe-- Dissolved Oxygen.
Headwaters to Bayou
Choctaw.
120206................. Grand Bayou and Little TSS.
Grand Bayou--
Headwaters to Lake
Varret.
120205................. Lake Palourde.......... pH.
120402................. Bayou Chene--From pH.
Intracoastal Waterway
to Bayou Penchant
Navigation Canal to
Terrebonne Bay.
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EPA requests that the public provide to EPA any water quality
related data and information that may be relevant to the calculations
for the 34 TMDLs. EPA will review all data and information submitted
during the public comment period and revise the TMDLs where
appropriate. EPA will then forward the TMDLs to the Louisiana
Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ). The LDEQ will incorporate
the TMDLs into its current water quality management plan.
Dated: October 17, 2007.
William K. Honker,
Deputy Director, Water Quality Protection Division, EPA Region 6.
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