[Federal Register: December 17, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 241)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-8507-7]
Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Availability of 86 Total Maximum
Daily Loads (TMDLs) in Arkansas
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of the administrative
record file for comment on 86 TMDLs and the calculations for these
TMDLs prepared by EPA Region 6 for waters listed in the state of
Arkansas under section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act (CWA). Several of
these TMDLs available for notice, are being completed in response to
the lawsuit styled Sierra Club, et al. v. Browner, et al., No. LR-C-99-
114.
DATES: Comments must be submitted in writing to EPA on or before
January 16, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Comments on the 86 TMDLs should be sent to Ms. Diane Smith,
Environmental Protection Specialist, Water Quality Protection Division,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 6, 1445 Ross Ave., Dallas,
TX 75202-2733, facsimile (214) 665-7373, or e-mail:
smith.diane@epa.gov. For further information, contact Diane Smith at
(214) 665-2145. Documents from the administrative record file for these
TMDLs are available for public inspection at this address as well.
Documents from the administrative record file may be viewed at http://www.epa.gov/region6/6wq/npdes/tmdl/index.htm
, or obtained by calling
(214) 665-2145 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 1999, five Arkansas environmental groups,
the Sierra Club, Federation of Fly Fishers, Crooked Creek Coalition,
Arkansas Fly Fishers, and Save our Streams (plaintiffs), filed a
lawsuit in Federal Court against the EPA, styled Sierra Club, et al. v.
Browner, et al., No. LR-C-99-114. Among other claims, plaintiffs
alleged that EPA failed to establish Arkansas TMDLs in a timely manner.
EPA proposes these TMDLs pursuant to a consent decree entered in this
lawsuit.
EPA Seeks Comments on 86 TMDLs
By this notice EPA is seeking comment on the following 86 TMDLs for
waters located within the state of Arkansas:
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Segment-reach Waterbody name Pollutant
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08040102-016.................. Caddo River...... Copper and Zinc.
08040102-018.................. Caddo River...... Copper and Zinc.
08040102-019.................. Caddo River...... Copper and Zinc.
08040102-023.................. South Fork Caddo Copper and Zinc.
R..
08040201-005.................. Ouachita River... Copper and Zinc.
08040201-006.................. Smackover Creek.. Copper and Zinc.
08040201-007.................. Smackover Creek.. Copper and Zinc.
08040201-606.................. El Dorado Copper, Zinc., and
Chemical. Nitrate.
Company Tributary.
08040202-002.................. Ouachita River... Copper and Zinc.
08040202-004.................. Ouachita River... Copper and Zinc.
08040202-006.................. Bayou de L'Outre. TDS, Chloride,
Sulfate., Copper,
Zinc., and Lead.
08040202-007.................. Bayou de L'Outre. TDS, Chloride,
Sulfate., Copper.
Zinc., and Lead.
08040202-008.................. Bayou de L'Outre. TDS, Chloride,
Sulfate., Copper,
Zinc., and Lead.
08040203-007.................. Saline River..... TDS, Chloride, and
Sulfate.
08040203-008.................. Lost River....... TDS, Chloride, and
Sulfate.
08040203-009.................. Saline River..... TDS, Chloride, and
Sulfate.
08040203-010.................. Saline River..... TDS, Chloride, and
Sulfate.
08040203-904.................. Big Creek........ Lead., Siltation/
Turbidity.
08040204-006.................. Saline River..... TDS, Chloride, and
Sulfate.
08040205-001.................. Bayou Bartholomew TDS, Chloride, and
Sulfate.
08040205-002.................. Bayou Bartholomew TDS, Chloride, and
Sulfate.
08040205-007.................. Cutoff Creek..... Turbidity.
08040205-012U................. Bayou Bartholomew TDS, Chloride, and
Sulfate.
08040205-013.................. Bayou Bartholomew TDS, Chloride, and
Sulfate.
08040206-015.................. Big Cornie Creek. Sulfate. and Zinc.
08040206-016.................. Little Cornie Sulfate. and Zinc.
Creek.
08040206-716.................. Walker Branch.... Sulfate. and Zinc.
08040206-816.................. Little Cornie Sulfate. and Zinc.
Creek.
08040206-916.................. Walker Branch.... Sulfate. and Zinc.
08020203-007.................. Blackfish Bayou.. Siltation/Turbidity.
08020203-005.................. Blackfish Bayou.. Siltation/Turbidity.
08020203-003.................. Blackfish Bayou.. Siltation/Turbidity.
08040101-048.................. Prairie Creek.... Siltation/Turbidity.
08040201-001U................. Moro Creek....... Siltation/Turbidity.
08040201-001L................. Moro Creek....... Siltation/Turbidity.
08040204-005.................. Big Creek........ Siltation/Turbidity.
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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 these 86 TMDLs. EPA will review all data and information submitted
during the public comment period and revise the TMDLs and
determinations where appropriate. EPA will then forward the TMDLs to
the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ). The ADEQ will
incorporate the TMDLs into its current water quality management plan.
Dated: December 10, 2007.
Miguel I. Flores,
Director, Water Quality Protection Division, EPA Region 6.
[FR Doc. E7-24380 Filed 12-14-07; 8:45 am]
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