[Federal Register: February 1, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 22)]
[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-8523-6]
Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Availability of 16 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 16 TMDLs and the calculations for these
TMDLs prepared by EPA Region 6 for waters listed in the Pearl River and
the Terrebonne River 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 March
3, 2008.
ADDRESSES: Comments on the 16 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 16 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 six of these TMDLs pursuant to a
consent decree entered in this lawsuit.
EPA Seeks Comment on 16 TMDLs
By this notice EPA is seeking comment on the following 16 TMDLs for
waters located within Louisiana basins:
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Subsegment Waterbody name Pollutant
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090101................... Pearl River--MS State Fecal Coliform.
Line to Pearl River
Navigation Canal.
090104................... Peters Creek--Headwaters Fecal Coliform.
to Pearl River.
090106................... Holmes Bayou--From the Turbidity.
Pearl River to the West
Pearl River (scenic).
090201................... West Pearl River--From Turbidity.
Headwaters to
confluence with Holmes
Bayou (scenic).
090202................... West Pearl River--From Turbidity.
confluence with Holmes
Bayou to the Rigolets
(includes east and west
mouths) (scenic).
090301................... Pushepatapa Creek--MS Fecal Coliform.
State Line to Pearl
River floodplain.
090401................... Bogue Lusa Creek-- Fecal Coliform.
Headwaters to Pearl
River.
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090501................... Bogue Chitto River--From Turbidity.
MS State Line to Pearl
River Navigation Canal
(scenic).
090502................... Big Silver Creek-- Fecal Coliform.
Headwaters to Bogue
Chitto River.
090505................... Bonner Creek--Headwaters Fecal Coliform.
to Bogue Chitto River.
090506................... Thigpen Creek-- Fecal Coliform.
Headwaters to Bogue
Chitto River.
090105................... Pearl River Navigation Dissolved Oxygen.
Canal--From Pools Bluff
to Lock No. 3 (includes
east and west mouths)
(scenic).
090204................... Pearl River Navigation Dissolved Oxygen.
Canal--Below Lock No. 3.
090207................... Middle Pearl River and Dissolved Oxygen.
West Middle Pearl
River--From West Pearl
River to Little Lake.
120606................... Bayou Blue--Grand Bayou Dissolved Oxygen
Canal to Boundary and Nutrients.
between segments 1206
and 1207 (Estuarine).
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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 16 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: January 25, 2008.
Miguel I. Flores,
Director, Water Quality Protection Division, EPA Region 6.
[FR Doc. E8-1897 Filed 1-31-08; 8:45 am]
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