[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 3, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 368-370]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-114]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6928-3]
Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Availability of Total Maximum
Daily Loads (TMDLs)
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 file for 88 TMDLs prepared by EPA Region 6 for
waters listed in Louisiana's Mermentau and Vermilion/Teche river
basins, under section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act (CWA). EPA prepared
these TMDLs in response to a Court Order dated October 1, 1999, in the
lawsuit Sierra Club, et al. v. Clifford et al., No. 96-0527, (E.D.
La.). Under this court order, EPA is required to prepare TMDLs when
needed for waters on the Louisiana 1998 section 303(d) list by December
31, 2007.
DATES: Comments on the 88 TMDLs must be submitted in writing to EPA on
or before February 2, 2001.
ADDRESSES: Comments on the 88 TMDLs should be sent to Ellen Caldwell,
Environmental Protection Specialist, Water Quality Protection Division,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 6, 1445 Ross Ave., Dallas,
TX 75202-2733. For further information, contact Ellen Caldwell at (214)
665-7513. The administrative record file for these TMDLs is available
for public inspection at this address as well. Copies of the TMDLs and
their respective calculations may be viewed at www.epa.gov/region6/water/tmdl.htm, or obtained by calling or writing Ms. Caldwell at the
above address. Please contact Ms. Caldwell to schedule an inspection.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Caldwell at (214) 665-7513.
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 United
States Environmental Protection Agency (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. Discussion of the court's order may be found at 65 FR
54032 (September 6, 2000).
EPA Seeks Comments on 88 TMDLs
By this notice EPA is seeking comment on the following 88 TMDLs for
waters located within the Mermentau and Vermilion/Teche basins:
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Subsegment Waterbody name Pollutant
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060205.............. Bayou Teche--Headwaters At Salinity/TDS.
Bayou Courtableau to I-10.
060211.............. West Atchafalaya Borrow Pit Salinity/TDS.
Canal.
060301.............. Bayou Teche--I-10 to Keystone Salinity/TDS.
Locks and Dam. Chlorides.
050201.............. Bayou Plaquemine Brule--Head- Ammonia.
Waters to Bayou Descannes.
050401.............. Mermentau River--Origin to Ammonia.
Lake Arthur.
060102.............. Cocodrie Lake................ Noxious Aquatic.
Plants & Ammonia.
Chlorides.
Sulfate.
060204.............. Bayou Courtableau--Origin to Ammonia.
West Atchafalaya Borrow Pit Salinity/TDS.
Canal.
060203.............. Chicot Lake.................. Noxious Aquatic.
Plants & Nutrients.
050101.............. Bayou Des Cannes--Headwaters Nutrients.
to Mermentau River.
050301.............. Bayou Nezpique--Headwaters to Nutrients.
Mermentau River.
060202.............. Bayou Cocodrie............... Nutrients.
060208.............. Bayou Boeuf--Headwaters To Nutrients.
Bayou Courtableau.
060211.............. West Atchafalaya Borrow Pit Sulfates.
Canal.
060301.............. Bayou Teche--I-10 to Keystone Sulfates.
Locks and Dam.
050101.............. Bayou Des Cannes--Headwaters Total Suspended
to Mermentau River. Solids (TSS).
050102.............. Bayou Joe Marcel............. TSS.
050103.............. Bayou Mallet................. TSS.
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050201.............. Bayou Plaquemine Brule-- Siltation.
Headwaters To Bayou Des TSS.
Cannes.
050301.............. Bayou Nezpique--Headwaters to Siltation.
Mermentau River. TSS.
050302.............. Mermentau River Basin........ Siltation.
TSS.
050401.............. Mermentau River--Origin to TSS.
Lake Arthur.
050402.............. Lake Arthur and Lower TSS.
Mermentau.
050501.............. Bayou Que de Tortue-- TSS.
Headwaters To Mermentau Siltation.
River.
050602.............. Intracoastal Waterway........ TSS.
050701.............. Grand Lake................... TSS.
050702.............. Intracoastal Waterway........ TSS.
050703.............. White Lake................... Siltation.
TSS.
050901.............. Bays and Gulf Waters to State Siltation.
3-mile Limit. TSS.
060101.............. Spring Creek--Headwaters to TSS.
Cocodrie Lake (Scenic).
060102.............. Cocodrie Lake................ Siltation.
060201.............. Bayou Cocodrie--From U.S. Hwy TSS.
167 To the Bayou Boeuf
Cocodrie Canal.
060202.............. Bayou Cocodrie............... TSS.
Siltation.
060203.............. Chicot Lake.................. TSS.
060204.............. Bayou Courtableau--Origin to TSS.
West Atchafalaya Borrow Pit
Canal.
060205.............. Bayou Teche--Headwaters at TSS.
Bayou Courtableau to I-10.
060207.............. Bayou des Glaises Diversion TSS.
Canal.
060208.............. Bayou Boeuf--Headwaters to TSS.
Bayou Courtableau.
060210.............. Bayou Carron................. TSS.
060211.............. West Atchafalaya Borrow Pit TSS.
Canal.
060212.............. Chatlin Lake Canal and Bayou TSS.
Dulac.
Siltation.
060301.............. Bayou Teche--I-10 to Keystone Turbidity.
Locks and Dam. TSS.
060401.............. Bayou Teche--Keystone Locks TSS.
and Dam to Charenton Canal.
060501.............. Bayou Teche--Charenton Canal TSS.
to Wax Lake Outlet.
060601.............. Charenton Canal.............. TSS.
060701.............. Tete Bayou................... TSS.
060702.............. Lake Fausse Point and TSS.
Dauterive Lake.
Siltation.
060703.............. Bayou du Portage............. TSS.
060906.............. Intracoastal Waterway........ TSS.
060907.............. Franklin Canal............... TSS.
Turbidity.
060801.............. Vermilion River--Headwaters TSS.
at Bayou Fusilier-Bourbeaux
Junction to New Flanders
(Ambassador Caffery Bridge
At Hwy 3073).
060802.............. Vermilion River--From New TSS.
Flanders (Ambassador Caffery
Bridge at Hwy 3073 to
Intracoastal Waterway).
060803.............. Vermilion River Cutoff....... TSS.
060804.............. Intracoastal Waterway........ TSS.
060901.............. Bayou Petite Anse............ TSS.
060902.............. Bayou Carlin (Delcambre TSS.
Canal)-- Lake Peigneur to
Bayou Petite Anse
(Estuarine).
060903.............. Bayou Tigre.................. TSS
060904.............. Vermilion River B890 Basin TSS.
New Iberia Drainage Canal.
060905.............. New Iberia Southern Drainage TSS.
Canal.
Turbidity.
060909.............. Lake Peigneur................ Siltation.
TSS.
060910.............. Boston Canal and Associated Siltation.
Canals (Estuarine). TSS.
Turbidity.
060911.............. Vermilion-Teche River Basin.. TSS.
061101.............. Bayou Petite Anse............ Siltation.
TSS.
Turbidity.
061102.............. Intracoastal Waterway........ TSS.
061103.............. Freshwater Bayou Canal....... TSS.
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 TMDLs, or any other comments relevant to these TMDLs. EPA
will review all data and
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information submitted during the public comment period and revise the
TMDLs where appropriate. EPA will then forward the TMDLs to the Court
and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ). LDEQ will
incorporate the TMDLs into its current water quality management plan.
Dated: December 21, 2000.
Sam Becker,
Acting Director, Water Quality Protection Division, Region 6.
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