[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 23, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28490-28491]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-12887]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-6982-9]
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 one TMDL 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
this TMDL 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 this TMDL must be submitted in writing to EPA on or
before June 22, 2001.
ADDRESSES: Comments on this TMDL 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 this TMDL is available for
public inspection at this address as well.
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Copies of the TMDL and its 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 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 order may be found at
65 FR 54032 (September 6, 2000).
EPA Seeks Comments on One TMDL
By this notice EPA is seeking comment on the following TMDL for
waters located within the Mermentau and Vermilion/Teche basins:
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Subsegment Waterbody name Pollutant
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060204..................... Bayou Courtableau-- Oil and Grease.
Origin to West
Atchafalaya Borrow
Pit Canal.
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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 this TMDL, or any other comments relevant to this TMDL. EPA will
review all data and information submitted during the public comment
period and revise the TMDL where appropriate. EPA will then forward the
TMDL to the Court and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
(LDEQ). LDEQ will incorporate the TMDL into its current water quality
management plan.
Dated: May 3, 2001.
Sam Becker,
Acting Director, Water Quality Protection Division, Region 6.
[FR Doc. 01-12887 Filed 5-22-01; 8:45 am]
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