[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 114 (Thursday, June 13, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40737-40738]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-14499]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-7227-4]
Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Final Agency Action on 11 Total
Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) and Final Agency Action on 4 Determinations
That TMDLs Are Not Needed
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces final agency action on 11 TMDLs prepared
by EPA Region 6 for waters listed in Louisiana's Ouachita river basin,
under section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act (CWA). This notice also
announces final agency action removing 4 waterbody/pollutant
combinations from the Louisiana 303(d) list because TMDLs are not
needed. The EPA evaluated these waters and prepared the 11 TMDL in
response to a consent decree entered in the lawsuit Sierra Club, et al.
v. Clifford et al., No. 96-0527, (E.D. La.). Documents from the
administrative record files for the 4 determinations that TMDLs are not
needed and for 11 the TMDLs, including TMDL calculations and responses
to comments, may be viewed at www.epa.gov/region6/water/tmdl.htm. The
administrative record files may be 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.
EPA Takes Final Agency Action on 11 TMDLs
By this notice EPA is taking final agency action on the following
11 TMDLs for waters located within the Ouachita river basin:
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Subsegment Waterbody name Pollutant
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080401.......................... Bayou Bartholomew-- Mercury.
Arkansas State Line to
Dead Bayou (Lake
Bartholomew) (Scenic).
080402.......................... Bayou Bartholomew--Dead Mercury.
Bayou (Lake Bartholomew)
to Ouachita River.
080302.......................... Black River--Corps of Organic enrichment/low DO.
Engineers Control
Structure to Red River.
081602.......................... Little River--From Bear Siltation.
Creek to Catahoula Lake
(Scenic).
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080401.......................... Bayou Bartholomew-- Suspended solids.
Arkansas State line to
Dead Bayou Lake
(Bartholomew) (Scenic).
080202.......................... Bayou Louis.............. Turbidity.
080401.......................... Bayou Bartholomew-- Turbidity.
Arkansas State line to
Dead Bayou (Lake
Bartholomew)(Scenic).
081002.......................... Joe's Bayou--Headwaters Turbidity.
to Bayou Macon.
081202.......................... Lake St. Joseph (Oxbow Turbidity.
Lake).
081601.......................... Little River--Confluence Turbidity.
of Castor Creek and
Dugdemona River to
junction with Bear Creek
(Scenic).
081602.......................... Little River--From Bear Turbidity.
Creek to Catahoula Lake
(Scenic).
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EPA requested the public to provide EPA with any significant data
or information that may impact the 11 TMDLs in 67 FR 19575 (April 22,
2002). The comments received and EPA's response to comments may be
found at www.epa.gov/region6/water/tmdl.htm.
Final Agency Action Removing 4 Waterbody/Pollutant Combinations for
Waters Located Within the Calcasieu and Ouachita River Basins From the
Louisiana 303(d) List Because TMDLs Are Not Needed
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Subsegment Waterbody name Pollutant
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030201.......................... Calcasieu River-- Lead.
Confluence with Marsh
Bayou to Saltwater
Barrier (Scenic).
081401.......................... Dugdemona River-- Nutrients.
Headwaters to junction
with Big Creek.
081401.......................... Dugdemona River-- Organic enrichment/low DO.
Headwaters to.
081503.......................... Beaucoup Creek-- Organic enrichment/low DO (TMDL previously LDEQ
Headwaters to Castor established & EPA approved).
Creek.
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EPA requested the public to provide to EPA any significant data or
information that may impact the determinations that 4 TMDLs are not
needed in 67 FR 19575 (April 22, 2002). The comments received and EPA's
response to comments may be found at www.epa.gov/region6/water/tmdl.htm.
Dated: May 30, 2002.
Oscar Ramirez, Jr.,
Acting Director, Water Quality Protection Division, Region 6.
[FR Doc. 02-14499 Filed 6-12-02; 8:45 am]
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