[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 5, 2005)] [Notices] [Pages 17249-17250] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 05-6707] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL-7895-5] Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Final Agency Action on 2 Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of availability. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This notice announces final agency action on 2 TMDLs prepared by EPA Region 6 for waters listed in Louisiana's Barataria river basin, under section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act (CWA). Documents from the administrative record file for the 2 TMDLs, including TMDL calculations and responses to comments, may be viewed at http://www.epa.gov/region6/water/tmdl.htm. The administrative record file may be examined by calling or writing Ms. Diane Smith at the following address. Please contact Ms. Smith to schedule an inspection. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diane Smith, Environmental Protection Specialist, Water Quality Protection Division, U.S. EPA Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas, TX 75202-2733, (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 Takes Final Agency Action on 2 TMDLs By this notice EPA is taking final agency action on the following 2 TMDLs for waters located within the Barataria river basin: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subsegment Waterbody name Pollutant ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 020401.............................. Bayou Lafourche--Donaldville Dissolved Oxygen Nutrients. to Intracoastal Waterway at Larose. 020401.............................. Bayou Lafourche--Donaldville Do. to Intracoastal Waterway at Larose. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [[Page 17250]] EPA requested the public to provide EPA with any significant data or information that might impact the 2 TMDLs in the Federal Register Notice 69 FR pages 5985-5986 (February 9, 2004). The comments received and the EPA's response to comments may be found at http://www.epa.gov/region6/water/tmdl.htm. Dated: March 29, 2005. Miguel I. Flores, Director, Water Quality Protection Division, EPA Region 6. [FR Doc. 05-6707 Filed 4-4-05; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P