[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 24, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3843-3844]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-813]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8023-9]


Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Final Agency Action on 44 Total 
Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the final agency action on 44 TMDLs 
prepared by EPA Region 6 for waters listed in the state of Arkansas, 
under section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act (CWA). These TMDLs were 
completed in response to the lawsuit styled Sierra Club, et al. v. 
Clifford, et al., No. LR-C-99-114. Documents from the administrative 
record files for the final 44 TMDLs, including TMDL calculations and 
responses to comments, may be viewed at http://www.epa.gov/earth1r6/6wq/artmdl.htm.

ADDRESSES: The administrative record files for these 44 TMDLs may be 
obtained by writing or calling Ms. Diane Smith, Environmental 
Protection Specialist, Water Quality Protection Division, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency Region 6, 1445 Ross Ave., Dallas, TX 
75202-2733. Please contact Ms. Smith to schedule an inspection.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diane Smith at (214) 665-2145.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1999, five Arkansas environmental groups, 
the Sierra Club, Federation of Fly Fishers, Crooked Creek Coalition, 
Arkansas Fly Fishers, and Save our Streams (plaintiffs), filed a 
lawsuit in Federal Court against the EPA, styled Sierra Club, et al. v. 
Clifford, et al., No. LR-C-99-114. Among other claims, plaintiffs 
alleged that EPA failed to establish Arkansas TMDLs in a timely manner.

EPA Takes Final Agency Action on 44 TMDLs

    By this notice EPA is taking final agency action on the following 
44 TMDLs for waters located within the state of Arkansas:

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          Segment-Reach             Waterbody name         Pollutant
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08020401-003....................  Wabbaseka Bayou...  Siltation/
                                                       turbidity.
11110205-011....................  Cadron Creek......  Siltation/
                                                       turbidity..
11110205-012....................  Cadron Creek......  Siltation/
                                                       turbidity.
11110203-927....................  White Oak Creek...  Siltation/
                                                       turbidity.
08020302-004....................  Bayou Deview......  Siltation/
                                                       turbidity.
08020302-005....................  Bayou Deview......  Siltation/
                                                       turbidity.
08020302-006....................  Bayou Deview......  Siltation/
                                                       turbidity.
08020302-007....................  Bayou Deview......  Siltation/
                                                       turbidity.
08020302-009....................  Bayou Deview......  Siltation/
                                                       turbidity.
08020302-016....................  Cache River.......  Siltation/
                                                       turbidity.
08020302-017....................  Cache River.......  Siltation/
                                                       turbidity.
08020302-018....................  Cache River.......  Siltation/
                                                       turbidity.
08020302-019....................  Cache River.......  Siltation/
                                                       turbidity.
08020302-020....................  Cache River.......  Siltation/
                                                       turbidity.
08020302-021....................  Cache River.......  Siltation/
                                                       turbidity.
08020302-027....................  Cache River.......  Siltation/
                                                       turbidity.
08020302-028....................  Cache River.......  Siltation/
                                                       turbidity.
08020302-029....................  Cache River.......  Siltation/
                                                       turbidity.
08020302-031....................  Cache River.......  Siltation/
                                                       turbidity.
08020302-032....................  Cache River.......  Siltation/
                                                       turbidity.
11010013-006....................  Village Creek.....  Siltation/
                                                       turbidity.
11010013-007....................  Village Creek.....  Siltation/
                                                       turbidity.

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11010013-008....................  Village Creek.....  Siltation/
                                                       turbidity.
11010013-012....................  Village Creek.....  Siltation/
                                                       turbidity.
11010013-014....................  Village Creek.....  Siltation/
                                                       turbidity.
11010014-009....................  Ten Mile Creek....  Siltation/
                                                       turbidity.
11010012-004....................  Strawberry River..  Siltation/
                                                       turbidity.
11010012-005....................  Strawberry River..  Siltation/
                                                       turbidity.
11010012-006....................  Strawberry River..  Siltation/
                                                       turbidity.
110100 12-008...................  Strawberry River..  Siltation/
                                                       turbidity.
11010012-009....................  Strawberry River..  Siltation/
                                                       turbidity.
11010012-010....................  Little Strawberry   Siltation/
                                   River.              turbidity.
11010012-011....................  Strawberry River..  Siltation/
                                                       turbidity.
11010001-023....................  West Fork White     Siltation/
                                   River.              turbidity.
11010001-024....................  White River.......  Siltation/
                                                       turbidity.
08020203-012....................  Tyronza River.....  Siltation/
                                                       turbidity.
11110105-001....................  Poteau River near   Siltation/
                                   Fort Smith.         turbidity.
11110105-031L...................  Poteau River near   Total phosphorus,
                                   Waldron.            Copper, and Zinc.
11140302-003....................  Days Creek........  Nitrate.
11140109-919....................  Rolling Fork......  Total phosphorus,
                                                       and Nitrate.
11010001-045L...................  Osage Creek near    Total phosphorus.
                                   Berryville.
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    EPA requested the public to provide EPA with any significant data 
or information that might impact the 44 TMDLs at Federal Register 
Notices: Volume 70, Number 217, pages 68448-68449 (November 10, 2005) 
and Volume 70, Number 46, page 11971 (March 10, 2005). The comments 
received and EPA's response to comments may be found at http://www.epa.gov/earth1r6/6wq/artmdl.htm.

    Dated: January 10, 2006.
Miguel I. Flores,
Director, Water Quality Protection Division, Region 6.
[FR Doc. E6-813 Filed 1-23-06; 8:45 am]
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