[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 64 (Wednesday, April 2, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17975-17976]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-6815]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-8550-2]
Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Final Agency Action on 56 Total
Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces final agency action on 56 TMDLs prepared
by EPA Region 6 for waters listed in Louisiana's Red, Sabine, and the
Terrebonne Basins, under section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act (CWA).
Documents from the administrative record file for the 56 TMDLs,
including the TMDL calculations and responses to comments, may be
viewed at http://www.epa.gov/earth1r6/6wq/npdes/tmdl/index.htm. The
administrative record file may be examined by calling or writing Ms.
Diane Smith at the address below. 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 established 43 of these TMDLs pursuant to
a consent decree entered in this lawsuit.
EPA Takes Final Agency Action on 56 TMDLs
By this notice EPA is taking final agency action on the following
56 TMDLs for waters located within the Louisiana river basins:
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Subsegment Waterbody name Pollutant
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100404................. Cypress Bayou Reservoir Dissolved Oxygen.
100405................. Black Bayou (including Dissolved Oxygen.
Black Bayou Reservoir).
100406................. Flat River--Headwaters Nutrients and
to Loggy Bayou. Dissolved Oxygen.
100501................. Bayou Dorcheat-- Dissolved Oxygen and
Arkansas State Line to Mercury.
Lake Bistineau
(scenic).
100601................. Bayou Pierre-- Nutrients and
Headwaters to Sawing Dissolved Oxygen.
Lake.
100602................. Boggy Bayou--Headwaters Nutrients and
to Wallace Lake. Dissolved Oxygen.
100702................. Black Lake Bayou-- Dissolved Oxygen.
Webster-Bienville
Parish Line.
100703................. Black Lake and Clear Dissolved Oxygen.
Lake.
100803................. Saline Bayou--From Dissolved Oxygen.
Saline Lake to Red
River.
101301................. Rigolette Bayou-- Dissolved Oxygen.
Headwaters to Red
River.
101302................. Iatt Lake.............. Dissolved Oxygen.
101604................. Lake Concordia......... Dissolved Oxygen.
110401................. Bayou Toro--Headwaters Dissolved Oxygen.
to LA Hwy. 473.
120102................. Bayou Poydras.......... Nutrients and
Dissolved Oxygen.
120103................. Bayou Choctaw.......... Nutrients, Nitrogen,
Phosphorus, and
Dissolved Oxygen.
120105................. Chamberlin Canal....... Nutrients, Nitrogen,
Phosphorus, and
Dissolved Oxygen.
120106................. Bayou Plaquemine-- Nutrients and
Plaquemine Lock to Dissolved Oxygen.
Intracoastal Waterway.
120107................. Upper Grand River and Dissolved Oxygen.
Lower Flat River--
Headwaters to
Intracoastal Waterway.
120109................. Intracoastal Waterway-- Nutrients and
Morgan City to Port Dissolved Oxygen.
Allen Route--Port
Allen Locks to Bayou
Sorrel Locks.
120110................. Bayou Cholpe-- Dissolved Oxygen.
Headwaters to Bayou
Choctaw.
120202................. Bayou Black-- Nutrients and
Intracoastal Waterway Dissolved Oxygen.
to Houma.
120204................. Lake Verret and Grassy Nutrients and
Lake. Dissolved Oxygen.
120205................. Lake Palourde.......... pH.
120206................. Grand Bayou and Little TSS.
Grand Bayou--
Headwaters to Lake
Varret.
120304................. Intracoastal Waterway-- Nutrients and
Houma to Larose. Dissolved Oxygen.
120401................. Bayou Penchant--Bayou Dissolved Oxygen.
Chene to Lake Penchant.
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120402................. Bayou Chene--From pH.
Intracoastal Waterway
to Bayou Penchant
Navigation Canal to
Terrebonne Bay.
120403................. Intracoastal Waterway-- Dissolved Oxygen.
Bayou Boeuf.
120404................. Lake Penchant.......... Dissolved Oxygen.
120405................. Lake Hache, Lake Nutrients and
Theriot. Dissolved Oxygen.
120406................. Lake de Cade........... Nutrients and
Dissolved Oxygen.
120604................. Bayou Blue-- Dissolved Oxygen.
Intracoastal Waterway
to boundary between
segments 1206 and 1207.
120606................. Bayou Blue--Grand Bayou Nutrients and
Canal to boundary Dissolved Oxygen.
between segments 1206
and 1207 (Estuarine).
120708................. Lost Lake, Four League Nutrients and
Bay. Dissolved Oxygen.
120709................. Bayou Petite Caillou-- Nutrients and
From Houma Navigation Dissolved Oxygen.
Canal to Terrebonne
Bay.
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EPA requested the public to provide EPA with any significant data
or information that might impact the 56 final TMDLs in the Federal
Register Notices: Volume 72, Number 206, pages 60666 and 60667 (October
25, 2007); Volume 72, Number 209, pages 61355 and 61356 (October 30,
2007); and Volume 73, Number 22, pages 6178 and 6179 (February 1,
2008). The comments were received, and EPA's response to comments and
the TMDLs may be found at http://www.epa.gov/earth1r6/6wq/npdes/tmdl/index.htm.
Dated: March 26, 2008.
Miguel Flores,
Director, Water Quality Protection Division, EPA Region 6.
[FR Doc. E8-6815 Filed 4-1-08; 8:45 am]
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