[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 160 (Thursday, August 20, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42068-42069]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-20027]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-8946-4]
Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Availability of 12 Total Maximum
Daily Loads (TMDL) in Louisiana
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 files for 12 TMDLs and the calculations for these
TMDLs prepared by EPA Region 6 for waters listed in the Atchafalaya
River and the Mississippi River Basins of Louisiana, under Section
303(d) of the Clean Water Act (CWA). These TMDLs were completed in
response to a court order in the lawsuit styled Sierra Club, et al. v.
Clifford, et al., No. 96-0527, (E.D. La.).
DATES: Comments must be submitted in writing to EPA on or before
September 21, 2009.
ADDRESSES: Comments on the 12 TMDLs should be sent to Diane Smith,
Environmental Protection Specialist, Water Quality Protection Division,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 6, 1445 Ross Ave., Dallas,
TX 75202-2733 or e-mail: [email protected]. For further information,
contact Diane Smith at (214) 665-2145 or fax 214.665.7373. The
administrative record files for the 12 TMDLs are available for public
inspection at this address as well. Documents from the administrative
record files may be viewed at http://www.epa.gov/earth1r6/6wq/npdes/tmdl/index.htm, or obtained by calling or writing Ms. Smith at the
above address. Please contact Ms. Smith to schedule an inspection.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diane Smith at (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 proposes 12 of these TMDLs pursuant to a
consent decree entered in this lawsuit.
EPA Seeks Comment on 12 TMDLs
By this notice EPA is seeking comment on the following 12 TMDLs for
waters located within Louisiana basins:
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Subsegment Waterbody name Pollutant
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070203.................... Devil's Swamp Lake Lead, and Turbidity.
and Bayou Baton
Rouge.
070503.................... Capitol Lake......... Dissolved Oxygen,
Total Phosphorus,
and Total Nitrogen.
070504.................... Monte Sano Bayou..... Chloride.
010301.................... West Atchafalaya Mercury.
Basin Floodway.
010401.................... East Atchafalaya Mercury.
Basin and Morganza
Floodway South to
Interstate 10 Canal.
010501.................... Lower Atchafalaya Mercury.
Basin Floodway.
010601.................... Crow Bayou, Bayou Chloride, Sulfate,
Blue, and and TDS.
Tributaries.
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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 the 12 TMDLs. EPA will review all data and information submitted
during the public comment period and revise the TMDLs where
appropriate. EPA will then forward the TMDLs to the Louisiana
Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ). The LDEQ will incorporate
the TMDLs into its current water quality management plan.
Dated: August 7, 2009.
Claudia Hosch,
Acting Director, Water Quality Protection Division, EPA Region 6.
[FR Doc. E9-20027 Filed 8-19-09; 8:45 am]
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