07-4827. Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Final Agency Action on 52 Arkansas Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs)

AGENCY:

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION:

Notice of availability.

SUMMARY:

This notice announces the final agency action on 52 TMDLs established 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 52 TMDLs, including TMDL calculations may be viewed at www.epa.gov/​region6/​6wq/​npdes/​tmdl/​index.htm.

ADDRESSES:

The administrative record files for these 52 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 [phone].

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 52 TMDLs

By this notice EPA is taking final agency action on the following 52 TMDLs for waters located within the state of Arkansas:

Segment-reach	Waterbody name	Pollutant
08040205-005	Deep Bayou	Fecal coliform and E. coli.
08040205-013	Bayou Bartholomew	Fecal coliform and E. coli.
08040205-901	Bearhouse Creek	Fecal coliform and E. coli.
08040205-902	Harding Creek	Fecal coliform and E. coli.
08040205-903	Melton's Creek	Fecal coliform and E. coli.
08040205-904	Jacks Bayou	Fecal coliform and E. coli.
08040205-905	Cross Bayou	Fecal coliform and E. coli.
08040205-907	Chemin-A-Haut Creek	Fecal coliform and E. coli.
11010012-003	Cooper Creek	Fecal coliform and E. coli.
11010012-008	Strawberry River	Fecal coliform and E. coli.
11010012-010	Little Strawberry River	Fecal coliform and E. coli.
11010012-011	Strawberry River	Fecal coliform and E. coli.
11010012-014	Reeds Creek	Fecal coliform and E. coli.
11010012-015	Mill Creek	Fecal coliform and E. coli.
11010012-016	Caney Creek	Fecal coliform and E. coli.
11010009-902	Data Creek	Fecal coliform and E. coli.
11010014-004	Overflow Creek	Fecal coliform and E. coli.
11010014-006	Overflow Creek	Fecal coliform and E. coli.
11010014-007	Little Red River	Fecal coliform and E. coli.
11010014-008	Little Red River	Fecal coliform and E. coli.
11010014-009	Ten Mile Creek	Fecal coliform and E. coli.
11010014-010	Little Red River	Fecal coliform and E. coli.
11010014-012	Little Red River	Fecal coliform and E. coli.
11010014-027	Middle Fork Little Red River	Fecal coliform and E. coli.
11010014-028	Middle Fork Little Red River	Fecal coliform and E. coli.
11010014-038	South Fork Little Red River	Fecal coliform and E. coli.

EPA requested the public to provide EPA with any significant data or information that might impact the 52 BMDKLs at Federal Register Notice: Volume 72, Number 124, pages 35466 and 35467 (June 28, 2007). No comments were received.

Dated: September 21, 2007.

William K. Honker,

Deputy Director, Water Quality Protection Division, EPA Region 6.