E7-21063. Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Availability of 34 Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL) in Louisiana
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AGENCY:
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION:
Notice of availability.
SUMMARY:
This notice announces the availability for comment of the administrative record files for 34 TMDLs and the calculations for these TMDLs prepared by EPA Region 6 for waters listed in the Red, Sabine, and the Terrebonne 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 November 26, 2007.
ADDRESSES:
Comments on the 34 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: smith.diane@epa.gov. For further information, contact Diane Smith at (214) 665-2145 or fax 214.665.7373. The administrative record files for the 34 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.
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Diane Smith at (214) 665-2145.
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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 26 of these TMDLs pursuant to a consent decree entered in this lawsuit.
EPA Seeks Comment on 34 TMDLs
By this notice EPA is seeking comment on the following 34 TMDLs for waters located within Louisiana basins:Start Printed Page 60667
Subsegment Waterbody name Pollutant 100406 Flat River—Headwaters to Loggy Bayou Nutrients and Dissolved Oxygen. 100501 Bayou Dorcheat—Arkansas State Line to Lake Bistineau (scenic) Dissolved Oxygen and Mercury. 100601 Bayou Pierre—Headwaters to Sawing Lake Nutrients and Dissolved Oxygen. 100602 Boggy Bayou—Headwaters to Wallace Lake Nutrients and Dissolved Oxygen. 100702 Black Lake Bayou—Webster-Bienville Parish Line Dissolved Oxygen. 100703 Black Lake and Clear Lake Dissolved Oxygen. 100803 Saline Bayou—From Saline Lake to Red River Dissolved Oxygen. 101301 Rigolette Bayou—Headwaters to Red River Dissolved Oxygen. 101302 Iatt Lake Dissolved Oxygen. 101604 Lake Concordia Dissolved Oxygen. 110401 Bayou Toro—Headwaters to LA Hwy. 473 Dissolved Oxygen. 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—Plaquemine Lock to Intracoastal Waterway Nutrients and Dissolved Oxygen. 120107 Upper Grand River and Lower Flat River—Headwaters to IntracoastalWaterway Dissolved Oxygen. 120109 Intracoastal Waterway—Morgan City to Port Allen Route—Port Allen Locks to Bayou Sorrel Locks Nutrients and Dissolved Oxygen. 120110 Bayou Cholpe—Headwaters to Bayou Choctaw Dissolved Oxygen. 120206 Grand Bayou and Little Grand Bayou—Headwaters to Lake Varret TSS. 120205 Lake Palourde pH. 120402 Bayou Chene—From Intracoastal Waterway to Bayou Penchant Navigation Canal to Terrebonne Bay pH. EPA requests that the public provide to EPA any water quality related data and information that may be relevant to the calculations for the 34 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.
Start SignatureDated: October 17, 2007.
William K. Honker,
Deputy Director, Water Quality Protection Division, EPA Region 6.
[FR Doc. E7-21063 Filed 10-24-07; 8:45 am]
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Document Information
- Published:
- 10/25/2007
- Department:
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Entry Type:
- Notice
- Action:
- Notice of availability.
- Document Number:
- E7-21063
- Dates:
- Comments must be submitted in writing to EPA on or before November 26, 2007.
- Pages:
- 60666-60667 (2 pages)
- Docket Numbers:
- FRL-8487-3
- PDF File:
- e7-21063.pdf