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97-2575. Clean Water Act Section 303(d) Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Program; Draft TMDL Program Implementation Strategy
[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 24 (Wednesday, February 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5392-5393]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2575]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5683-2]
Clean Water Act Section 303(d) Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL)
Program; Draft TMDL Program Implementation Strategy
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: EPA's Assistant Administrator for Water hereby makes available
for public comment a Draft TMDL Program Implementation Strategy. The
TMDL program addresses waters that do not meet State water quality
standards even after pollution sources have implemented required
pollution controls. CWA section 303(d) requires States to identify
these waters and develop TMDLs for them, with oversight from the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). A TMDL allocates pollutant
loadings among pollution sources in a watershed, and is a basis for
taking the actions needed to restore a waterbody.
The Draft TMDL Program Implementation Strategy explains EPA's
vision, priorities and the steps the Agency will take to help States
meet TMDL program requirements. The Strategy identifies issues for
which EPA may develop guidance and/ or make regulatory changes. The
Strategy also describes activities that are currently underway, have
been recently initiated, or for which EPA will direct a greater portion
of its available program resources.
EPA will use this Draft Strategy to explain the Agency's current
plans to fully implement the TMDL program and to facilitate broad-based
public discussion on how the TMDL program can be improved. EPA has
provided the Draft Strategy as background information to the recently
formed TMDL Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) Committee. The
Committee will develop recommendations concerning needed changes to
this Draft Strategy as well as all TMDL related policies, guidance
regulations, and priorities.
DATES: EPA is accepting comments on the Draft TMDL Program
Implementation Strategy for 90 days following the date of publication
of this notice.
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ADDRESSES: Please direct comments on, and requests for, the Draft TMDL
Program Implementation Strategy to the following: Environmental
Protection Agency, Assessment and Watershed Protection Division, Office
of Water (4503F), 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Theresa G. Tuano, Assessment and
Watershed Protection Division, Watershed Branch, at the address given
above; telephone 202/260-7059. The Draft TMDL Program Implementation
Strategy is also available on the EPA Office of Water Home Page on the
Internet at the following address: http://www.epa.gov/owowwtr1/tmdl/
index.html. Please refer to the Home Page for instructions on
submitting electronic comments.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.
Robert Perciasepe,
Assistant Administrator for Water.
[FR Doc. 97-2575 Filed 2-4-97; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE: 6560-50-P
Document Information
- Published:
- 02/05/1997
- Department:
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Entry Type:
- Notice
- Action:
- Notice of availability.
- Document Number:
- 97-2575
- Dates:
- EPA is accepting comments on the Draft TMDL Program Implementation Strategy for 90 days following the date of publication of this notice.
- Pages:
- 5392-5393 (2 pages)
- Docket Numbers:
- FRL-5683-2
- PDF File:
-
97-2575.pdf