[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 186 (Tuesday, September 27, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-23888]
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[Federal Register: September 27, 1994]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-5076-7]
Availability of Proposed Approval Decisions and Lists Under CWA
Section 303(d)
AGENCY: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), Region VII.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of lists for the Region
VII states of Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri submitted to EPA pursuant
to CWA section 303(d)(2) as well as EPA's proposed decisions to approve
these lists, and requests public comment.
DATES: Comments must be submitted to EPA on or before November 14,
1994.
ADDRESSES: Comments on these items should be sent to Jerome Pitt, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency Region VII, Water Management Division,
726 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, Kansas 66101.
Copies of these items can be obtained by writing or calling Jerome
Pitt, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region VII, Water Management
Division, 726 Minnesota Ave., Kansas City, Kansas 66101; Phone: 913-
551-7766; FAX: 913-551-7765.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerome L. Pitt at 913-551-766.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act (CWA)
requires that each State identify those waters for which existing
required pollution controls are not stringent enough to implement State
water quality standards. For those waters, states are required to
establish total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) according to priority
ranking. The identified waters and loads are required to be submitted
to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for approval from ``time
to time.''
On January 11, 1985 EPA published a final rule (50 FR 1775) that
established 40 CFR part 130 (Water Quality Planning and Management).
This rule established certain requirements for State and local
government water quality programs, including requirements related to
the implementation of section 303(d) of the CWA. The regulation did not
specify dates for State compliance with the section 303(d)
requirements, but reiterated the statutory provision calling for
submission from time to time. On July 24, 1992, EPA published a final
rule (57 FR 33040) that amended 40 CFR 130.7. The rule established that
each state shall submit biennially to the Regional Administrator
beginning in 1992 the list of waters, pollutants causing impairment,
and the priority ranking including waters targeted for TMDL development
within the next two years.
Consistent with EPA's amended regulation Kansas, Nebraska and
Missouri have submitted to EPA for approval their list decisions under
section 303(d)(2). EPA today proposes to approve these lists submitted
by Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri and solicits public comment on the
proposed approval decisions and on the state lists.
Dated: September 19, 1994.
Ronald R. Ritter,
Director, Water Management Division, USEPA Region VII.
[FR Doc. 94-23888 Filed 9-26-94; 8:45 am]
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