[Federal Register: July 18, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 137)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-8441-2]
Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Availability of 29 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 29 TMDLs and the calculations for these
TMDLs prepared by EPA Region 6 for waters listed in the Red, Sabine,
and Pearl 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 4, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Comments on the 29 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 29 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 these 29 TMDLs pursuant to a
consent decree entered in this lawsuit.
EPA Seeks Comment on 29 TMDLs
By this notice EPA is seeking comment on the following 29 TMDLs for
waters located within Louisiana basins:
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Subsegment Waterbody name Pollutant
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090101...................... Pearl River--MS Mercury.
State Line to Pearl
River Navigation
Canal.
090102...................... East Pearl River-- Mercury.
Holmes Bayou to I-
10.
090103...................... East Pearl River-- Mercury.
From I-10 to Lake
Borgne (estuarine).
090105...................... Pearl River Mercury.
Navigation Canal--
From Pools Bluff to
Lock No. 3.
090106...................... Holmes Bayou--From Mercury.
the Pearl River to
the West Pearl
River (scenic).
090107...................... Pearl River--From Mercury.
Pearl River
Navigation Canal to
Holmes Bayou.
090201...................... West Pearl River-- Mercury.
From Headwaters to
confluence with
Holmes Bayou
(scenic).
090202-5126................. Morgan River--From Mercury.
Porters River to
its confluence with
Pearl River
(scenic).
090203...................... Lower Bogue Chitto-- Mercury.
From River
Navigation Canal to
Wilsons Slough.
090204...................... Pearl River Mercury.
Navigation Canal--
Below Lock No. 3.
090205...................... Wilson Slough--Bogue Mercury.
Chitto to West
Pearl River.
090206...................... Bradley Slough-- Mercury.
Bogue Chitto to
West Pearl River.
090207...................... Middle Pearl River Mercury.
and West Middle
Pearl River--From
West Pearl River to
Little Lake.
090207-5112................. Morgan Bayou-- Mercury.
Headwaters near I-
10 to confluence
with Middle River.
090501...................... Bogue Chitto River-- Mercury.
From MS State Line
to Pearl River
Navigation Canal
(scenic).
100401-0556575.............. Ivan Lake........... Mercury.
100703...................... Black Lake and Clear Mercury.
Lake.
100705...................... Kepler Lake......... Mercury.
100709...................... Grand Bayou-- Mercury.
Headwaters to Black
Lake Bayou.
100709-001.................. Grand Bayou Mercury.
Reservoir.
100803...................... Saline Bayou--From Mercury.
Saline Lake to Red
River.
101302...................... Iatt Lake........... Mercury.
101501...................... Big Saline Bayou-- Mercury.
Catahoula Lake to
Saline Lake.
101502...................... Saline Lake......... Mercury.
101504...................... Saline Bayou--Larto Mercury.
Lake to Saline Lake
(scenic).
101505...................... Larto Lake.......... Mercury.
101506...................... Big Creek-- Mercury.
Headwaters to
Saline Lake.
110101...................... Toledo Bend Mercury.
Reservoir--TX-LA
Line to Toledo Bend
Dam.
110503...................... Vernon Lake......... Mercury.
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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 29 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: July 9, 2007.
Miguel I. Flores,
Director, Water Quality Protection Division, EPA Region 6.
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