Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Availability of 43 Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs)
This notice announces the availability of the administrative record file for comment on 43 TMDLs and the calculations for these TMDLs prepared by EPA Region 6 for waters listed ...
This notice announces the availability of the administrative record file for comment on 43 TMDLs and the calculations for these TMDLs prepared 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.
Browner, et al., No. LR-C-99-114.
DATES:
Comments must be submitted in writing to EPA on or before December 12, 2005.
ADDRESSES:
Comments on the 43 TMDLs should be sent to Ms. Diane Smith, Environmental Protection Specialist, Water Quality Protection Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 6, 1445 Ross Ave., Dallas, TX 75202-2733, facsimile (214) 665-7373, or e-mail:
smith.diane@epa.gov. For further information, contact Diane Smith at (214) 665-2145. Documents from the administrative record file for these TMDLs are available for public inspection at this address as well. Documents from the administrative record file may be viewed at
http://www.epa.gov/region6/water/artmdl.htm, or obtained by calling (214) 665-2145 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 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.
Browner, et al., No. LR-C-99-114. Among other claims,
( printed page 68449)
plaintiffs alleged that EPA failed to establish Arkansas TMDLs in a timely manner. EPA proposes these TMDLs pursuant to a consent decree entered in this lawsuit.
EPA Seeks Comments on 43 TMDLs
By this notice EPA is seeking comment on the following 43 TMDLs for waters located within the state of Arkansas:
Segment-reach
Waterbody name
Pollutant
08020401-003
Wabbaseka Bayou
Siltation/turbidity.
11110205-011
Cadron Creek
Siltation/turbidity.
11110205-012
Cadron Creek
Siltation/turbidity.
11110203-927
White Oak Creek
Siltation/turbidity.
08020302-004
Bayou Deview
Siltation/turbidity.
08020302-005
Bayou Deview
Siltation/turbidity.
08020302-006
Bayou Deview
Siltation/turbidity.
08020302-007
Bayou Deview
Siltation/turbidity.
08020302-009
Bayou Deview
Siltation/turbidity.
08020302-016
Cache River
Siltation/turbidity.
08020302-017
Cache River
Siltation/turbidity.
08020302-018
Cache River
Siltation/turbidity.
08020302-019
Cache River
Siltation/turbidity.
08020302-020
Cache River
Siltation/turbidity.
08020302-021
Cache River
Siltation/turbidity.
08020302-027
Cache River
Siltation/turbidity.
08020302-028
Cache River
Siltation/turbidity.
08020302-029
Cache River
Siltation/turbidity.
08020302-031
Cache River
Siltation/turbidity.
08020302-032
Cache River
Siltation/turbidity.
11010013-006
Village Creek
Siltation/turbidity.
11010013-007
Village Creek
Siltation/turbidity.
11010013-008
Village Creek
Siltation/turbidity.
11010013-012
Village Creek
Siltation/turbidity.
11010013-014
Village Creek
Siltation/turbidity.
11010014-009
Ten Mile Creek
Siltation/turbidity.
11010012-004
Strawberry River
Siltation/turbidity.
11010012-005
Strawberry River
Siltation/turbidity.
11010012-006
Strawberry River
Siltation/turbidity.
11010 12-008
Strawberry River
Siltation/turbidity.
11010012-009
Strawberry River
Siltation/turbidity.
11010012-010
Little Strawberry River
Siltation/turbidity.
11010012-011
Strawberry River
Siltation/turbidity.
11010001-023
West Fork White River
Siltation/turbidity.
11010001-024
White River
Siltation/turbidity.
08020203-012
Tyronza River
Siltation/turbidity.
11110105-001
Poteau River near Fort Smith
Siltation/turbidity.
11110105-031L
Poteau River near Waldron
Total phosphorus, Copper, and Zinc.
11140109-919
Rolling Fork
Total phosphorus, and Nitrate.
11010001-045L
Osage Creek near Berryville
Total phosphorus.
EPA requests that the public provide to EPA any water quality related data and information that may be relevant to the calculations for these 43 TMDLs. EPA will review all data and information submitted during the public comment period and revise the TMDLs and determinations where appropriate. EPA will then forward the TMDLs to the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ). The ADEQ will incorporate the TMDLs into its current water quality management plan.
Dated: November 4, 2005.
Miguel I. Flores,
Director, Water Quality Protection Division, EPA, Region 6.
Use this for formal legal and research references to the published document.
70 FR 68448
Web Citation
Suggested Web Citation
Use this when citing the archival web version of the document.
“Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Availability of 43 Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs),” thefederalregister.org (November 10, 2005), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/05-22547/clean-water-act-section-303-d-availability-of-43-total-maximum-daily-loads-tmdls.