Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Availability of 86 Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) in Arkansas
This notice announces the availability of the administrative record file for comment on 86 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 86 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). Several of these TMDLs available for notice, are being 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 January 16, 2008.
ADDRESSES:
Comments on the 86 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
www.epa.gov/region6/6wq/npdes/tmdl/index.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, 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 86 TMDLs
By this notice EPA is seeking comment on the following 86 TMDLs for waters located within the state of Arkansas:
( printed page 71410)
Segment-reach
Waterbody name
Pollutant
08040102-016
Caddo River
Copper and Zinc.
08040102-018
Caddo River
Copper and Zinc.
08040102-019
Caddo River
Copper and Zinc.
08040102-023
South Fork Caddo R.
Copper and Zinc.
08040201-005
Ouachita River
Copper and Zinc.
08040201-006
Smackover Creek
Copper and Zinc.
08040201-007
Smackover Creek
Copper and Zinc.
08040201-606
El Dorado Chemical
Copper, Zinc., and Nitrate.
Company Tributary.
08040202-002
Ouachita River
Copper and Zinc.
08040202-004
Ouachita River
Copper and Zinc.
08040202-006
Bayou de L'Outre
TDS, Chloride, Sulfate., Copper, Zinc., and Lead.
08040202-007
Bayou de L'Outre
TDS, Chloride, Sulfate., Copper. Zinc., and Lead.
08040202-008
Bayou de L'Outre
TDS, Chloride, Sulfate., Copper, Zinc., and Lead.
08040203-007
Saline River
TDS, Chloride, and Sulfate.
08040203-008
Lost River
TDS, Chloride, and Sulfate.
08040203-009
Saline River
TDS, Chloride, and Sulfate.
08040203-010
Saline River
TDS, Chloride, and Sulfate.
08040203-904
Big Creek
Lead., Siltation/Turbidity.
08040204-006
Saline River
TDS, Chloride, and Sulfate.
08040205-001
Bayou Bartholomew
TDS, Chloride, and Sulfate.
08040205-002
Bayou Bartholomew
TDS, Chloride, and Sulfate.
08040205-007
Cutoff Creek
Turbidity.
08040205-012U
Bayou Bartholomew
TDS, Chloride, and Sulfate.
08040205-013
Bayou Bartholomew
TDS, Chloride, and Sulfate.
08040206-015
Big Cornie Creek
Sulfate. and Zinc.
08040206-016
Little Cornie Creek
Sulfate. and Zinc.
08040206-716
Walker Branch
Sulfate. and Zinc.
08040206-816
Little Cornie Creek
Sulfate. and Zinc.
08040206-916
Walker Branch
Sulfate. and Zinc.
08020203-007
Blackfish Bayou
Siltation/Turbidity.
08020203-005
Blackfish Bayou
Siltation/Turbidity.
08020203-003
Blackfish Bayou
Siltation/Turbidity.
08040101-048
Prairie Creek
Siltation/Turbidity.
08040201-001U
Moro Creek
Siltation/Turbidity.
08040201-001L
Moro Creek
Siltation/Turbidity.
08040204-005
Big Creek
Siltation/Turbidity.
EPA requests that the public provide to EPA any water quality related data and information that may be relevant to the calculations for these 86 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: December 10, 2007.
Miguel I. Flores,
Director, Water Quality Protection Division, EPA Region 6.
Use this for formal legal and research references to the published document.
72 FR 71409
Web Citation
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Use this when citing the archival web version of the document.
“Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Availability of 86 Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) in Arkansas,” thefederalregister.org (December 17, 2007), https://thefederalregister.org/documents/E7-24380/clean-water-act-section-303-d-availability-of-86-total-maximum-daily-loads-tmdls-in-arkansas.
www.epa.gov/region6/6wq/npdes/tmdl/index.htm