Federal Register: December 13, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 239)
DOCID: FR Doc E6-21200
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Environmental Protection Agency
FRL ID: [FRL-8254-8]
NOTICE: NOTICES
ACTION: Water pollution control:
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice of availability.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Availability of 10 Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs)
DATES: Comments must be submitted in writing to EPA on or before January 12, 2007.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
This notice announces the availability of the administrative record file for comment on 10 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. LRC99114.
SUMMARY:
Total maximum daily loads—; Arkansas,
SUPPLEMENTAL 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. LRC99114. 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 10 TMDLs
By this notice EPA is seeking comment on the following 10 TMDLs for waters located within the state of Arkansas:
SegmentReach Waterbody Name Pollutant
08020203625............................ Bear Creek Lake................ Nutrient.
08020203................................ Horseshoe Lake................. Nutrient.
08020204................................ Mallard Lake................... Nutrient.
08020302................................ Frierson Lake.................. Turbidity.
08020303................................ Old Town Lake.................. Nutrient.
08040203904............................ Big Creek...................... CBOD and Ammonia.
08050002................................ Grand Lake..................... Nutrient.
11110204................................ Spring Lake.................... Mercury.
11140201................................ First Old River Lake........... Nutrient.
EPA requests that the public provide to EPA any water quality
related data and information that may be relevant to the calculations
for these 10 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 6, 2006.
James R. Brown,
P.G., Acting Division Director, Water Quality Protection Division, Region 6.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Diane Smith at (214) 665-2145.