[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 85 (Thursday, May 2, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22080-22082]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-10729]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7204-8]


Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Final Agency Action on 88 Total 
Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces final agency action on 88 TMDLs prepared 
by EPA Region 6 for waters listed in

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Louisiana's Mermentau and Vermilion/Teche river basins, under section 
303(d) of the Clean Water Act (CWA). EPA evaluated these waters and 
prepared the 88 TMDLs in response to the lawsuit styled Sierra Club, et 
al. v. Clifford et al., No. 96-0527, (E.D. La.). Documents from the 
administrative record files for the final 88 TMDLs, including TMDL 
calculations and responses to comments, may be viewed at www.epa.gov/region6/water/tmdl.htm. The administrative record files may be obtained 
by calling or writing Ms. Caldwell at the above address. Please contact 
Ms. Caldwell to schedule an inspection.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Caldwell at (214) 665-7513.

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 United 
States Environmental Protection Agency (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 Takes Final Agency Action on 88 TMDLs

    By this notice EPA is taking a final agency action on the following 
88 TMDLs for waters located within the Mermentau and Vermilion/Teche 
basins:

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             Subsegment                               Waterbody name                           Pollutant
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060205.............................  Bayou Teche--Headwaters at Bayou Courtableau to  Salinity/TDS.
                                      I-10.
060211.............................  West Atchafalaya Borrow Pit Canal..............  Salinity/TDS.
060301.............................  Bayou Teche--I-10 to Keystone Locks and Dam....  Salinity/TDS, Chlorides.
050201.............................  Bayou Plaquemine Brule--Headwaters to Bayou      Ammonia.
                                      Descannes.
050401.............................  Mermentau River--Origin to Lake Arthur.........  Ammonia.
060102.............................  Cocodrie Lake..................................  Noxious Aquatic Plants and
                                                                                       Ammonia, Chlorides,
                                                                                       Sulfates.
060204.............................  Bayou Courtableau--Origin to West Atchafalaya    Ammonia, Salinity/TDS.
                                      Borrow Pit Canal.
060203.............................  Chicot Lake....................................  Noxious Aquatic, Plants
                                                                                       and Nutrients.
050101.............................  Bayou Des Cannes--Headwaters to Mermentau River  Nutrients.
050301.............................  Bayou Nezpipque--Headwaters to Mermentau River.  Nutrients.
060202.............................  Bayou Cocodrie Bayou Boeuf--Headwaters to Bayou  Nutrients.
                                      Courtableau.
060211.............................  West Atchafalaya Borrow Pit Canal..............  Sulfates.
060301.............................  Bayou Teche--I-10 to Keystone Locks and Dam....  Sulfates.
050101.............................  Bayou Des Cannes--Headwaters to Mermentau River  Total Suspended Solids
                                                                                       (TSS).
050102.............................  Bayou Joe Marcel...............................  TSS.
050103.............................  Bayou Mallet...................................  TSS.
050201.............................  Bayou Plaquemine Brule--Headwaters to Bayou Des  Siltation, TSS.
                                      Cannes.
050301.............................  Bayou Nezpique--Headwaters to Mermentau River..  Siltation, TSS.
050302.............................  Mermentau River Basin..........................  Siltation, TSS.
050401.............................  Mermentau River--Origin to Lake Arthur.........  TSS.
050402.............................  Lake Arthur and Lower Mermentau................  TSS.
050501.............................  Bayou Queue de Tortue--Headwaters to Mermentau   TSS, Siltation.
                                      River.
050602.............................  Intracoastal Waterway..........................  TSS.
050701.............................  Grand Lake.....................................  TSS.
050702.............................  Intracoastal Waterway..........................  TSS.
050703.............................  White Lake.....................................  Siltation, TSS.
050901.............................  Bays and Gulf Waters to State 3-mile Limit.....  Siltation, TSS.
060101.............................  Spring Creek--Headwaters to Cocodrie Lake        TSS.
                                      (Scenic).
060102.............................  Cocodrie Lake..................................  Siltation.
060201.............................  Bayou Cocodrie--From U.S. Hwy 167 to the Bayou   TSS.
                                      Boeuf Cocodrie Canal.
060202.............................  Bayou Cocodrie--Cocodrie Diversion Canal to      TSS, Siltation.
                                      intersection Bayou Boeuf.
060203.............................  Chicot Lake....................................  TSS.
060204.............................  Bayou Courtableau--Origin to West Atchafalaya    TSS.
                                      Borrow Pit Canal.
060205.............................  Bayou Teche--Headwaters at Bayou Courtableau to  TSS.
                                      I-10.
060207.............................  Bayou des Glaises Diversion Canal..............  TSS.
060208.............................  Bayou Boeuf--Headwaters to Bayou Courtableau...  TSS.
060210.............................  Bayou Carron...................................  TSS.
060211.............................  West Atchafalaya Borrow Pit Canal..............  TSS.
060212.............................  Chatlin Lake Canal and Bayou Dulac.............  TSS, Siltation.
060301.............................  Bayou Teche--I-10 to Keystone Locks and Dam....  Turbidity, TSS.
060401.............................  Bayou Teche--Keystone Locks and Dam to           TSS.
                                      Charenton Canal.
060501.............................  Bayou Teche--Charenton Canal to Wax Lake Outlet  TSS.
060601.............................  Charenton Canal................................  TSS.
060701.............................  Tete Bayou.....................................  TSS.
060702.............................  Lake Fausse Point and Dauterive Lake...........  TSS, Siltation.
060703.............................  Bayou du Portage...............................  TSS.
060906.............................  Intracoastal Waterway..........................  TSS.
060907.............................  Franklin Canal.................................  TSS, Turbidity.
060801.............................  Vermilion River--Headwaters at Bayou Fusilier-   TSS.
                                      Bourbeaux Junction to New Flanders (Ambassador
                                      Caffery Bridge at Hwy 3073).
060802.............................  Vermilion River--From New Flanders (Ambassador   TSS.
                                      Caffery Bridge) at Hwy 3073 to Intracoastal
                                      Waterway.
060803.............................  Vermilion River Cutoff.........................  TSS.
060804.............................  Intracoastal Waterway..........................  TSS.
060901.............................  Bayou Petite Anse..............................  TSS.
060902.............................  Bayou Carlin (Delcambre Canal)--Lake Peigneur    TSS.
                                      to Bayou Petite Anse (Estuarine).

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060903.............................  Bayou Tigre....................................  TSS.
060904.............................  Vermilion River B890 Basin New Iberia Drainage   TSS.
                                      Canal.
060905.............................  New Iberia Southern Drainage Canal.............  TSS, Turbidity.
060909.............................  Lake Peigneur..................................  Siltation, TSS.
060910.............................  Boston Canal and Associated Canals (Estuarine).  Siltation, TSS, Turbidity.
060911.............................  Vermilion-Teche River Basin....................  TSS Siltation, TSS,
                                                                                       Turbidity.
061102.............................  Intracoastal Waterway..........................  TSS.
061103.............................  Freshwater Bayou Canal.........................  TSS, Turbidity.
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    EPA requested the public to provide EPA with any significant data 
or information that may impact the 88 TMDLs at 66 FR 368 (January 03, 
2001). The comments received and EPA's response to comments may be 
found at www.epa.gov/region6/water/tmdl.htm.

    Dated: April 23, 2002.
Sam Becker,
Acting Director, Water Quality Protection Division, Region 6.
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