[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 70 (Monday, April 12, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 19183]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-8225]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7646-4]


Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Availability of 3 Total Maximum 
Daily Loads (TMDLs)

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 file for 3 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 May 
12, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Comments on the 3 TMDLs should be sent to Ellen Caldwell, 
Environmental Protection Specialist, Water Quality Protection Division, 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 6, 1445 Ross Ave., Dallas, 
TX 75202-2733, facsimile (214) 665-6490, or e-mail: 
[email protected]. For further information, contact Ellen Caldwell 
at (214) 665-7513. 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 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 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 3 TMDLs

    By this notice EPA is seeking comment on the following 3 TMDLs for 
waters located within the state of Arkansas:

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             Segment-reach                      Waterbody name                          Pollutant
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08040201-80...........................  Big Johnson Lake..............  Mercury in fish tissue.
08040204-27...........................  Grays Lake....................  Mercury in fish tissue.
08040204..............................  Monticello Lake...............  Mercury in fish tissue.
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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 these 3 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. 
The EPA also will revise the Arkansas 303(d) list as appropriate.

    Dated: April 5, 2004.
Miguel I. Flores,
Director, Water Quality Protection Division, Region 6.
[FR Doc. 04-8225 Filed 4-9-04; 8:45 am]
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