[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 46 (Thursday, March 10, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 11971]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-4712]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7883-2]


Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Availability of 1 Total Maximum 
Daily Loads (TMDL)

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 1 TMDL and the calculations for this 
TMDL prepared by EPA Region 6 for waters listed in the State of 
Arkansas under section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act (CWA). This TMDL 
was 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 April 
11, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Comment on the 1 TMDL should be sent to 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: 
[email protected]. For further information, contact Diane Smith at 
(214) 665-2145. Documents from the administrative record file for this 
TMDL 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. 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 this TMDL pursuant to a consent decree entered in this 
lawsuit.

EPA Seeks Comments on 1 TMDL

    By this notice EPA is seeking comment on the following 1 TMDL for 
waters located within the State of Arkansas:

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          Segment-reach             Waterbody name         Pollutant
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11140302-003....................  Days Creek........  Nitrate.
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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 this 1 TMDL. EPA will review all data and information submitted 
during the public comment period and revise the TMDL and determinations 
where appropriate. EPA will then forward the TMDL to the Arkansas 
Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ). The ADEQ will incorporate 
the TMDL into its current water quality management plan.

    Dated: March 3, 2005.
Miguel I. Flores,
Director, Water Quality Protection Division, Region 6.
[FR Doc. 05-4712 Filed 3-9-05; 8:45 am]
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