[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 209 (Tuesday, October 30, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61355-61356]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-21322]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8488-8]


Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Availability of 20 Total Maximum 
Daily Loads (TMDL) in Louisiana

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 files for 20 TMDLs and the calculations for these 
TMDLs prepared by EPA Region 6 for waters listed in the Red and the 
Terrebonne Basins of Louisiana, under section 303(d) of the Clean Water 
Act (CWA). These TMDLs were completed in response to a court order in 
the lawsuit styled Sierra Club, et al. v. Clifford, et al., No. 96-
0527, (E.D. La.).

DATES: Comments must be submitted in writing to EPA on or before 
November 29, 2007.

ADDRESSES: Comments on the 20 TMDLs 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 or e-mail: [email protected]. For further information, 
contact Diane Smith at (214) 665-2145 or fax 214.665.7373. The 
administrative record files for the 20 TMDLs are available for public 
inspection at this address as well. Documents from the administrative 
record files may be viewed at http://www.epa.gov/earth1r6/6wq/npdes/tmdl/index.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 1996, two Louisiana environmental groups, 
the Sierra Club and Louisiana Environmental Action Network 
(plaintiffs), filed a lawsuit in Federal Court against the 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 proposes 15 of these TMDLs pursuant to a 
consent decree entered in this lawsuit.

EPA Seeks Comment on 20 TMDLs

    By this notice EPA is seeking comment on the following 20 TMDLs for 
waters located within Louisiana basins:

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            Subsegment                    Waterbody name                            Pollutant
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100404............................  Cypress Bayou Reservoir...  Dissolved Oxygen.
100405............................  Black Bayou (including      Dissolved Oxygen.
                                     Black Bayou Reservoir).
120202............................  Bayou Black--Intracoastal   Nutrients and Dissolved Oxygen.
                                     Waterway to Houma.
120204............................  Lake Verret and Grassy      Nutrients and Dissolved Oxygen.
                                     Lake.
120304............................  Intracoastal Waterway--     Nutrients and Dissolved Oxygen.
                                     Houma to Larose.
120401............................  Bayou Penchant--Bayou       Dissolved Oxygen.
                                     Chene to Lake Penchant.
120403............................  Intracoastal Waterway--     Dissolved Oxygen.
                                     Bayou Boeuf Lake Penchant.
120404............................  ..........................  Dissolved Oxygen.
120405............................  Lake Hache, Lake Theriot..  Nutrients and Dissolved Oxygen.
120406............................  Lake de Cade..............  Nutrients and Dissolved Oxygen.
120604............................  Bayou Blue--Intracoastal    Dissolved Oxygen.
                                     Waterway to boundary
                                     between segments 1206 and
                                     1207.
120708............................  Lost Lake, Four League Bay  Nutrients and Dissolved Oxygen.
120709............................  Bayou Petite Cailou--From   Nutrients and Dissolved Oxygen.
                                     Houma Navigation Canal to
                                     Terrebonne Bay.
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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 the 20 TMDLs. EPA will review all data and information submitted 
during the public comment period and revise the TMDLs where 
appropriate. EPA will then forward the TMDLs to the Louisiana 
Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ). The LDEQ will incorporate 
the TMDLs into its current water quality management plan.


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    Dated: October 23, 2007.
James R. Brown,
Chief, Planning and Analysis Branch, EPA Region 6.
[FR Doc. E7-21322 Filed 10-29-07; 8:45 am]
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