[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 16 (Thursday, January 24, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4215-4216]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-1195]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8520-3]


Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Final Agency Action on 3 Arkansas 
Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the final agency action on 3 TMDLs 
established 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. Documents from the administrative 
record files for the final 3 TMDLs, including TMDL calculations may be 
viewed at http://www.epa.gov/region6/6wq/npdes/tmdl/index.htm.

ADDRESSES: The administrative record files for these 3 TMDLs may be 
obtained by writing or calling Ms. Diane Smith, Environmental 
Protection Specialist, Water Quality Protection Division, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency Region 6, 1445 Ross Ave., Dallas, TX 
75202-2733. 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 Takes Final Agency Action on 3 TMDLs

    By this notice EPA is taking final agency action 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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08020203-007.............................  Blackfish Bayou..............  Siltation/Turbidity.
08020203-005.............................  Blackfish Bayou..............  Siltation/Turbidity.
08020203-003.............................  Blackfish Bayou..............  Siltation/Turbidity.
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    EPA requested the public to provide EPA with any significant data 
or information that might impact the 3 TMDLs at Federal Register 
Notice: Volume 72, Number 241, pages 71409--71410 (December 17, 2007). 
No comments were received.

    Dated: January 14, 2008.
William K. Honker,
P.E., Deputy Director, Water Quality Protection Division, EPA Region 6.
[FR Doc. E8-1195 Filed 1-23-08; 8:45 am]
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