[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 64 (Wednesday, April 2, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17975-17976]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-6815]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8550-2]


Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Final Agency Action on 56 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 56 TMDLs prepared 
by EPA Region 6 for waters listed in Louisiana's Red, Sabine, and the 
Terrebonne Basins, under section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act (CWA). 
Documents from the administrative record file for the 56 TMDLs, 
including the TMDL calculations and responses to comments, may be 
viewed at http://www.epa.gov/earth1r6/6wq/npdes/tmdl/index.htm. The 
administrative record file may be examined by calling or writing Ms. 
Diane Smith at the address below. Please contact Ms. Smith to schedule 
an inspection.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diane Smith, Environmental Protection 
Specialist, Water Quality Protection Division, U.S. EPA Region 6, 1445 
Ross Avenue, Dallas, TX 75202-2733, (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 established 43 of these TMDLs pursuant to 
a consent decree entered in this lawsuit.

EPA Takes Final Agency Action on 56 TMDLs

    By this notice EPA is taking final agency action on the following 
56 TMDLs for waters located within the Louisiana river 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).
100406.................  Flat River--Headwaters   Nutrients and
                          to Loggy Bayou.          Dissolved Oxygen.
100501.................  Bayou Dorcheat--         Dissolved Oxygen and
                          Arkansas State Line to   Mercury.
                          Lake Bistineau
                          (scenic).
100601.................  Bayou Pierre--           Nutrients and
                          Headwaters to Sawing     Dissolved Oxygen.
                          Lake.
100602.................  Boggy Bayou--Headwaters  Nutrients and
                          to Wallace Lake.         Dissolved Oxygen.
100702.................  Black Lake Bayou--       Dissolved Oxygen.
                          Webster-Bienville
                          Parish Line.
100703.................  Black Lake and Clear     Dissolved Oxygen.
                          Lake.
100803.................  Saline Bayou--From       Dissolved Oxygen.
                          Saline Lake to Red
                          River.
101301.................  Rigolette Bayou--        Dissolved Oxygen.
                          Headwaters to Red
                          River.
101302.................  Iatt Lake..............  Dissolved Oxygen.
101604.................  Lake Concordia.........  Dissolved Oxygen.
110401.................  Bayou Toro--Headwaters   Dissolved Oxygen.
                          to LA Hwy. 473.
120102.................  Bayou Poydras..........  Nutrients and
                                                   Dissolved Oxygen.
120103.................  Bayou Choctaw..........  Nutrients, Nitrogen,
                                                   Phosphorus, and
                                                   Dissolved Oxygen.
120105.................  Chamberlin Canal.......  Nutrients, Nitrogen,
                                                   Phosphorus, and
                                                   Dissolved Oxygen.
120106.................  Bayou Plaquemine--       Nutrients and
                          Plaquemine Lock to       Dissolved Oxygen.
                          Intracoastal Waterway.
120107.................  Upper Grand River and    Dissolved Oxygen.
                          Lower Flat River--
                          Headwaters to
                          Intracoastal Waterway.
120109.................  Intracoastal Waterway--  Nutrients and
                          Morgan City to Port      Dissolved Oxygen.
                          Allen Route--Port
                          Allen Locks to Bayou
                          Sorrel Locks.
120110.................  Bayou Cholpe--           Dissolved Oxygen.
                          Headwaters to Bayou
                          Choctaw.
120202.................  Bayou Black--            Nutrients and
                          Intracoastal Waterway    Dissolved Oxygen.
                          to Houma.
120204.................  Lake Verret and Grassy   Nutrients and
                          Lake.                    Dissolved Oxygen.
120205.................  Lake Palourde..........  pH.
120206.................  Grand Bayou and Little   TSS.
                          Grand Bayou--
                          Headwaters to Lake
                          Varret.
120304.................  Intracoastal Waterway--  Nutrients and
                          Houma to Larose.         Dissolved Oxygen.
120401.................  Bayou Penchant--Bayou    Dissolved Oxygen.
                          Chene to Lake Penchant.

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120402.................  Bayou Chene--From        pH.
                          Intracoastal Waterway
                          to Bayou Penchant
                          Navigation Canal to
                          Terrebonne Bay.
120403.................  Intracoastal Waterway--  Dissolved Oxygen.
                          Bayou Boeuf.
120404.................  Lake Penchant..........  Dissolved Oxygen.
120405.................  Lake Hache, Lake         Nutrients and
                          Theriot.                 Dissolved Oxygen.
120406.................  Lake de Cade...........  Nutrients and
                                                   Dissolved Oxygen.
120604.................  Bayou Blue--             Dissolved Oxygen.
                          Intracoastal Waterway
                          to boundary between
                          segments 1206 and 1207.
120606.................  Bayou Blue--Grand Bayou  Nutrients and
                          Canal to boundary        Dissolved Oxygen.
                          between segments 1206
                          and 1207 (Estuarine).
120708.................  Lost Lake, Four League   Nutrients and
                          Bay.                     Dissolved Oxygen.
120709.................  Bayou Petite Caillou--   Nutrients and
                          From Houma Navigation    Dissolved Oxygen.
                          Canal to Terrebonne
                          Bay.
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    EPA requested the public to provide EPA with any significant data 
or information that might impact the 56 final TMDLs in the Federal 
Register Notices: Volume 72, Number 206, pages 60666 and 60667 (October 
25, 2007); Volume 72, Number 209, pages 61355 and 61356 (October 30, 
2007); and Volume 73, Number 22, pages 6178 and 6179 (February 1, 
2008). The comments were received, and EPA's response to comments and 
the TMDLs may be found at http://www.epa.gov/earth1r6/6wq/npdes/tmdl/index.htm.

    Dated: March 26, 2008.
Miguel Flores,
 Director, Water Quality Protection Division, EPA Region 6.
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