[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 8, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58949-58950]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-23868]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8726-9]


Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Final Agency Action on 30 Total 
Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) in Louisiana

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces final agency action on 30 TMDLs prepared 
by EPA Region 6 for waters listed in Louisiana's Terrebonne River 
Basin, under section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act (CWA). Documents 
from the administrative record file for the 30 TMDLs, including TMDL 
calculations and responses to comments, may be

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viewed at http://www.epa.gov/region6/water/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 Takes Final Agency Action on 30 TMDLs

    By this notice EPA is taking final agency action on the following 
30 TMDLs for waters located within the Terrebonne River basin:

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         Subsegment              Waterbody name           Pollutant
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 120102.....................   Bayou Poydras......   Dissolved Oxygen
                                                     and Nutrients.
 120103.....................   Bayou Choctaw......   Dissolved Oxygen,
                                                     Nutrients,
                                                     Nitrogen, and
                                                     Phosphorus.
 120105.....................   Chamberlin Canal...   Dissolved Oxygen,
                                                     Nutrients,
                                                     Nitrogen, and
                                                     Phosphorus.
 120106.....................   Bayou Plaquemine...   Dissolved Oxygen
                                                     and Nutrients.
 120107.....................   Upper Grand River    Dissolved Oxygen
                               and Lower Flat
                               River--Headwaters
                               to Intracoastal
                               Waterway.
 120109.....................   Intracoastal         Dissolved Oxygen and
                               Waterway--in Morgan   Nutrients
                               City to Port Allen
                               Route--Port Allen
                               Locks to Bayou
                               Sorrel Locks.
 120110.....................  Bayou Cholpe--         Dissolved Oxygen.
                               Headwaters to Bayou
                               Choctaw.
 120202.....................  Bayou Black--          Dissolved Oxygen
                               Intracoastal          and Nutrients.
                               Waterway to Houma.
 120204.....................   Lake Verret and       Dissolved Oxygen
                               Grassy Lake.          and Nutrients.
 120304.....................   Intracoastal          Dissolved Oxygen
                               Waterway--Houma to    and Nutrients.
                               Larose.
 120403.....................   Intracoastal          Dissolved Oxygen.
                               Waterway--Bayou
                               Boeuf.
 120604.....................   Bayou Blue--          Dissolved Oxygen.
                               Intracoastal
                               Waterway to
                               boundary between
                               segments 1206 and
                               1207.
 120401.....................   Bayou Penchant--      Dissolved Oxygen.
                               Bayou Chene to Lake
                               Penchant.
 120404.....................   Lake Penchant......   Dissolved Oxygen.
 120405.....................   Lake Hatch and Lake   Dissolved Oxygen
                               Theriot.              and Nutrients.
 120406.....................   Lake de Cade.......   Dissolved Oxygen
                                                     and Nutrients.
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    EPA requested the public to provide EPA with any significant data 
or information that might impact the 30 Final TMDLs in the Federal 
Register Notice: Volume 73, Number 167, pages 50610 and 50611 (August 
27, 2008). The comments which were received, the EPA's response to 
comments, and the final TMDLs may be found at http://www.epa.gov/region6/water/npdes/tmdl/index.htm.

    Dated: September 30, 2008.
William K. Honker,
Deputy Director, Water Quality Protection Division, EPA Region 6.
 [FR Doc. E8-23868 Filed 10-7-08; 8:45 am]
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