[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 214 (Tuesday, November 4, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65602-65603]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-26262]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-8737-7]


Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Final Agency Action on 29 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 29 TMDLs prepared 
by EPA Region 6 for waters listed in Louisiana's Pearl River basin, 
under section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act (CWA). Documents from the 
administrative record file for the 29 TMDLs, including TMDL 
calculations and responses to comments, may be 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 established 18 of these TMDLs pursuant to 
a consent decree entered in this lawsuit.

EPA Takes Final Agency Action on 29 TMDLs

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

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               Subsegment                               Waterbody name                         Pollutant
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090101..................................  Pearl River--MS State Line to Pearl River   Mercury and Fecal
                                           Navigation Canal.                           coliform.
090102..................................  East Pearl River--Holmes Bayou to I-10....  Mercury.
090103..................................  East Pearl River--From I-10 to Lake Borgne  Mercury.
                                           (estuarine).
090104..................................  Peters Creek..............................  Fecal coliform.
090105..................................  Pearl River Navigation Canal--From Pools    Mercury and Dissolved
                                           Bluff to Lock No. 3.                        oxygen.

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090106..................................  Holmes Bayou--From the Pearl River to the   Mercury and Turbidity.
                                           West Pearl River (scenic).
090107..................................  Pearl River--From Pearl River Navigation    Mercury.
                                           Canal to Holmes Bayou.
090201..................................  West Pearl River--From Headwaters to        Mercury and Turbidity.
                                           confluence with Holmes Bayou (scenic).
090202..................................  West Pearl River..........................  Turbidity.
090202-5126.............................  Morgan River--From Porters River to its     Mercury.
                                           confluence with Pearl River (scenic).
090203..................................  Lower Bogue Chitto--From River Navigation   Mercury.
                                           Canal to Wilsons Slough.
090204..................................  Pearl River Navigation Canal--Below Lock    Mercury and Dissolved
                                           No. 3.                                      oxygen.
090205..................................  Wilson Slough--Bogue Chitto to West Pearl   Mercury.
                                           River.
090206..................................  Bradley Slough--Bogue Chitto to West Pearl  Mercury.
                                           River.
090207..................................  Middle Pearl River and West Middle Pearl    Mercury and Dissolved
                                           River--From West Pearl River to Little      oxygen.
                                           Lake.
090207-5112.............................  Morgan Bayou--Headwaters near I-10 to       Mercury.
                                           confluence with Middle River.
090301..................................  Pushepatapa Creek.........................  Fecal coliform.
090401..................................  Bogue Lusa Creek..........................  Fecal coliform.
090501..................................  Bogue Chitto River--From MS State Line to   Mercury and Turbidity.
                                           Pearl River Navigation Canal (scenic).
090502..................................  Big Silver Creek..........................  Fecal coliform.
090505..................................  Bonner Creek..............................  Fecal coliform.
090506..................................  Thigpen Creek.............................  Fecal coliform.
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    EPA requested the public to provide EPA with any significant data 
or information that might impact the 29 TMDLs in the Federal Register 
Notices: Volume 72, number 137, page 39420 (July 18, 2007) and volume 
73, number 22, pages 6178 and 6179 (February 1, 2008). The comments 
which were received, the EPA's response to comments, and the TMDLs may 
be found at http://www.epa.gov/region6/water/npdes/tmdl/index.htm.

    Dated: October 28, 2008.
Larry D. Wright,
Acting Director, Water Quality Protection Division, EPA Region 6.
[FR Doc. E8-26262 Filed 11-3-08; 8:45 am]
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