[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 74 (Monday, April 19, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20351-20352]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-8925]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9139-5]


Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Availability of One Total Maximum 
Daily Load (TMDL) in Arkansas

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of the administrative 
record file for comment on one TMDL and the calculations for this TMDL 
prepared by EPA Region 6 for waters listed in the State of Arkansas 
under Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act (CWA). This TMDL was 
completed in response to the lawsuit styled Sierra Club, et al. v. EPA, 
et al., No. LR-C-99-114.

DATES: Comments must be submitted in writing to EPA on or before May 
19, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Comments on the TMDL should be sent to Ms. Diane Smith, 
Environmental Protection Specialist, Water Quality Protection Division, 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 6, 1445 Ross Ave., Dallas, 
TX 75202-2733, facsimile (214) 665-7373, or e-mail: 
[email protected]. For further information, contact Diane Smith at 
(214) 665-2145. Documents from the administrative record file for this 
TMDL are available for public inspection at this address as well. 
Documents from the administrative record file may be viewed at http://www.epa.gov/region6/water/npdes/tmdl/index.htm, or obtained by calling 
(214) 665-2145 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 2000, 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. 
EPA, et al., No. LR-C-99-114. Among other claims, plaintiffs alleged 
that EPA failed to establish Arkansas TMDLs in a timely manner. EPA 
proposes this TMDL pursuant to a consent decree entered in this 
lawsuit.

EPA Seeks Comments on One TMDL

    By this notice EPA is seeking comment on the following TMDL for 
waters located within the State of Arkansas:

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          Segment-reach              Waterbody name        Pollutant
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11070208-901....................  Town Branch........  Total Phosphorus
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    EPA requests that the public provide EPA with any significant water 
quality related data or information that may be relevant to the 
calculations for this TMDL. EPA will review all data and information 
submitted during the public comment period and revise the TMDL where 
appropriate. EPA will then forward the TMDL to the Arkansas Department 
of Environmental Quality (ADEQ). The ADEQ will incorporate the TMDL 
into its current water quality management plan.


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    Dated: April 8, 2010.
Miguel I. Flores,
Director, Water Quality Protection Division, EPA Region 6.
[FR Doc. 2010-8925 Filed 4-16-10; 8:45 am]
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