[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 238 (Monday, December 12, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 77226]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-31820]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9505-4]


Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Availability of 28 Total Maximum 
Daily Loads (TMDLs) in Louisiana

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of extension of the public comment period.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the extension of the public comment 
period for the notice of availability that published on November 14, 
2011, 76 FR 70442 (FRL-9491-1). Specifically, comments will be accepted 
on the administrative record files and the calculations of 28 TMDLs 
prepared by EPA Region 6. This notice covers waters in the State of 
Louisiana's Lake Pontchartrain Basin that were identified as impaired 
on the States Section 303(d) list. These TMDLs were completed in 
response to a court order in the lawsuit styled Sierra Club, et al. v. 
Clifford, et al., No. 96-0527, (E.D. La.).

DATES: The public comments must be submitted in writing to the EPA on 
or before January 13, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Comments on the 28 TMDLs should be sent to Diane Smith, 
Environmental Protection Specialist, Water Quality Protection Division, 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 6, 1445 Ross Ave., Dallas, 
TX 75202-2733 or email: [email protected]. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT Diane Smith at (214) 665-2145 or fax (214) 665-7373. The 
administrative record files for the 28 TMDLs are available for public 
inspection at this address as well. Documents from the administrative 
record files may be viewed at http://www.epa.gov/earth1r6/6wq/npdes/tmdl/index.htm, or obtained by calling 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:

EPA Seeks Comment on 28 TMDLs

    By this notice EPA is seeking comment on the following 28 TMDLs for 
waters located within Louisiana:

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        Subsegment            Waterbody name            Pollutant
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040102...................  Comite River--       Fecal Coliform.
                            Wilson-Clinton Hwy
                            to entrance of
                            White Bayou (East
                            Baton Rouge
                            Parish) (Scenic).
040103...................  Comite River--       Fecal Coliform.
                            Entrance of White
                            Bayou to Amite
                            River.
040201...................  Bayou Manchac--      Fecal Coliform.
                            Headwaters to
                            Amite River.
040302...................  Amite River--LA Hwy
                            37 to Amite River
                            Diversion Canal
                            Fecal Coliform..
040304...................  Grays Creek--
                            Headwaters to
                            Amite River Fecal
                            Coliform..
040305...................  Colyell Creek        Fecal Coliform.
                            System (includes
                            Colyell Bay).
040503...................  Natalbany River--    Fecal Coliform.
                            Headwaters to
                            Tickfaw River.
040504...................  Yellow Water River-- Fecal Coliform.
                            Origin to
                            Ponchatoula Creek.
040505...................  Ponchatoula Creek    Fecal Coliform.
                            and Ponchatoula
                            River.
040603...................  Selsers Creek--      Fecal Coliform.
                            Origin to South
                            Slough.
040703...................  Big Creek and        Fecal Coliform.
                            Tributaries--Headw
                            aters to
                            confluence with
                            Tangipahoia River.
040909...................  W-14 Main Diversion  Fecal Coliform.
                            Canal--from its
                            origin in the
                            north end of the
                            City of Slidell to
                            its junction with
                            Salt Bayou.
040910...................  Salt Bayou--         Fecal Coliform.
                            Headwaters to Lake
                            Pontchartrain
                            (Estuarine).
041302...................  Lake Pontchartrain   Fecal Coliform.
                            Drainage Canals.
041401...................  New Orleans East     Fecal Coliform.
                            Leveed Waterbodies
                            (Estuarine).
040501...................  Tickfaw River--From  TDS.
                            MS State Line to
                            LA Hwy 42 (Scenic).
040504...................  Yellow Water River-- TDS.
                            Origin to
                            Ponchatoula Creek.
040301...................  Amite River--MS      TSS.
                            State Line to LA
                            Hwy 37 (Scenic).
040401...................  Blind River--From    TSS.
                            Amite River
                            Diversion Canal to
                            mouth at Lake
                            Maurepas (Scenic).
040903...................  Bayou Cane--         TSS.
                            Headwaters to U.
                            S. Hwy 190
                            (Scenic).
040303...................  Amite River--Amite   Mercury.
                            River Diversion
                            Canal to Lake
                            Maurepas.
040401...................  Blind River--From    Mercury.
                            Amite River
                            Diversion Canal to
                            mouth at Lake
                            Maurepas (Scenic).
040403...................  Blind River--Source  Mercury.
                            to confluence with
                            Amite River
                            Diversion Canal
                            (Scenic).
040501...................  Tickfaw River--From  Mercury.
                            MS State Line to
                            LA Hwy 42 (Scenic).
040701...................  Tangipahoa River--   Mercury.
                            MS State Line to
                            Interstate Hwy 1-
                            12 (Scenic).
040801...................  Tchefuncte River     Mercury.
                            and Tributaries--
                            Headwaters to
                            confluence with
                            Bogue Falaya River
                            (Scenic).
040905...................  Bayou Liberty--      Mercury.
                            Headwaters to LA
                            Hwy 433.
040906...................  Bayou Liberty--LA
                            Hwy 433 to
                            confluence with
                            Bayou Bonfouca
                            (Estuarine)
                            Mercury..
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    The EPA requests that the public provide any water quality related 
data and information relevant to the calculations for the 28 TMDLs. EPA 
will review all data and information submitted during the public 
comment period and will revise the TMDLs where appropriate. EPA will 
then forward the TMDLs to the Louisiana Department of Environmental 
Quality (LDEQ). The LDEQ will incorporate the TMDLs into its current 
water quality management plan.

    Dated: December 1, 2011.
William K. Honker,
Acting Director, Water Quality Protection Division, EPA Region 6.
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