[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 247 (Friday, December 23, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 80366]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-33005]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9610-6]


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

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability for comment on the 
administrative record files and the calculations of one TMDL 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 
State's Section 303(d) list. This TMDL was 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: Comments must be submitted in writing to EPA on or before 
February 6, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Comments on the one TMDL 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 file for the one TMDL is 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: 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 the EPA failed to establish 
Louisiana TMDLs in a timely manner. The EPA proposes this one TMDL 
pursuant to a consent decree entered in this lawsuit.

EPA Seeks Comment on One TMDL

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

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       Subsegment             Waterbody name             Pollutant
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041401.................  New Orleans East Leveed  Dissolved oxygen.
                          Waterbodies
                          (Estuarine).
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The EPA requests the public provide to the EPA any water quality 
related data and information that may be relevant to the calculations 
for the one TMDL. The EPA will review all data and information 
submitted during the public comment period and will revise the TMDL 
where appropriate. The EPA will then forward the TMDL to the Louisiana 
Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ). The LDEQ will incorporate 
the TMDL into its current water quality management plan.

    Dated: December 14, 2011.
William K. Honker,
Acting Director, Water Quality Protection Division, EPA Region 6.
[FR Doc. 2011-33005 Filed 12-22-11; 8:45 am]
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