Water pollution control: Total maximum daily loads Louisiana,
[Federal Register: October 10, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 195)]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Final Agency Action on Eighty Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability.
SUMMARY: This notice announces final agency action on eighty TMDLs prepared by EPA Region 6 for waters listed in Louisiana's Red River, Sabine River, and Terrebonne Basins, under section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act (CWA). Documents from the administrative record file for the eighty TMDLs, including TMDL calculations and responses to comments, may be viewed at http://www.epa.gov/earth1r6/6wq/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,
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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 63 of these TMDLs pursuant to a consent decree entered in this lawsuit.
EPA Takes Final Agency Action on Eighty TMDLs
By this notice EPA is taking final agency action on the following eighty TMDLs for waters located within the Louisiana river basins:
Subsegment
Waterbody name
Pollutant
100306.......................... Kelly Bayou--AR Fecal Coliform. State Line to Black Bayou. 100309.......................... Cross Bayou....... Turbidity, TDS, Chloride, Sulfate, and TSS. 100406.......................... Flat River--
Fecal Coliform and Headwaters to TDS. Loggy Bayou. 100602.......................... Boggy Bayou....... Turbidity and Sedimentation/ siltation. 100603.......................... Wallace Lake...... Turbidity and Sedimentation/ siltation. 100701.......................... Black Lake Bayou.. Turbidity, TDS, and Sedimentation/ siltation. 100704.......................... Kepler Creek...... TDS. 100707.......................... Castor Creek-- Fecal Coliform. Headwaters to Black Lake Bayou. 100708.......................... Unnamed Tributary Sulfate and TDS. to Castor Creek near Town of Castor. 100709.......................... Grand Bayou-- Fecal Coliform. Headwaters to Black Lake Bayou. 100710.......................... Unnamed Tributary TDS, Chloride, to Grand and
Sulfate. Bayou near Town of Hall Summit. 100801.......................... Saline Bayou--from Fecal Coliform. its origin near Arcadia to LA Hwy 156 in Winn Parish (scenic). 100804.......................... Unnamed Tributary TDS and Sulfate. to Saline Bayou near Town of Arcadia. 100901.......................... Nantaches Creek-- Fecal Coliform. Headwaters to Nantaches Lake. 101101.......................... Cane River--above TDS and Chloride. Natchitoches to Red River. 101103.......................... Bayou Kisatchie-- Fecal Coliform and entrance into TDS. Kisatchie National Forest to Old River (scenic). 101301.......................... Rigolette Bayou-- Fecal Coliform. Headwaters to Red River. 101303.......................... Iatt Creek--
TDS. Headwaters to Iatt Lake. 101401.......................... Buhlow Lake
Turbidity. (Pineville). 101601.......................... Bayou Cocodrie-- Turbidity. from Little Cross Bayou to Wild Cow Bayou (scenic). 110202.......................... Pearl Creek--from Fecal Coliform. its origin to its entrance into Sabine River (scenic). 110401.......................... Bayou Toro--
Fecal Coliform. Headwaters to LA Hwy 473. 110402.......................... Bayou Toro--LA Hwy Fecal Coliform. 473 to its entrance into Sabine River. 110501.......................... West Anacoco
Fecal Coliform. Creek--Headwaters to Vernon Lake. 110504.......................... Bayou Anacoco-- Fecal Coliform. Vernon Lake to Anacoco Lake. 110601.......................... Vinton Waterway... Turbidity. 120101.......................... Bayou Portage..... TDS, Chloride, Fecal Coliform, and TSS. 120102.......................... Bayou Poydras..... Sediment, Sulfate, TDS, TSS, and Fecal Coliform. 120104.......................... Bayou Grosse Tete. Fecal Coliform and TDS. 120105.......................... Chamberlin Canal.. Fecal Coliform, TSS, and Sediment. 120106.......................... Bayou Plaquemine.. Turbidity. 120109.......................... Intracoastal
Fecal Coliform. Waterway. 120110.......................... Bayou Cholpe...... TDS and Sulfate . 120111.......................... Bayou Maringouin-- Fecal Coliform and Headwaters to TDS. East Atchafalaya Basin Levee. 120112.......................... Bayou Fordoche.... Fecal Coliform and TDS. 120201.......................... Lower Grand River Fecal Coliform and and Belle River. Sulfate. 120206.......................... Grand Bayou and Fecal Coliform. Little Grand Bayou. 120301.......................... Bayou Terrebonne.. Fecal Coliform. 120502.......................... Bayou Grand
Fecal Coliform. Caillou. 120503.......................... Bayou Petit
Fecal Coliform. Caillou. 120504.......................... Bayou Petit
Fecal Coliform. Caillou. 120506.......................... Bayou du Large.... Fecal Coliform. 120507.......................... Bayou Chauvin..... Fecal Coliform. 120508.......................... Houma Navigation Fecal Coliform. Canal. 120602.......................... Bayou Terrebonne.. Fecal Coliform. 120605.......................... Bayou Pointe au Fecal Coliform. Chien. 120606.......................... Bayou Blue........ Fecal Coliform. 120701.......................... Bayou Grand
Fecal Coliform. Caillou. 120703.......................... Bayou du Large.... Fecal Coliform. 120707.......................... Lake Boudreaux.... Fecal Coliform. 120708.......................... Lost Lake, Four Fecal Coliform. League Bay.
.EPA requested the public to provide EPA with any significant data or information that might impact the eighty TMDLs in the Federal Register Notice: Volume 71, Number 139, pages 41217-41218 (July 20, 2006). The
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comments received and the EPA's response to comments may be found at http://www.epa.gov/[fxsp0]earth1r6/6wq/[fxsp0]npdes/tmdl/index.htm.
EPA received requests from the Gulf Restoration Network and six individuals for a 60-day extension of the comment period on the eighty draft TMDLs in Louisiana. EPA will not extend the original comment period, however, the Gulf Restoration Network and others may submit comments after the closing date (i.e., August 21, 2006) of the comment period until October 20, 2006. EPA will review and respond to comments received between August 22, 2006, and October 20, 2006, and may consider revising or modifying these TMDLs if appropriate.
Dated: September 28, 2006. Miguel I. Flores, Director, Water Quality Protection Division, EPA Region 6.
[FR Doc. E6-16652 Filed 10-6-06; 8:45 am]
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