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Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Final
Agency Action on 10 Arkansas Total
Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
final agency action on 10 TMDLs
prepared by EPA Region 6 for waters
listed in the State of Arkansas, under
section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act
(CWA). These TMDLs were completed
in response to the lawsuit styled Sierra
Club, et al. v. Clifford, et al., No. LR–
C–99–114. Documents from the
administrative record files for the final
10 TMDLs, including TMDL
calculations may be viewed at https://
www.epa.gov/region6/6wq/npdes/tmdl/
index.htm.
The administrative record
files for these 10 TMDLs may be
obtained by writing or calling Ms. Diane
Smith, Environmental Protection
Specialist, Water Quality Protection
Division, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency Region 6, 1445 Ross Ave.,
Dallas, TX 75202–2733. Please contact
Ms. Smith to schedule an inspection.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Diane Smith at (214) 665–2145.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1999,
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. Clifford, et al., No. LR–
C–99–114. Among other claims,
plaintiffs alleged that EPA failed to
establish Arkansas TMDLs in a timely
manner.
ADDRESSES:
EPA Takes Final Agency Action on 10
TMDLs
By this notice EPA is taking final
agency action on the following 10
TMDLs for waters located within the
state of Arkansas:
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Pollutant
08020203–625 ......................................................................
08020203 ..............................................................................
08020204 ..............................................................................
08020302 ..............................................................................
08020303 ..............................................................................
08040203–904 ......................................................................
08050002 ..............................................................................
11110204 ..............................................................................
Bear Creek Lake ..................................................................
Horseshoe Lake ...................................................................
Mallard Lake .........................................................................
Frierson Lake .......................................................................
Old Town Lake .....................................................................
Big Creek .............................................................................
Grand Lake ..........................................................................
Spring Lake ..........................................................................
Nutrient.
Nutrient.
Nutrient.
Turbidity.
Nutrient.
CBOD and Ammonia.
Nutrient.
Mercury.
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11140201 ..............................................................................
First Old River Lake .............................................................
EPA requested the public to provide
EPA with any significant data or
information that might impact the 10
TMDLs at Federal Register Notice:
Volume 71, Number 239, page 74907
(December 13, 2006). No comments
were received.
Dated: January 16, 2007.
William K. Honker,
Deputy Director, Water Quality Protection
Division, EPA Region 6.
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Proposed Implementation of Section
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AGENCY:
ACTION:
Office of the Secretary, HHS.
Notice with comment period.
SUMMARY: This notice with comment
period describes the procedure for
implementing Section 6053(b) of the
Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, Public
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Section 6053(b) of the Deficit Reduction
Act provides for a modification of the
Federal Medical Assistance Percentages
for any state which has a significant
number of evacuees from Hurricane
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A. Background: Federal Medical
Assistance Percentages
Federal Medical Assistance
Percentages are used to determine the
amount of Federal matching for state
expenditures for assistance payments
for certain social services such as
Temporary Assistance for Needy
Families (TANF) Contingency Funds,
matching funds for the Child Care and
Development Fund, Title IV–E Foster
Care Maintenance payments, Adoption
Assistance payments, and state medical
and medical insurance expenditures for
Medicaid and the State Children’s
Health Insurance Program (SCHIP).
Sections 1905(b) and 1101(a)(8)(B) of
the Social Security Act require the
Secretary of Health and Human Services
to publish the Federal Medical
Assistance Percentages each year. The
Secretary is to calculate the percentages,
using formulas in sections 1905(b) and
1101(a)(8)(B), from the Department of
Commerce’s statistics of average income
per person in each state and for the
Nation as a whole. The percentages are
within the upper and lower limits given
in section 1905(b) of the Act. The
percentages to be applied to the District
of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin
Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and
the Northern Mariana Islands are
specified in statute, and thus are not
based on the statutory formula that
determines the percentages for the 50
states. The ‘‘Federal Medical Assistance
Percentages’’ are for Medicaid.
Section 1905(b) of the Social Security
Act specifies the formula for calculating
Federal Medical Assistance Percentages
as follows:
‘‘Federal medical assistance
percentage’’ for any state shall be 100
per centum less the state percentage;
and the state percentage shall be that
percentage which bears the same ratio to
45 per centum as the square of the per
capita income of such state bears to the
square of the per capita income of the
continental United States (including
Alaska) and Hawaii; except that (1) the
Federal medical assistance percentage
shall in no case be less than 50 per
centum or more than 83 per centum, (2)
the Federal medical assistance
percentage for Puerto Rico, the Virgin
Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana
Islands, and American Samoa shall be
50 per centum.
Section 4725 of the Balanced Budget
Act of 1997 amended section 1905(b) to
provide that the Federal Medical
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Assistance Percentage for the District of
Columbia for purposes of Title XIX and
for the purposes of calculating the
Enhanced Federal Medical Assistance
Percentage under Title XXI shall be 70
percent. For the District of Columbia,
we note under the table of Federal
Medical Assistance Percentages the rate
that applies in certain other programs
calculated using the formula otherwise
applicable, and the rate that applies in
certain other programs pursuant to
section 1118 of the Social Security Act.
Section 2105(b) of the Social Security
Act specifies the formula for calculating
the Enhanced Federal Medical
Assistance Percentages as follows:
The ‘‘enhanced FMAP,’’ for a state for
a fiscal year, is equal to the Federal
medical assistance percentage (as
defined in the first sentence of section
1905(b)) for the state increased by a
number of percentage points equal to 30
percent of the number of percentage
points by which (1) such Federal
medical assistance percentage for the
state, is less than (2) 100 percent; but in
no case shall the enhanced FMAP for a
state exceed 85 percent.
The ‘‘Enhanced Federal Medical
Assistance Percentages’’ are for use in
the State Children’s Health Insurance
Program under Title XXI, and in the
Medicaid program for certain children
for expenditures for medical assistance
described in sections 1905(u)(2) and
1905(u)(3) of the Social Security Act.
On November 30, 2006, at 71 FR
69209, we published the FMAP and
Enhanced FMAP rates for each state for
October 1, 2007 through September 30,
2008 (fiscal year 2008). This notice
describes the procedure we would use
to modify the fiscal year 2008 FMAP
rates to comply with the requirements of
section 6053(b) of the DRA, which we
discuss more fully below.
B. Section 6053(b) of the Deficit
Reduction Act
Section 6053(b) of the Deficit
Reduction Act (DRA) of 2005 requires
that calculations used in computing the
FMAPs disregard evacuees and any
income attributable to them who were
evacuated to and live in a state, other
than their state of residence, as of
October 1, 2005 as a result of Hurricane
Katrina. The DRA defines ‘‘evacuee’’ as
‘‘an affected individual who has been
displaced to another state’’ (Sec
6201(b)(3)). This provision applies to
any state that the Secretary of HHS
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[FR Doc No: E7-1094]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-8273-3]
Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Final Agency Action on 10
Arkansas Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the final agency action on 10 TMDLs
prepared by EPA Region 6 for waters listed in the State of Arkansas,
under section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act (CWA). These TMDLs were
completed in response to the lawsuit styled Sierra Club, et al. v.
Clifford, et al., No. LR-C-99-114. Documents from the administrative
record files for the final 10 TMDLs, including TMDL calculations may be
viewed at https://www.epa.gov/region6/6wq/npdes/tmdl/index.htm.
ADDRESSES: The administrative record files for these 10 TMDLs may be
obtained by writing or calling Ms. Diane Smith, Environmental
Protection Specialist, Water Quality Protection Division, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency Region 6, 1445 Ross Ave., Dallas, TX
75202-2733. Please contact Ms. Smith to schedule an inspection.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diane Smith at (214) 665-2145.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1999, 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.
Clifford, et al., No. LR-C-99-114. Among other claims, plaintiffs
alleged that EPA failed to establish Arkansas TMDLs in a timely manner.
EPA Takes Final Agency Action on 10 TMDLs
By this notice EPA is taking final agency action on the following
10 TMDLs for waters located within the state of Arkansas:
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08020203-625............................. Bear Creek Lake............. Nutrient.
08020203................................. Horseshoe Lake.............. Nutrient.
08020204................................. Mallard Lake................ Nutrient.
08020302................................. Frierson Lake............... Turbidity.
08020303................................. Old Town Lake............... Nutrient.
08040203-904............................. Big Creek................... CBOD and Ammonia.
08050002................................. Grand Lake.................. Nutrient.
11110204................................. Spring Lake................. Mercury.
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11140201................................. First Old River Lake........ Nutrient.
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EPA requested the public to provide EPA with any significant data
or information that might impact the 10 TMDLs at Federal Register
Notice: Volume 71, Number 239, page 74907 (December 13, 2006). No
comments were received.
Dated: January 16, 2007.
William K. Honker,
Deputy Director, Water Quality Protection Division, EPA Region 6.
[FR Doc. E7-1094 Filed 1-24-07; 8:45 am]
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