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Clean Water Act Section 303(d):
Availability of 20 Total Maximum Daily
Loads (TMDL) in Louisiana
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
availability for comment of the
administrative record files for 20
TMDLs and the calculations for these
TMDLs prepared by EPA Region 6 for
waters listed in the Red and the
Terrebonne Basins of Louisiana, under
section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act
(CWA). 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.).
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120708 ...........................................
120709 ...........................................
By this notice EPA is seeking
comment on the following 20 TMDLs
for waters located within Louisiana
basins:
Pollutant
Cypress Bayou Reservoir .....................................................................
Black Bayou (including Black Bayou Reservoir) ..................................
Bayou Black—Intracoastal Waterway to Houma .................................
Lake Verret and Grassy Lake ..............................................................
Intracoastal Waterway—Houma to Larose ...........................................
Bayou Penchant—Bayou Chene to Lake Penchant ............................
Intracoastal Waterway—Bayou Boeuf Lake Penchant ........................
...............................................................................................................
Lake Hache, Lake Theriot ....................................................................
Lake de Cade .......................................................................................
Bayou Blue—Intracoastal Waterway to boundary between segments
1206 and 1207.
Lost Lake, Four League Bay ................................................................
Bayou Petite Cailou—From Houma Navigation Canal to Terrebonne
Bay.
EPA requests that the public provide
to EPA any water quality related data
and information that may be relevant to
the calculations for the 20 TMDLs. EPA
will review all data and information
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EPA Seeks Comment on 20 TMDLs
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Comments must be submitted in
writing to EPA on or before November
29, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Comments on the 20
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 e-mail:
smith.diane@epa.gov. For further
information, contact Diane Smith at
(214) 665–2145 or fax 214.665.7373. The
administrative record files for the 20
TMDLs are available for public
inspection at this address as well.
Documents from the administrative
record files may be viewed at https://
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 EPA failed to
establish Louisiana TMDLs in a timely
manner. EPA proposes 15 of these
TMDLs pursuant to a consent decree
entered in this lawsuit.
DATES:
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submitted during the public comment
period and revise the TMDLs where
appropriate. EPA will then forward the
TMDLs to the Louisiana Department of
Environmental Quality (LDEQ). The
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Dissolved Oxygen.
Nutrients and Dissolved
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Nutrients and Dissolved
Dissolved Oxygen.
Dissolved Oxygen.
Dissolved Oxygen.
Nutrients and Dissolved
Nutrients and Dissolved
Dissolved Oxygen.
Oxygen.
Oxygen.
Oxygen.
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Oxygen.
Nutrients and Dissolved Oxygen.
Nutrients and Dissolved Oxygen.
LDEQ will incorporate the TMDLs into
its current water quality management
plan.
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Dated: October 23, 2007.
James R. Brown,
Chief, Planning and Analysis Branch, EPA
Region 6.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Availability of 20 Total Maximum
Daily Loads (TMDL) in Louisiana
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability for comment of the
administrative record files for 20 TMDLs and the calculations for these
TMDLs prepared by EPA Region 6 for waters listed in the Red and the
Terrebonne Basins of Louisiana, under section 303(d) of the Clean Water
Act (CWA). 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: Comments must be submitted in writing to EPA on or before
November 29, 2007.
ADDRESSES: Comments on the 20 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 e-mail: smith.diane@epa.gov. For further information,
contact Diane Smith at (214) 665-2145 or fax 214.665.7373. The
administrative record files for the 20 TMDLs are available for public
inspection at this address as well. Documents from the administrative
record files may be viewed at https://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 EPA failed to establish Louisiana
TMDLs in a timely manner. EPA proposes 15 of these TMDLs pursuant to a
consent decree entered in this lawsuit.
EPA Seeks Comment on 20 TMDLs
By this notice EPA is seeking comment on the following 20 TMDLs for
waters located within Louisiana basins:
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Subsegment Waterbody name Pollutant
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100404............................ Cypress Bayou Reservoir... Dissolved Oxygen.
100405............................ Black Bayou (including Dissolved Oxygen.
Black Bayou Reservoir).
120202............................ Bayou Black--Intracoastal Nutrients and Dissolved Oxygen.
Waterway to Houma.
120204............................ Lake Verret and Grassy Nutrients and Dissolved Oxygen.
Lake.
120304............................ Intracoastal Waterway-- Nutrients and Dissolved Oxygen.
Houma to Larose.
120401............................ Bayou Penchant--Bayou Dissolved Oxygen.
Chene to Lake Penchant.
120403............................ Intracoastal Waterway-- Dissolved Oxygen.
Bayou Boeuf Lake Penchant.
120404............................ .......................... Dissolved Oxygen.
120405............................ Lake Hache, Lake Theriot.. Nutrients and Dissolved Oxygen.
120406............................ Lake de Cade.............. Nutrients and Dissolved Oxygen.
120604............................ Bayou Blue--Intracoastal Dissolved Oxygen.
Waterway to boundary
between segments 1206 and
1207.
120708............................ Lost Lake, Four League Bay Nutrients and Dissolved Oxygen.
120709............................ Bayou Petite Cailou--From Nutrients and Dissolved Oxygen.
Houma Navigation Canal to
Terrebonne Bay.
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EPA requests that the public provide to EPA any water quality
related data and information that may be relevant to the calculations
for the 20 TMDLs. EPA will review all data and information submitted
during the public comment period and 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.
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Dated: October 23, 2007.
James R. Brown,
Chief, Planning and Analysis Branch, EPA Region 6.
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