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Clean Water Act Section 303(d):
Availability of List Decisions
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces the
availability of EPA’s Responsiveness
Summary Concerning EPA’s June 26,
2008 Public Notice of Final Decisions to
Add Waters and Pollutants to Arkansas’
2008 Section 303(d) List.
On June 26, 2008, EPA published a
notice in the Federal Register at Volume
73, Number 124, page 36319 providing
the public the opportunity to review its
final decisions to add waters and
pollutants to Arkansas’ 2008 Section
303(d) List as required by EPA’s Public
Participation regulations (40 CFR Part
25). Based on the Responsiveness
Summary, EPA has decided to remove
six waterbody-pollutant combinations
identified in EPA’s Final Action on
Arkansas’ 2008 Section 303(d) list based
on additional information provided by
the Arkansas Department of
Environmental Quality (ADEQ).
Furthermore, EPA is delisting five
waterbody-pollutant combinations
previously approved by EPA on June 18,
2008 based on information provided by
GBMc & Associates. EPA is also adding
one new waterbody-pollutant
combination, Bayou DeView and
aluminum, based on information
provided by ADEQ. Therefore, EPA has
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revised its decision to disapprove
Arkansas’ decisions not to list 67
waterbody-pollutant combinations
instead of the 73 waterbody-pollutant
combinations proposed in EPA’s Record
of Decision for the 2008 Section 303(d)
List. With the addition of Bayou
DeView, EPA is adding 68 waterbodypollutant combinations. A listing of
these 68 waterbody-pollutant
combinations along with priority
rankings for inclusion on the 2008
Section 303(d) List can be found in
Tables 2 and 4 of EPA’s Responsiveness
Summary. A listing of the five
waterbody-pollutant combinations EPA
is delisting can be found in Table 3 of
EPA’s Responsiveness Summary.
ADDRESSES: Copies of EPA’s
Responsiveness Summary Concerning
EPA’s June 26, 2008 Public Notice of
Final Decisions to Add Waters and
Pollutants to Arkansas; 2008 Section
303(d) List and the list of 68 waterbodypollutant pairs can be obtained at EPA
Region 6’s Web site at https://
www.epa.gov/region06/water/npdes/
tmdl/index.htm, or by writing or calling
Ms. Diane Smith at Water Quality
Protection Division, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency Region 6, 1445 Ross
Ave., Dallas, TX 75202–2733, telephone
(214) 665–2145, facsimile (214) 665–
6490, or e-mail: smith.diane@epa.gov.
Underlying documents from the
administrative record for these
decisions are available for public
inspection at the above address. Please
contact Ms. Smith to schedule an
inspection.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Diane Smith at (214) 665–2145.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
303(d) of the Clean Water Act (CWA)
requires that each state identify those
waters for which existing technologybased pollution controls are not
stringent enough to attain or maintain
state water quality standards. For those
waters, states are required to establish
Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs)
according to a priority ranking.
Consistent with EPA’s regulations,
Arkansas submitted to EPA its listing
decisions under Section 303(d) on April
1, 2008. On June 18, 2008, EPA
approved Arkansas’ listing of 369
waterbody-pollutant combinations and
associated priority rankings. EPA took
neither an approval or disapproval
action on 34 waters listed for beryllium
and twenty (20) waterbody-pollutant
pairs that appear to have been listed in
error. EPA disapproved Arkansas’
decisions not to list 73 waterbodypollutant combinations. Based on the
public comments, EPA has revised its
decision to disapprove Arkansas’s
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decision not to list 67 waterbodypollutant combinations and added one
additional waterbody-pollutant
combination. A listing of these 68
waterbody-pollutant combinations along
with priority rankings for inclusion on
the 2008 Section 303(d) List can be
found in Table 4 of EPA’s
Responsiveness Summary. Furthermore,
based on public comments, EPA is
reversing its approval decision for five
waterbody-pollutant combinations in
favor of delisting. A listing of these five
waterbody-pollutant combinations
which are being delisted can be found
in Table 3 of EPA’s Responsiveness
Summary.
Dated: September 23, 2008.
Miguel I Flores,
Director, Water Quality Protection Division,
Region 6.
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Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Availability of List Decisions
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of EPA's Responsiveness
Summary Concerning EPA's June 26, 2008 Public Notice of Final Decisions
to Add Waters and Pollutants to Arkansas' 2008 Section 303(d) List.
On June 26, 2008, EPA published a notice in the Federal Register at
Volume 73, Number 124, page 36319 providing the public the opportunity
to review its final decisions to add waters and pollutants to Arkansas'
2008 Section 303(d) List as required by EPA's Public Participation
regulations (40 CFR Part 25). Based on the Responsiveness Summary, EPA
has decided to remove six waterbody-pollutant combinations identified
in EPA's Final Action on Arkansas' 2008 Section 303(d) list based on
additional information provided by the Arkansas Department of
Environmental Quality (ADEQ). Furthermore, EPA is delisting five
waterbody-pollutant combinations previously approved by EPA on June 18,
2008 based on information provided by GBMc & Associates. EPA is also
adding one new waterbody-pollutant combination, Bayou DeView and
aluminum, based on information provided by ADEQ. Therefore, EPA has
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revised its decision to disapprove Arkansas' decisions not to list 67
waterbody-pollutant combinations instead of the 73 waterbody-pollutant
combinations proposed in EPA's Record of Decision for the 2008 Section
303(d) List. With the addition of Bayou DeView, EPA is adding 68
waterbody-pollutant combinations. A listing of these 68 waterbody-
pollutant combinations along with priority rankings for inclusion on
the 2008 Section 303(d) List can be found in Tables 2 and 4 of EPA's
Responsiveness Summary. A listing of the five waterbody-pollutant
combinations EPA is delisting can be found in Table 3 of EPA's
Responsiveness Summary.
ADDRESSES: Copies of EPA's Responsiveness Summary Concerning EPA's June
26, 2008 Public Notice of Final Decisions to Add Waters and Pollutants
to Arkansas; 2008 Section 303(d) List and the list of 68 waterbody-
pollutant pairs can be obtained at EPA Region 6's Web site at https://
www.epa.gov/region06/water/npdes/tmdl/index.htm, or by writing or
calling Ms. Diane Smith at Water Quality Protection Division, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency Region 6, 1445 Ross Ave., Dallas, TX
75202-2733, telephone (214) 665-2145, facsimile (214) 665-6490, or e-
mail: smith.diane@epa.gov. Underlying documents from the administrative
record for these decisions are available for public inspection at the
above address. Please contact Ms. Smith to schedule an inspection.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diane Smith at (214) 665-2145.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act (CWA)
requires that each state identify those waters for which existing
technology-based pollution controls are not stringent enough to attain
or maintain state water quality standards. For those waters, states are
required to establish Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) according to a
priority ranking.
Consistent with EPA's regulations, Arkansas submitted to EPA its
listing decisions under Section 303(d) on April 1, 2008. On June 18,
2008, EPA approved Arkansas' listing of 369 waterbody-pollutant
combinations and associated priority rankings. EPA took neither an
approval or disapproval action on 34 waters listed for beryllium and
twenty (20) waterbody-pollutant pairs that appear to have been listed
in error. EPA disapproved Arkansas' decisions not to list 73 waterbody-
pollutant combinations. Based on the public comments, EPA has revised
its decision to disapprove Arkansas's decision not to list 67
waterbody-pollutant combinations and added one additional waterbody-
pollutant combination. A listing of these 68 waterbody-pollutant
combinations along with priority rankings for inclusion on the 2008
Section 303(d) List can be found in Table 4 of EPA's Responsiveness
Summary. Furthermore, based on public comments, EPA is reversing its
approval decision for five waterbody-pollutant combinations in favor of
delisting. A listing of these five waterbody-pollutant combinations
which are being delisted can be found in Table 3 of EPA's
Responsiveness Summary.
Dated: September 23, 2008.
Miguel I Flores,
Director, Water Quality Protection Division, Region 6.
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