Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Final Agency Action on Three Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) in Louisiana, 18548 [2011-7906]
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Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 64 / Monday, April 4, 2011 / Notices
Dated: March 28, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011–7778 Filed 4–1–11; 8:45 am]
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Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Final
Agency Action on Three Total
Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) in
Louisiana
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
This notice announces final
agency action on three TMDLs prepared
SUMMARY:
by EPA Region 6 for waters listed in
Louisiana’s Mississippi River Basin,
under Section 303(d) of the Clean Water
Act (CWA). Documents from the
administrative record file for the three
TMDLs, including TMDL calculations
and responses to comments, may be
viewed at https://www.epa.gov/region6/
water/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.
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 established three of these
TMDLs pursuant to a consent decree
entered in this lawsuit.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
EPA Takes Final Agency Action on
Three TMDLs
Diane Smith, Environmental Protection
Specialist, Water Quality Protection
Division, U.S. EPA Region 6, 1445 Ross
Avenue, Dallas, TX 75202–2733, (214)
665–2145.
By this notice EPA is taking final
agency action on the following three
TMDLs on waters located within the
Louisiana Mississippi River Basin:
Subsegment
Waterbody name
070401 ..............
070502 ..............
070503 ..............
Mississippi River Passes (estuarine) .......................................................................................................
Thompson Creek .....................................................................................................................................
Capitol Lake .............................................................................................................................................
EPA requested the public provide to
EPA any significant water quality
related data or information that might
impact the three TMDLs in the Federal
Register Notice: volume 75, number 37,
page 8698 (February 25, 2010). The
comments which were received, EPA’s
response to comments, as well as the
TMDLs may be found at https://
www.epa.gov/region6/water/npdes/
tmdl/index.htm.
Dated: March 28, 2011.
Miguel I. Flores,
Director, Water Quality Protection Division,
EPA Region 6.
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North Carolina Waters Along the Entire
Length of Brunswick and Pender
Counties and the Lower Portion of the
Cape Fear River in Brunswick and New
Hanover Counties; No Discharge Zone
Determination
On June 21, 2010, the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA), Region 4,
published a proposal in concurrence
with the North Carolina Department of
Environment and Natural Resources
(DENR), Division of Water Quality
(DWQ), that adequate and reasonably
available pumpout facilities exist for the
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designation of Brunswick and Pender
Counties Coastal Waters and a portion
of the Cape Fear River, as a No
Discharge Zone (NDZ). Specifically,
these waters include all the tidal salt
waters extending 3 nautical miles (nm)
into the Atlantic Ocean along the entire
length of Brunswick and Pender
Counties, and the saline waters of the
Cape Fear River in Brunswick and New
Hanover Counties. The other saline
waters of New Hanover County have
already been designated as a NDZ.
The originally proposed geographic
description including latitudes and
longitudes were as follows:
Northern Border of Pender County
with Onslow County (34° 27′23.9″ N 77°
32.4′.859″ W), southwest along the
mainland coast, to include all named
and unnamed creeks, the Atlantic
Intracoastal Waterway, Cape Fear River
(up to Toomers Creek 34° 15′36.61″ N
77° 58′56.03″ W), Brunswick River, and
Northeast Cape Fear River (up to Ness
Creek 34° 17′7.10″ N 77° 57′17.70″ W),
to the intersection of the Western tip of
Brunswick County and South Carolina,
3 nm into the Atlantic Ocean (33°
48′32.903″ N 78° 30′33.675″ W) to
include all the U.S. Territorial Sea
extending 3 nm from South Carolina to
a point 3 nm into the Atlantic Ocean
(34° 24′30.972″ N 78° 28′18.903″ W) to
the Pender/Onslow County Line.
Three comment letters opposing this
designation were received. These letters
were from Cruise Lines International
Association, Moran of Wilmington
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(Division of Moran Towing
Corporation), and McAllister Towing
and Transportation Company. The
reason for the opposition is that there
are not adequate and reasonably
available pumpout facilities available
for these commercial vessels which
have deeper drafts than most
recreational vessels. These are valid
concerns. The State explored the
comments and options, and confirmed
that pumpout facilities are not available
in the upper Cape Fear River
specifically for the tugboats that operate
in those waters and hereby amend the
proposal to remove the Cape Fear River,
above the waterway known as Snow’s
Cut, from the NDZ area. The lower Cape
Fear River is still proposed for NDZ.
The inland limit of the NDZ in the Cape
Fear River will be the waterway known
as Snow’s Cut (A line drawn across the
Cape Fear River at Snows Cut on the
Cape Fear River at Snows Cut on the
Cape Fear River from 34°3′5.8962″ N;
77°55′4.8966″ W to 34°3′4.5216″ N
77°56′37.086″ W).
This petition was filed pursuant to the
Clean Water Act, Section 312(f)(3),
Public Law 92–500 as amended by
Public Law 95–217 and Public Law
100–4. A NDZ is defined as a body of
water in which the discharge of vessel
sewage, both treated and untreated, is
prohibited. Section 312(f)(3) states:
After the effective date of the initial
standards and regulations promulgated
under this section, if any State
determines that the protection and
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Final Agency Action on Three
Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) in Louisiana
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces final agency action on three TMDLs
prepared by EPA Region 6 for waters listed in Louisiana's Mississippi
River Basin, under Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act (CWA).
Documents from the administrative record file for the three TMDLs,
including TMDL calculations and responses to comments, may be viewed at
https://www.epa.gov/region6/water/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,
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 three of these TMDLs pursuant
to a consent decree entered in this lawsuit.
EPA Takes Final Agency Action on Three TMDLs
By this notice EPA is taking final agency action on the following
three TMDLs on waters located within the Louisiana Mississippi River
Basin:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Subsegment Waterbody name Pollutant
------------------------------------------------------------------------
070401............... Mississippi River Fecal Coliform.
Passes (estuarine).
070502............... Thompson Creek....... Fecal Coliform.
070503............... Capitol Lake......... Fecal Coliform.
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EPA requested the public provide to EPA any significant water
quality related data or information that might impact the three TMDLs
in the Federal Register Notice: volume 75, number 37, page 8698
(February 25, 2010). The comments which were received, EPA's response
to comments, as well as the TMDLs may be found at https://www.epa.gov/region6/water/npdes/tmdl/index.htm.
Dated: March 28, 2011.
Miguel I. Flores,
Director, Water Quality Protection Division, EPA Region 6.
[FR Doc. 2011-7906 Filed 4-1-11; 8:45 am]
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