Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Availability of Three Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) in Louisiana, 76161 [2011-31250]

Download as PDF 76161 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 234 / Tuesday, December 6, 2011 / Notices instructions; develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements which have subsequently changed; train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information; search data sources; complete and review the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the information. The ICR provides a detailed explanation of the Agency’s estimate, which is only briefly summarized here: For the recordkeeping and reporting requirements applicable to hazardous secondary materials sent for reclamation, the aggregate annual burden to respondents over the threeyear period covered by this ICR is estimated to be 11,552 hours, with a cost to affected entities (i.e., industrial facilities) of $1,417,242. However, this represents an annual reduction in burden to respondents of 52,050 hours, representing a cost reduction of $3,474,035 per year. The estimated annual operation and maintenance costs to affected entities are $739,469 per year, primarily for purchasing audit or other similar type reports. There are no startup costs and no costs for purchases of services. Administrative costs to the Agency are estimated to be 1,257 hours per year, representing an annual cost of $49,891. Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.3(b). What is the next step in the process for this ICR? EPA will consider the comments received and amend the ICR as appropriate. The final ICR package will then be submitted to OMB for review and approval pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.12. At that time, EPA will issue another Federal Register notice pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to announce the submission of the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to submit additional comments to OMB. If you have any questions about this ICR or the approval process, please contact the technical person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. Comments must be submitted in writing to EPA on or before January 20, 2012. DATES: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Comments on the three 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 email: 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 three 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. [FRL–9500–1] FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dated: November 22, 2011. Suzanne Rudzinski, Director, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery. [FR Doc. 2011–31247 Filed 12–5–11; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Availability of Three Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) in Louisiana Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of availability. AGENCY: This notice announces the availability for comment on the administrative record files and the calculations of three TMDLs prepared by EPA Region 6. This notice covers waters in the State of Louisiana’s Lake Pontchartrain Basin that were identified as impaired on the States Section 303(d) list. 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.). SUMMARY: ADDRESSES: Diane Smith at (214) 665–2145. 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 the EPA failed to establish Louisiana TMDLs in a timely manner. The EPA proposes these three TMDLs pursuant to a consent decree entered in this lawsuit. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA Seeks Comment on Three TMDLs By this notice the EPA is seeking comment on the following three TMDLs for waters located within Louisiana: Waterbody name 040505 ................. 041201 ................. 041805 ................. jlentini on DSK4TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Subsegment Ponchatoula Creek and Ponchatoula River ............................................................................................. Bayou Labranche—Headwaters to Lake Pontchartrain (Scenic) (Estuarine) ......................................... Lake Borgne Canal (Violet Canal)—MS River siphon at Violet to Bayou Dupre (Scenic) (Estuarine) ... The EPA requests the public provide to the EPA any water quality related data and information that may be relevant to the calculations for the three TMDLs. The EPA will review all data and information submitted during the public comment period and will revise the TMDLs where appropriate. The 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. VerDate Mar<15>2010 17:04 Dec 05, 2011 Jkt 226001 Pollutant Dated: November 28, 2011. William K. Honker, Acting Director, Water Quality Protection Division, EPA Region 6. Dissolved oxygen. Dissolved oxygen. Dissolved oxygen. Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board [FR Doc. 2011–31250 Filed 12–5–11; 8:45 am] Notice of Appointment of New FASAB Member BILLING CODE 6560–50–P AGENCY: PO 00000 Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board. ACTION: Notice. Board Action: Pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3511(d), the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463), as amended, and the FASAB Rules Of Procedure, as amended in October 2010, notice is hereby given that Mr. Sam Frm 00042 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\06DEN1.SGM 06DEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 234 (Tuesday, December 6, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 76161]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-31250]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9500-1]


Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Availability of 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 the availability for comment on the 
administrative record files and the calculations of three TMDLs 
prepared by EPA Region 6. This notice covers waters in the State of 
Louisiana's Lake Pontchartrain Basin that were identified as impaired 
on the States Section 303(d) list. 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 
January 20, 2012.

ADDRESSES: Comments on the three 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 email: 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 three 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 the EPA failed to establish 
Louisiana TMDLs in a timely manner. The EPA proposes these three TMDLs 
pursuant to a consent decree entered in this lawsuit.

EPA Seeks Comment on Three TMDLs

    By this notice the EPA is seeking comment on the following three 
TMDLs for waters located within Louisiana:

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         Subsegment                 Waterbody name          Pollutant
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040505......................  Ponchatoula Creek and      Dissolved
                               Ponchatoula River.         oxygen.
041201......................  Bayou Labranche--          Dissolved
                               Headwaters to Lake         oxygen.
                               Pontchartrain (Scenic)
                               (Estuarine).
041805......................  Lake Borgne Canal (Violet  Dissolved
                               Canal)--MS River siphon    oxygen.
                               at Violet to Bayou Dupre
                               (Scenic) (Estuarine).
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    The EPA requests the public provide to the EPA any water quality 
related data and information that may be relevant to the calculations 
for the three TMDLs. The EPA will review all data and information 
submitted during the public comment period and will revise the TMDLs 
where appropriate. The 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.

    Dated: November 28, 2011.
William K. Honker,
Acting Director, Water Quality Protection Division, EPA Region 6.
[FR Doc. 2011-31250 Filed 12-5-11; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6560-50-P
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