Environmental Protection Agency August 25, 2006 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This notice announces the availability of the TMDL report developed by EPA Region 5 for Stillwell Creek and Squaw Creek in Wisconsin. Both Creeks are located in Monroe County in West Central Wisconsin. Squaw Creek and Stillwell Creek are classified as ``water quality-limited'' and have been placed on Wisconsin's list of waters in need of restoration. The impaired segments addressed in this TMDL are Stillwell Creek, Miles 0.6-2.8, and Squaw Creek, Miles 0.0-0.2. Sediment and Temperature are the pollutants listed as causing the impairment of Stillwell Creek, which is designated as a Class II Trout stream by the State of Wisconsin. Sources of Sediment and Temperature in need of reduction in this TMDL are from the holding and release of water for agricultural purposes. A reduction in temperature between 16 and 34 percent (varying with expected temperature in the stream), and a 13 to 43 percent reduction in sediment (reductions are related to expected variations in hydrology) are targeted. Temperature is the pollutant listed as the cause of the impairment of Squaw Creek, also a Class II trout stream. The source of the impairment in need of reduction in this TMDL is the holding of water in Squaw Lake and its subsequent release from the warmer upper layers near the surface of the lake. A 12-36 percent reduction in temperature (varying with expected temperature in the stream) is targeted. EPA is providing an opportunity for public input regarding the analyses completed for needed pollutant reductions in the TMDL.

This regulation establishes a tolerance for combined residues of kresoxim-methyl in or on vegetable, cucurbit, group 9. Interregional Research Project No. 4 requested this tolerance under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA).

This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of quinoxyfen in or on commodities: lettuce, head and lettuce, leaf; melon, subgroup 9A; pepper, bell and pepper, nonbell; and strawberry. The Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4) requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), as amended by the Food Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA).