[Federal Register: October 1, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 190)]
[Notices]               
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-7565-7]

 
Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Availability of 3 Total Maximum 
Daily Loads (TMDLs)

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 file for 3 TMDLs and the calculations for these 
TMDLs prepared by EPA Region 6 for waters listed in the state of 
Arkansas under section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act (CWA). These TMDLs 
were completed in response to the lawsuit styled Sierra Club, et al. v. 
Browner, et al., No. LR-C-99-114.

DATES: Comments must be submitted in writing to EPA on or before 
October 31, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Comments on the 3 TMDLs should be sent to Ellen Caldwell, 
Environmental Protection Specialist, Water Quality Protection Division, 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 6, 1445 Ross Ave., Dallas, 
TX 75202-2733, facsimile (214) 665-6490, or e-mail: caldwell.ellen@epa.gov. For further information, contact Ellen Caldwell 
at (214) 665-7513. Documents from the administrative record file for 
these TMDLs are available for public inspection at this address as 
well. Documents from the administrative record file may be viewed at 
http://www.epa.gov/region6/water/artmdl.htm, or obtained by calling or 
writing Ms. Caldwell at the above address. Please contact Ms. Caldwell 
to schedule an inspection.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Caldwell at (214) 665-7513.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1999, five Arkansas environmental groups, 
the Sierra Club, Federation of Fly Fishers, Crooked Creek Coalition, 
Arkansas Fly Fishers, and Save our Streams (plaintiffs), filed a 
lawsuit in Federal Court against the United States Environmental 
Protection Agency (EPA), styled Sierra Club, et al. v. Browner, et al., 
No. LR-C-99-114. Among other claims, plaintiffs alleged that EPA failed 
to establish Arkansas TMDLs in a timely manner. EPA proposes these 
TMDLs pursuant to a consent decree entered in this lawsuit.

EPA Seeks Comments on 3 TMDLs

    By this notice EPA is seeking comment on the following 3 TMDLs for 
waters located within the state of Arkansas:

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          Segment-reach               Waterbody name        Pollutant
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AR11110203-904-3.................  Stone Dam Creek....  Ammonia.
AR11110203-904-3.................  Stone Dam Creek....  Nitrates.
AR11110203-931-10................  Whig Creek.........  Copper.
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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 these 3 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 Arkansas Department 
of Environmental Quality (ADEQ). The ADEQ will incorporate the TMDLs 
into its current water quality management plan. The EPA also will 
revise the Arkansas 303(d) list as appropriate.

    Dated: September 23, 2003.
Miguel I. Flores,
Director, Water Quality Protection Division, Region 6.
[FR Doc. 03-24777 Filed 9-30-03; 8:45 am]

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