Rules and Regulations. Notice of availability

Agency: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Action: Notice of availability
Citation: FR Doc. 02-31902 · FRL-7423-8

Summary

This notice announces final agency action on 37 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. Clifford, et al. , No. LR-C-99-114. Documents from the administrative record files for the final 37 TMDLs, including TMDL calculations and responses to comments, may be viewed at http://www.epa.gov/earth1r6/6wq/artmdl.htm .

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 Takes Final Agency Action on 37 TMDLs By this notice EPA is taking final agency action on the following 37 TMDLs for waters located within the state of Arkansas: Segment-reach Waterbody name Pollutant 11140203-20-11.9 Dorcheat Bayou Mercury 11140203-22-8.4 Dorcheat Bayou Mercury 11140203-24-7 Dorcheat Bayou Mercury 11140203-26-23.3 Dorcheat Bayou Mercury 11110206-02-8.7 Fourche LaFave River Mercury 11010014-36 South Fork Little Red River Mercury 11140203 Columbia Lake Mercury 11110206 Cove Creek Lake Mercury 11110206 Dry Fork Lake Mercury 11110206 Nimrod Lake Mercury 11010014 Johnson Hole Mercury 11110201 Shepherd Springs Lake Mercury 11110207 Lake Sylvia Mercury 11110207 Spring Lake Mercury 08040201-02-22.5 Ouachita River Mercury 08040201-04-2.5 Ouachita River Mercury 08040202 Oxbow River—Oxbows below Camden Mercury 08040202 Felsenthal Wildlife Refuge Mercury 08040202-02-4 Ouachita River Mercury 08040202-03-8.4 Ouachita River Mercury 08040202-04-28.9 Ouachita River Mercury 08040203 Lake Winona Mercury 08040203-01-0.2 Saline River Mercury 08040204-01-2.8 Saline River Mercury 08040204-02-53 Saline River Mercury 08040204-04-16.4 Saline River Mercury 08040204-06-17.5 Saline River Mercury 08040201-01-12 Moro Creek Mercury 08040201-03-20 Champagnolle Creek Mercury 08040202-03-8.4 Little Champagnolle Mercury 08040205-02-17.9 Bayou Bartholomew Mercury 08040205-12-82.7 Bayou Bartholomew Mercury 08040205-07-16.8 Cutoff Creek Mercury 08040201-606-8.5 ELCC Tributary Chloride 08040201-606-8.5 ELCC Tributary Sulfate 08040201-606-8.5 ELCC Tributary TDS 08040201-606-8.5 ELCC Tributary Ammonia EPA requested the public to provide EPA with any significant data or information that may impact the 37 TMDLs at Federal Register Notice: Volume 67, Number 202, pages 64369-64370 (October 18, 2002). The comments received and EPA's response to comments may be found at http://www.epa.gov/earth1r6/6wq/artmdl.htm . Dated: December 10, 2002. Miguel I. Flores, Director, Water Quality Protection Division, Region 6. [FR Doc. 02-31902 Filed 12-17-02; 8:45 am]