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BILLING CODE 6560-50-P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL-7597-3] Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Final Agency Action on 3 Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of availability. SUMMARY: This notice announces final agency action on 3 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 3 TMDLs, including TMDL calculations and responses to comments, may be viewed at *www.epa.gov/earth1r6/6wq/artmdl.htm* ADDRESSES: The administrative record files for these 3 TMDLs may be obtained by writing or calling Ms. Ellen Caldwell, Environmental Protection Specialist, Water Quality Protection Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 6, 1445 Ross Ave., Dallas, TX 75202-2733. 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. *Clifford, 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 3 TMDLs By this notice EPA is taking final agency action on the following 3 TMDLs for waters located within the state of Arkansas: Segment-reach Waterbody name Pollutant AR11110203-904-3 Stone Dam Creek Ammonia. AR11110203-904-3 Stone Dam Creek Nitrates. AR11110203-931-10 Whig Creek Copper. EPA requested the public to provide EPA with any significant data or information that may impact the 3 TMDLs at **Federal Register** Notice: Volume 68, Number 190, page 56632 (October 1, 2003). The comments received and EPA's response to comments may be found at *www.epa.gov/earth1r6/6wq/artmdl.htm* Dated: December 1, 2003. Miguel I. Flores, Director, Water Quality Protection Division, Region 6. [FR Doc. 03-30515 Filed 12-8-03; 8:45 am]