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BILLING CODE 6560-50-P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL-7773-6] 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 *http://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 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 08040201-80 Big Johnson Lake Mercury in fish tissue. 08040204-27 Grays Lake Mercury in fish tissue. 08040204 Monticello Lake Mercury in fish tissue. EPA requested the public to provide EPA with any significant data or information that may impact the 3 TMDLs at **Federal Register** notice 69 FR 19183 (April 12, 2004). No comments were received. Dated: June 8, 2004. Miguel I. Flores, Director, Water Quality Protection Division, Region 6. [FR Doc. 04-13686 Filed 6-18-04; 8:45 am]