[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 216 (Tuesday, November 9, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68783-68784]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-28263]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-9223-5]


Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Availability of List Decisions

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: This action announces the availability of EPA decisions 
identifying water quality limited segments and associated pollutants in 
California to be listed pursuant to Clean Water Act section 303(d)(2), 
and requests public comment. Section 303(d)(2) requires that States 
submit and EPA approve or

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disapprove lists of waters for which existing technology-based 
pollution controls are not stringent enough to attain or maintain State 
water quality standards and for which total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) 
must be prepared.
    On November 9, 2010, EPA approved California's 2008-2010 submitted 
303(d) list of impaired waters and associated pollutants and 
disapproved California's decisions not to list several water quality 
limited segments as impaired and additional associated pollutants for 
several others. EPA identified these additional water bodies and 
pollutants for inclusion on the State's 2008-2010 section 303(d) list. 
The waterbodies and associated pollutants are identified in Table 1 of 
the decision document available at the Web site link provided below.
    EPA is providing the public the opportunity to review its decisions 
to add waters and pollutants to California's 2008-2010 section 303(d) 
list, as required by EPA's Public Participation regulations. EPA will 
consider public comments received, and may revise its decision if 
appropriate. EPA solicits public comment only on the additional waters 
and associated pollutants for inclusion on California's 2008-2010 
Section 303(d) list.

DATES: Comments must be submitted to EPA on or before December 9, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Comments on the proposed decisions 
should be sent to Valentina Cabrera Stagno, Water Division (WTR-2), 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region IX, 75 Hawthorne Street, 
San Francisco, CA 94105, telephone (415) 972-3434, facsimile (415) 947-
3537, e-mail <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#254644475740574408565144424b4a0b534449404b514c4b44654055440b424a53"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="46252724342334276b3532272128296830272a2328322f28270623362768212930">[email protected]</span></a>. Oral comments will not 
be considered. Material concerning California's 303(d) list which 
explain the rationale for EPA's decisions are available on EPA Region 
IX's Web site at http://www.epa.gov/region9/water/tmdl/california.html 
or by writing or calling Valentina Cabrera Stagno. Underlying 
documentation comprising the record for these decisions is available 
for public inspection at the above address.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act (CWA) 
requires that each State identify those waters for which existing 
technology-based pollution controls are not stringent enough to attain 
or maintain State water quality standards. For those waters, States are 
required to establish TMDLs according to a priority ranking.
    EPA's Water Quality Planning and Management regulations include 
requirements related to the implementation of Section 303(d) of the CWA 
(40 CFR 130.7). The regulations require States to identify water 
quality limited waters still requiring TMDLs every two years. The lists 
of waters still needing TMDLs must also include priority rankings and 
must identify the waters targeted for TMDL development during the next 
two years (40 CFR 130.7). Consistent with EPA's regulations, EPA 
received California's submittal of its listing decisions under Section 
303(d)(2) on October 15, 2010.

    Dated: November 1, 2010.
Alexis Strauss,
Director, Water Division, Region IX.
[FR Doc. 2010-28263 Filed 11-8-10; 8:45 am]
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