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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9248–3] 

Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Notice 

for the Establishment of the Total 

Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for the 

Chesapeake Bay 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Availability of the 

Chesapeake Bay TMDL. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s 

establishment of the Chesapeake Bay 

(Bay) TMDL on December 29, 2010 for 

nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment for 

the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal 

tributaries. EPA provided a 45-day 

public review of the Draft Bay TMDL 

which was held from September 24 

through November 8 of 2010. Based on 

comments and information EPA 

received from the public and affected 

jurisdictions during the public review 

period, EPA has revised the draft TMDL 

as appropriate and established the Bay 

TMDL for nitrogen, phosphorus and 

sediment for each of the 92 segments in 

the tidal portion of the Chesapeake Bay 

watershed pursuant to Sections 117(g) 

and 303(d) of the Clean Water Act 

(CWA). The TMDL provides pollutant 

loads for nitrogen, phosphorus and 

sediment which can enter a waterbody 

without causing a violation in the water 

quality standards. The TMDL allocates 

that pollutant load between point and 

nonpoint sources. The Bay TMDL 

contains segment specific point 

(wasteload) and non-point (load) 

allocations for nitrogen, phosphorus and 

sediment that when met will assure the 

attainment and maintenance of all 

applicable water quality standards for 

each of the 92 segments. The Bay TMDL 

is a key part of the clean water 

commitment in the Federal Strategy 

developed as part of Executive Order 

13508 on Chesapeake Bay Protection 

and Restoration. EPA has worked 

closely with its federal partners, the six 

watershed states, the District of 

Columbia, local governments and other 

parties to put in place a comprehensive, 

transparent and accountable set of 

commitments and actions that together 

ensure that pollution controls needed to 

restore Bay water quality are 

implemented by no later than 2025 

(Executive Order, 13508). 

Additional information on the Bay 

TMDL can be found at: http:// 

www.epa.gov/chesapeakebaytmdl. 

Viewing: The TMDL can be viewed at 

http://www.epa.gov/ 

chesapeakebaytmdl, in person at EPA 

Region III, 1650 Arch Street, 

Philadelphia, PA 19103 with proper 

arrangements made in advance with the 

Region 3 library (215–814–5254 or 

library-reg3@epa.gov) or at the EPA 

Chesapeake Bay Program Office at 410 

Severn Avenue, Suite 112, Annapolis, 

MD 21403 (Contact Debbie Embleton 

410–267–9856 or 

Embleton.debbie@epa.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

303(d) of the CWA requires that each 

state identify those waters within its 

boundaries for which existing 

technology-based and other pollution 

controls required by the CWA are not 

stringent enough to attain or maintain 

state water quality standards. A TMDL 

must be established for each of those 

‘‘impaired’’ waters. TMDLs are pollution 

budgets designed to identify necessary 

reductions of pollutant loads to the 

impaired waters so that the appropriate 

water quality standards are met, 

including designated uses like fishing or 

swimming and water quality criteria for 

parameters such as dissolved oxygen 

and water clarity. 

Background: EPA solicited comments 

on the Draft Bay TMDL during a 45-day 

public review of the TMDL which was 

held from September 24 through 

November 8 of 2010. During the review 

period EPA held 18 public meetings and 

webinars throughout the watershed to 

assist the public in their understanding 

of the draft TMDL. Based on comments 

EPA received from the public and 

affected jurisdictions during the public 

review period, as well as watershed 

implementation plans submitted by the 

jurisdictions, EPA has revised the draft 

TMDL as appropriate and is establishing 

the Bay TMDL for nitrogen, phosphorus 

and sediment for each of the 92 

segments in the tidal portion of the 

Chesapeake Bay watershed pursuant to 

Sections 117 (g) and 303(d) of the Clean 

Water Act (CWA). 

Why was a TMDL developed for the 

Chesapeake Bay? The Chesapeake Bay 

is a national treasure constituting the 

largest estuary in the United States and 

one of the largest and most biologically 

productive estuaries in the world. 

Despite significant efforts by federal, 

state, and local governments and other 

interested parties, water pollution in the 

Chesapeake Bay prevents the attainment 

of existing state water quality standards. 

The pollutants that are largely 

responsible for impairment of the 

Chesapeake Bay are nitrogen, 

phosphorus, and sediment. EPA, in 

coordination with the Bay watershed 

jurisdictions of Delaware, the District of 

Columbia, Maryland, New York, 

Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West 

Virginia, established nitrogen, 

phosphorus and sediment pollution 

budget for the Bay consistent with CWA 

requirements to guide and assist 

Chesapeake Bay restoration efforts. 

Who developed the Bay TMDL? EPA 

Region III Water Protection Division was 

primarily responsible for the 

establishment of the Bay TMDL, at the 

request of the Bay jurisdictions. The 

Chesapeake Bay Program Office in EPA 

Region III had the modeling and water 

quality expertise needed to develop a 

TMDL. EPA Region II provided 

guidance and technical support to 

Region III and cosigned the final TMDL 

as New York State is included in the 

Chesapeake Bay watershed, and sources 

in New York State (like the other 

jurisdictions) contribute nitrogen, 

phosphorus and sediment to the Bay. 

EPA used the Chesapeake Bay Program 

committee structure to engage the 

watershed jurisdictions in the 

development of the TMDL, including 

the Chesapeake Bay Water Quality Goal 

Implementation Team (formerly the 

Water Quality Steering Committee and 

Nutrient Subcommittee), which is 

composed of the seven Bay watershed 

jurisdictions, the Chesapeake Bay 

Commission, the Susquehanna River 

Basin Commission, the Interstate 

Commission on the Potomac River 

Basin, and EPA Regions II and III. Major 

policy input was provided by the 

Chesapeake Bay Program Principals’ 

Staff Committee (Secretaries from each 

Bay jurisdiction, the Chesapeake Bay 

Commission Executive Director, and the 

EPA Region III Regional Administrator) 

and Executive Council (Bay watershed 

State Governors, Mayor of District of 

Columbia, the Chesapeake Bay 

Commission Chair, and the EPA 

Administrator). 

What is the scope of the Bay TMDL? 

The Bay TMDL addresses all segments 

of the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal 

tributaries. The Bay TMDL consists of 

pollutant allocations, addressing 

nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment, for 

each of the 92 segments in the Bay and 

tidal tributaries. EPA intends that the 

Bay TMDL will be established at a level 

necessary to ensure attainment of water 

quality standards in each of these 

segments. In addition, the Bay TMDL 

assigns individual and (as appropriate) 

aggregate maximum daily and annual 

allowable point source and nonpoint 

source loadings, called wasteload 

allocations (WLAs) and load allocations 

(LAs), respectively, across all 

jurisdictions within the Bay watershed. 

How will the TMDL promote nitrogen, 

phosphorus and sediment reductions? 

Under CWA, the Bay TMDL established 

a watershed pollution budget for 

nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment 


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necessary to meet water quality 

standards in the Bay. Other provisions 

of the CWA, as well as the jurisdictions’ 

Watershed Implementation Plans 

(WIPs), were developed to implement 

the Bay TMDL. EPA worked with its 

partners, the Bay jurisdictions, to assist 

in their development of individual 

jurisdiction-specific WIPs, which 

collectively serve as part of the overall 

TMDL implementation framework. 

Those WIPs are not part of the Bay 

TMDL itself but are part of the TMDL 

record and help provide reasonable 

assurance that the necessary nitrogen, 

phosphorus and sediment reductions 

identified in the TMDL will be 

achieved. The WIPs identify specific 

nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment 

reduction targets by geographic location 

and sector to achieve allowable 

loadings, as well as a description and 

schedule of actions that the jurisdictions 

will take to achieve these reductions. 

In accordance with Executive Order 

13508, EPA and the jurisdictions also 

will provide the next set of two-year 

milestone commitments specifying what 

source controls will be taken to reduce 

nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment 

during that period. Any questions or 

comments regarding the substance of 

the individual WIPs, or the WIPs 

themselves should be addressed to the 

individual jurisdiction. Links to the 

WIPs are available at http:// 

www.epa.gov/chesapeakebaytmdl. 

Dated: December 29, 2010. 

Jon M. Capacasa, 

Water Protection Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, Region III. 

[FR Doc. 2010–33280 Filed 1–4–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0190; FRL–8858–4] 

Second National Bed Bug Summit; 

Notice of Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA is planning the second 

National Bed Bug Summit to be held 

February 1 and 2, 2011, on the topic of 

the bed bug resurgence in the United 

States. The goal of this meeting is to 

review the current bed bug problem and 

identify and prioritize further actions to 

address the problem. The objectives of 

the summit are to identify knowledge 

gaps and barriers to effective 

community-wide bed bug control; 

propose the next steps in addressing 

knowledge gaps and eliminating 

barriers; and develop a framework for 

addressing the highest priority needs. 

The agenda for this meeting is under 

development and will be posted on our 

Web site and placed in the docket in 

advance of the meeting. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

February 1 and 2, 2011, from 8:30 a.m. 

to 6 p.m. Requests to participate in the 

meeting must be received on or before 

January 24, 2011. 

To request accommodation of a 

disability, please contact the person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATON

CONTACT, preferably at least 10 days 

prior to the meeting, to give EPA as 

much time as possible to process your 

request. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Georgetown University Hotel and 

Conference Center at 3800 Reservoir 

Road, NW., Washington, DC 20057. For 

additional information on the location, 

please see the following Web page: 

http://www.accguhotelandconferencecenter.com/. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Angela Hollis, Registration Division 

(7505P), Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001; telephone number: 

(703) 347–0216; fax number: (703) 308– 

0029; e-mail address: 

hollis.angela@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general. This action may, however, be 

of interest to persons who are concerned 

about bed bugs, persons who work in 

residential settings, housing owners and 

managers, pest management 

professionals, pesticide industry and 

trade associations, public health 

organizations, environmental and 

consumer groups, academia, State, local 

and Tribal governments, persons who 

are interested in implementation of the 

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and 

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA); the Federal 

Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), 

and the amendments to both of these 

major pesticide laws by the Food 

Quality Protection Act (FQPA) of 1996. 

Since other entities may also be 

interested, the Agency has not 

attempted to describe all the specific 

entities that may be affected by this 

action. If you have any questions 

regarding the applicability of this action 

to a particular entity, consult the person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

B. How can I get copies of this document 

and other related information? 

EPA has established a docket for this 

action under docket ID number EPA– 

HQ–OPP–2009–0190. Publicly available 

docket materials are available either in 

the electronic docket at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or, if only 

available in hard copy, at the Office of 

Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory 

Public Docket in Rm. S–4400, One 

Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. 

Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The hours of 

operation of this Docket Facility are 

from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The Docket Facility telephone 

number is (703) 305–5805. 

II. Background 

The resurgence of the common bed 

bug continues to be affecting many areas 

of the country. As this resilient pest has 

become a nationwide problem affecting 

hotels, universities, and homes in the 

general population, it is important that 

the federal government assist in 

exploring means of effectively 

identifying challenges and ways to 

remedy this pest concern. EPA began 

discussions to share information on the 

topic of bed bugs at the first National 

Bed Bug Summit in April 2009. The first 

summit provided a venue to identify 

ideas and opinions on bed bug control 

and to develop recommendations. This 

second Bed Bug Summit will further 

these discussions by identifying 

knowledge gaps and barriers to effective 

community-wide bed bug control; 

proposing the next steps in addressing 

knowledge gaps and eliminating 

barriers; and developing a framework 

for addressing the highest priority 

needs. Potential participants for this 

forum include Federal, State, and local 

government agencies responsible for 

public health and public housing, 

researchers and academicians; health, 

housing and environmental advocacy 

organizations; the pest management 

industry; pesticide manufacturers; and 

other interested parties. All interested 

parties are encouraged to participate. 

III. How can I request to participate in 

this meeting? 

You may submit a request to 

participate in this meeting to 

BedBugSummit2Registration@epa.gov. 

Requests to participate in the meeting 

should include name, affiliation, 

address, telephone number, and e-mail 

address. Do not submit any information 

in your request that is considered CBI. 

Requests to participate in the meeting 

must be received on or before January 

24, 2011. 


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