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file a written request for reconsideration 

within three (3) calendar days of 

receiving the notification of intent to 

deobligate the funds. Any detail or 

arguments regarding why the state 

disagrees with the deobligation decision 

shall be provided at that time. 

3. The written request for 

reconsideration shall be sent via E–Mail 

(PDF) or Facsimile to Jordan Dorfman. 

E–Mail address is 

Dorfman.Jordan@epa.gov; Fax is 202– 

501–2346. 

4. The Assistant Administrator for the 

Office of Water shall review all 

reconsideration submissions, and shall 

issue a decision in writing within three 

(3) calendar days of receiving the 

reconsideration request. This decision 

shall be the final decision of the 

Agency. 

5. The Agency will follow the same 

type of procedure for any subsequent 

reallotments. 

Craig E. Hooks, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of 

Administration and Resources Management. 

[FR Doc. 2010–3847 Filed 2–24–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9118–5] 

Clean Water Act Section 303(d): 

Availability of Ten Total Maximum 

Daily Loads (TMDLs) in Louisiana 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability for comment on the 

administrative record files and the 

calculations of ten TMDLs prepared by 

EPA Region 6. 

This notice covers waters in the State 

of Louisiana’s Atchafalaya and 

Mississippi River Basins that were 

identified as impaired on the States 

Section 303(d) list. These TMDLs were 

completed in response to a court order 

in the lawsuit styled Sierra Club, et al. 

v. Clifford, et al., No. 96–0527, (E.D. 

La.). 

DATES: Comments must be submitted in 

writing to EPA on or before March 29, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on the ten 

TMDLs should be sent to Diane Smith, 

Environmental Protection Specialist, 

Water Quality Protection Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency 

Region 6, 1445 Ross Ave., Dallas, TX 

75202–2733 or e-mail: 

smith.diane@epa.gov. For further 

information, contact Diane Smith at 

(214) 665–2145 or fax 214.665.7373. The 

administrative record files for the ten 

TMDLs are available for public 

inspection at this address as well. 

Documents from the administrative 

record files may be viewed at http:// 

www.epa.gov/earth1r6/6wq/npdes/ 

tmdl/index.htm, or obtained by calling 

or writing Ms. Smith at the above 

address. Please contact Ms. Smith to 

schedule an inspection. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Diane Smith at (214) 665–2145. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1996, 

two Louisiana environmental groups, 

the Sierra Club and Louisiana 

Environmental Action Network 

(plaintiffs), filed a lawsuit in Federal 

Court against the EPA, styled Sierra 

Club, et al. v. Clifford, et al., No. 96– 

0527, (E.D. La.). Among other claims, 

plaintiffs alleged that EPA failed to 

establish Louisiana TMDLs in a timely 

manner. EPA proposes these ten TMDLs 

pursuant to a consent decree entered in 

this lawsuit. 

EPA Seeks Comment on Ten TMDLs 

By this notice EPA is seeking 

comment on the following ten TMDLs 

for waters located within Louisiana: 

Subsegment Waterbody name Pollutant 

010301 ............................................ West Atchafalaya Basin Floodway ........................................................ Dissolved Oxygen. 

070203 ............................................ Devil’s Swamp Lake and Bayou Baton Rouge ..................................... Fecal Coliform. 

070401 ............................................ Mississippi River Passes (estuarine) ..................................................... Fecal Coliform. 

070403 ............................................ Octave Pass and Main Pass (estuarine) ............................................... Fecal Coliform. 

070404 ............................................ Tiger Pass, Red Pass, Grand Pass, and Tante Phine Pass (estuarine).Fecal Coliform. 

070501 ............................................ Bayou Sara ............................................................................................ Fecal Coliform. 

070502 ............................................ Thompson Creek ................................................................................... Fecal Coliform. 

070503 ............................................ Capitol Lake ........................................................................................... Fecal Coliform. 

070505 ............................................ Tunica Bayou ......................................................................................... Fecal Coliform. 

070601 ............................................ Mississippi River Basin Coastal Bays and Gulf Waters to the State 

three-mile limit.

Fecal Coliform. 

EPA requests the public provide to 

EPA any water quality related data and 

information that may be relevant to the 

calculations for the ten TMDLs. EPA 

will review all data and information 

submitted during the public comment 

period and will revise the TMDLs where 

appropriate. EPA will then forward the 

TMDLs to the Louisiana Department of 

Environmental Quality (LDEQ). The 

LDEQ will incorporate the TMDLs into 

its current water quality management 

plan. 

Dated: February 18, 2010. 

Miguel I. Flores, 

Director, Water Quality Protection Division, 

EPA Region 6. 

[FR Doc. 2010–3830 Filed 2–24–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2009–0921; FRL–9118–6] 

Extension of Request for Scientific 

Views for Draft 2009 Update Aquatic 

Life Ambient Water Quality Criteria for 

Ammonia—Freshwater 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice; extension of the request 

for scientific views. 

SUMMARY: On December 30, 2009 (74 FR 

69086), EPA announced the availability 

of draft national recommended water 

quality criteria for ammonia for the 


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