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VI. Conclusion 

The promising practices are a starting 

point intended to promote partnerships 

between communities and permit 

applicants. EPA believes that a permit 

applicant that follows the promising 

practices will take an important step on 

the path to building a fruitful and 

cooperative relationship with 

community members on environmental 

issues. EPA also believes that a permit 

applicant’s efforts to meaningfully 

engage an overburdened community are 

an important way to promote 

environmental justice. EPA agrees with 

the message that many stakeholders 

send: Collaborations between permit 

applicants and the surrounding 

neighborhoods achieve greater 

environmental protections, more 

profitable operations, and more 

sustainable communities. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

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Clean Water Act: Availability of List 

Decisions 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of EPA’s action identifying 

water quality limited segments and 

associated pollutants in Louisiana to be 

listed pursuant to Clean Water Act 

Section 303(d), and request for public 

comment. Section 303(d) requires that 

States submit and EPA approve or 

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 May 01, 2013, EPA partially 

approved and proposed to partially 

disapprove Louisiana’s 2012 Section 

303(d) submittal. Specifically, EPA 

approved Louisiana’s listing of 323 

waterbody pollutant combinations, and 

associated priority rankings. EPA 

proposed to disapprove Louisiana’s 

decisions not to list three waterbodies. 

These three waterbodies were added by 

EPA because the applicable numeric 

water quality standards marine criterion 

for dissolved oxygen was not attained in 

these segments. 

EPA is providing the public the 

opportunity to review its proposed 

decisions to add the three waters to 

Louisiana’s 2012 Section 303(d) List. 

EPA will consider public comments and 

if necessary amend its proposed action 

on the additional waterbodies identified 

for inclusion on Louisiana’s Final 2012 

Section 303(d) List. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted in 

writing to EPA on or before June 10, 

2013. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on the decisions 

should be sent to Diane Smith, 


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Environmental Protection Specialist, 

Water Quality Protection Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency 

Region 6, 1445 Ross Ave., Dallas, TX 

75202–2733, telephone (214) 665–2145, 

facsimile (214) 665–6490, or email: 

smith.diane@epa.gov. Oral comments 

will not be considered. Copies of the 

documents which explain the rationale 

for EPA’s decisions and a list of the 3 

water quality limited segments for 

which EPA proposed disapproval of 

Louisiana’s decisions not to list can be 

obtained at EPA Region 6’s Web site at 

http://www.epa.gov/region6/water/

npdes/tmdl/index.htm, or by writing or 

calling Ms. Smith at the above address. 

Underlying documents from the 

administrative record for these 

decisions are available for public 

inspection at the above address. Please 

contact Ms. Smith to schedule an 

inspection. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Diane Smith at (214) 665–2145. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

303(d) of the Clean Water Act (CWA) 

requires that each State identify those 

waters for which existing technologybased pollution controls are not 

stringent enough to attain or maintain 

State water quality standards. For those 

waters, States are required to establish 

Total Maximum Daily Loads (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 list 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). On March 31, 2000, EPA 

promulgated a revision to this 

regulation that waived the requirement 

for States to submit Section 303(d) lists 

in 2000 except in cases where a court 

order, consent decree, or settlement 

agreement required EPA to take action 

on a list in 2000 (65 FR 17170). 

Consistent with EPA’s regulations, 

Louisiana submitted to EPA its listing 

decisions under Section 303(d) on 

February 01, 2013. On May 01, 2013, 

EPA approved Louisiana’s listing of 323 

water body-pollutant combinations and 

associated priority rankings. EPA 

proposed to disapprove Louisiana’s 

decisions not to list three waterbodies. 

These three waterbodies were proposed 

for addition by EPA because the 

applicable numeric water quality 

standards marine criterion for dissolved 

oxygen was not attained in these 

segments. EPA solicits public comment 

on its identification of three additional 

waters for inclusion on Louisiana’s 2012 

Section 303(d) List. 

Dated: May 1, 2013. 

William K. Honker, 

Director, Water Quality Protection Division. 

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AGENCY 

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Notification of a Public Teleconference 

of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory 

Committee (CASAC); Oxides of 

Nitrogen Primary NAAQS Review Panel 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory 

Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a 

public teleconference of the Clean Air 

Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) 

Oxides of Nitrogen (NOX) Primary 

National Ambient Air Quality Standards 

(NAAQS) Review Panel to provide 

consultative advice on EPA’s Draft Plan 

for Development of the Integrated 

Science Assessment (ISA) for NOX— 

Health Criteria. 

DATES: The public teleconference will 

be held on Wednesday, June 5, 2013 

from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Eastern 

Time). 

Location: The public teleconference 

will be conducted by telephone only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing to obtain 

information concerning the public 

meeting may contact Mr. Aaron Yeow, 

Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA 

Science Advisory Board Staff Office 

(1400R), U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20460; by 

telephone/voice mail at (202) 564–2050 

or at yeow.aaron@epa.gov. General 

information about the CASAC, as well 

as any updates concerning the meeting 

announced in this notice, may be found 

on the EPA Web site at http:// 

www.epa.gov/casac. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

CASAC was established pursuant to the 

Clean Air Act (CAA) Amendments of 

1977, codified at 42 U.S.C. 7409D(d)(2), 

to provide advice, information, and 

recommendations to the Administrator 

on the scientific and technical aspects of 

issues related to the criteria for air 

quality standards, research related to air 

quality, sources of air pollution, and the 

strategies to attain and maintain air 

quality standards and to prevent 

significant deterioration of air quality. 

The CASAC is a Federal Advisory 

Committee chartered under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 

U.S.C., App. 2. Pursuant to FACA and 

EPA policy, notice is hereby given that 

the CASAC NOX Primary NAAQS 

Review Panel will hold a public meeting 

to provide consultative advice on EPA’s 

Draft Plan for Development of the 

Integrated Science Assessment (ISA) for 

NOX—Health Criteria. The CASAC NOX

Primary NAAQS Review Panel and the 

CASAC will comply with the provisions 

of FACA and all appropriate SAB Staff 

Office procedural policies. 

Section 109(d)(1) of the CAA requires 

that the Agency periodically review and 

revise, as appropriate, the air quality 

criteria and the NAAQS for the six 

‘‘criteria’’ air pollutants, including NOX. 

EPA is currently reviewing the primary 

(health-based) NAAQS for nitrogen 

dioxide (NO2). Accordingly, the SAB 

Staff Office solicited nominations for 

the CASAC NOX Primary NAAQS 

Review Panel on October 17, 2012 (77 

FR 63827–63828). Membership of the 

Panel is listed at http://yosemite.epa.

gov/sab/sabpeople.nsf/WebCommittees

Subcommittees/CASAC%20Oxides%20

of%20Nitrogen%20Primary%20NAAQS

%20Review%20Panel%20(2013-2016). 

EPA will develop several documents 

in support of its review of the primary 

(health-based) NAAQS for NO2, drafts of 

which will be subject to review or 

consultation by the CASAC panel. 

These documents include the Draft Plan 

for Development of the Integrated 

Science Assessment (ISA) for NOX— 

Health Criteria; the Integrated Review 

Plan (IRP) for the Primary NAAQS for 

NO2; the Integrated Science Assessment 

(ISA) for NOX—Health Criteria; a Risk 

and Exposure Assessment (REA), as 

warranted; and the Policy Assessment 

(PA). The purpose of the teleconference 

announced in this notice is for the 

CASAC Panel to provide consultative 

advice on the Draft Plan for 

Development of the Integrated Science 

Assessment (ISA) for NOX—Health 

Criteria. 

Availability of Meeting Materials: 

Agendas and materials in support of this 

meeting will be placed on the EPA Web 

site at http://www.epa.gov/casac in 

advance of the meeting. For technical 

questions and information concerning 

the review materials please contact Dr. 

Molini Patel of EPA’s Office of Research 

and Development at (919) 541–1492, or 

patel.molini@epa.gov. 

Procedures for Providing Public Input: 

Public comment for consideration by 

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