Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 60 / Wednesday, March 28, 2012 / Notices 18809 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9653–4] 

Clean Water Act Section 303(d): 

Proposed Withdrawal of Nine Total 

Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of proposed withdrawal 

of nine TMDLs. 

SUBJECT: The EPA hereby issues notice 

of the proposed withdrawal of nine final 

Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) 

for Chloride, Sulfate, and Total 

Dissolved Solids (TDS) for the Bayou de 

L’Outre Watershed in Arkansas. The 

EPA proposes to withdraw the Bayou de 

L’Outre TMDLs due to the discovery of 

inconsistencies in the values used to 

derive the flow and load duration 

curves, resulting in the calculation of 

TMDLs which do not accurately reflect 

the loading capacity of the segments. 

Any future withdrawal action will not 

affect seven final TMDLs published 

under the same Federal Register notice 

(see 76 FR 52947) which pertain to 

segments 08040203–010, 08040204–006, 

and 08040206–015, –016, –716, –816, 

–916. 

DATES: Comments on the proposed 

withdrawal action must be submitted in 

writing to the EPA on or before April 27, 

2012. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on the proposed 

withdrawal action of the Bayou de 

L’Outre TMDLs should be sent to Diane 

Smith, Environmental Protection 

Specialist, Water Quality Protection 

Division, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue 

Dallas, TX 75202–2733, or emailed to 

smith.diane@epa.gov. The 

administrative record files for the nine 

TMDLs are available for public 

inspection at the previously listed 

address. Please contact Diane Smith (via 

mail, email, or by calling (214) 665– 

2145) to schedule an inspection or to 

obtain copies of relevant supporting 

documents. Documents from the 

administrative record files may also be 

viewed at http://www.epa.gov/region6/ 

water/npdes/tmdl/index.htm. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

TMDLs were developed under EPA 

Contract Number 68–C–02–108. The 

Federal Register notice of availability, 

seeking public comments on the draft 

TMDLs, was published on December 17, 

2007 (see 72 FR 71409). Public 

comments were received by January 16, 

2008, and a response to each comment 

was provided. The Federal Register 

notice of availability for the final 

TMDLs was published on August 24, 

2011 (see 76 FR 52947). The nine 

pollutant pairs for Bayou de L’Outre 

subject to the proposed withdrawal are 

as follows. 

Segment (reach) Waterbody name Pollutant 

08040202–006 .................................................... Bayou de L’Outre ............................................. Chloride, Sulfate, TDS. 

08040202–007 .................................................... Bayou de L’Outre ............................................. Chloride, Sulfate, TDS. 

08040202–008 .................................................... Bayou de L’Outre ............................................. Chloride, Sulfate, TDS. 

The 2008 Arkansas Clean Water Act 

(CWA) Section 303(d) list of impaired 

waters is the current EPA approved list, 

and includes the three Bayou de L’Outre 

segments addressed by this action. Any 

future withdrawal action of the 

aforementioned TMDLs will not affect 

the listing of those segments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Diane Smith, Environmental Protection 

Specialist, Water Quality Protection 

Division, U.S. EPA Region 6, 1445 Ross 

Avenue, Dallas, TX 75202–2733, (214) 

665–2145. 

Dated: March 21, 2012. 

William K. Honker, 

Acting Director, Water Quality Protection 

Division, EPA Region 6. 

[FR Doc. 2012–7442 Filed 3–27–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9652–7] 

Notice of Tentative Approval and 

Opportunity for Public Comment and 

Public Hearing for Public Water 

System Supervision Program Revision 

for Virginia 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Approval and 

Solicitation of Requests for Public 

Hearing and Comments. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given in 

accordance with the provision of section 

1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as 

amended, and the requirements 

governing the National Primary 

Drinking Water Regulations 

Implementation, 40 CFR Part 142, that 

the Commonwealth of Virginia is 

revising its approved Public Water 

System Supervision Program. The 

Commonwealth has adopted the 

drinking water regulation for the 

Ground Water Rule (GWR) which will 

provide for better public health 

protection by reducing public water 

system consumers’ risk of microbial 

illness from drinking water. EPA has 

determined that the Commonwealth 

rule meets all minimum federal 

requirements, and that the 

Commonwealth revision is no less 

stringent than the corresponding federal 

regulation. Therefore, EPA is taking 

action to tentatively approve these 

program revisions. All interested parties 

are invited to submit written comments 

on this determination and may request 

a public hearing. 

DATES: Comments or a request for a 

public hearing must be submitted by 

April 27, 2012. This determination shall 

become final and effective on April 27, 

2012, if no timely and appropriate 

request for a hearing is received and the 

Regional Administrator does not elect to 

hold a hearing on his own motion, and 

if no comments are received which 

cause EPA to modify its tentative 

approval. 

ADDRESSES: Comments or a request for 

a public hearing must be submitted to 

the U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, Region III, 1650 Arch Street, 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103– 

2029. Comments may also be submitted 

electronically to schmitt.ellen@epa.gov. 

All documents relating to this 

determination are available for 

inspection between the hours of 8 a.m. 

and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

at the following offices: 

• Drinking Water Branch, 3WP21, 

Water Protection Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region III, 1650 Arch Street, 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103– 

2029. 

• Office of Drinking Water, Virginia 

Department of Health, 109 Governor 

Street, Madison Building, 6th Floor, 

Room 632, Richmond, VA 23219. 

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ellen Schmitt at the Philadelphia 

address given above, telephone (215) 

814–5787, fax (215) 814–2302 or email 

schmitt.ellen@epa.gov. 


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