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 Environmental Protection Agency [FRL-9657-2]
 AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
 ACTION: Notice of availability.
 SUMMARY: This notice announces final agency action on 32 TMDLs prepared by EPA Region 6 for waters listed in Louisiana's, Lake Pontchartrain Basin, under Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act (CWA). Documents from the administrative record file for the 32 TMDLs, including TMDL calculations and responses to comments, may be viewed at 
                        *www.epa.gov/​region6/​water/​npdes/​tmdl/​index.htm.*
                         The administrative record file may be examined by calling or writing Ms. Diane Smith at the address below. Please contact Ms. Smith to schedule an inspection.
 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.


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 established 32 of these TMDLs pursuant to a consent decree entered in this lawsuit. EPA Takes Final Agency Action on 32 TMDLs By this notice EPA is taking final agency action on the following 32 TMDLs on waters located within the Louisiana Lake Pontchartrain Basin: Subsegment
Waterbody name
Pollutant040102
Comite River—Wilson-Clinton Hwy to entrance of White Bayou (East Baton  Rouge Parish) (Scenic)
Fecal Coliform040103
Comite River—Entrance of White Bayou to Amite River
Fecal Coliform.040201
Bayou Manchac—Headwaters to Amite River
Fecal Coliform.040302
Amite River—LA Hwy 37 to Amite River Diversion Canal
Fecal Coliform.040304
Grays Creek—Headwaters to River Amite
Fecal Coliform.040305
Colyell Creek System (includes Colyell Bay)
Fecal Coliform.040503
Natalbany River—Headwaters to Tickfaw River
Fecal Coliform.040504
Yellow Water River—Origin to Ponchatoula Creek
Fecal Coliform.040505
Ponchatoula Creek and Ponchatoula River
Fecal Coliform.040603
Selsers Creek—Origin to South Slough
Fecal Coliform.040703
Big Creek and Tributaries—Headwaters to confluence with Tangipahoia River
Fecal Coliform.040909
W-14 Main Diversion Canal—from its origin in the north end of the City of  Slidell to its junction with Salt Bayou
Fecal Coliform.040910
Salt Bayou—Headwaters to Lake Pontchartrain (Estuarine)
Fecal Coliform.( print page 21558)041302
Lake Pontchartrain Drainage Canals
Fecal Coliform.041401
New Orleans East Leveed Waterbodies (Estuarine)
Fecal Coliform.040501
Tickfaw River—From MS State Line to LA Hwy 42 (Scenic)
TDS.040504
Yellow Water River—Origin to Ponchatoula Creek
TDS.040301
Amite River—MS State Line to LA Hwy 37 (Scenic)
TSS.040401
Blind River—From Amite River Diversion Canal to mouth at Lake Maurepas (Scenic)
TSS.040903
Bayou Cane—Headwaters to U.S. Hwy 190 (Scenic)
TSS.040303
Amite River—Amite River Diversion Canal to Lake Maurepas
Mercury.040401
Blind River—From Amite River Diversion Canal to mouth at Lake Maurepas (Scenic)
Mercury.040403
Blind River—Source to confluence with Amite River Diversion Canal (Scenic)
Mercury.040501
Tickfaw River—From MS State Line to LA Hwy 42 (Scenic)
Mercury.040701
Tangipahoa River—MS State Line to Interstate Hwy 1-12 (Scenic)
Mercury.040801
Tchefuncte River and Tributaries—Headwaters to confluence with Bogue Falaya River (Scenic)
Mercury.040905
Bayou Liberty—Headwaters to LA Hwy 433 Mercury.040906
Bayou Liberty—LA Hwy 433 to confluence With Bayou Bonfouca (Estuarine)
Mercury.040505
Ponchatoula Creek and Ponchatoula Dissolved River
Oxygen.041201
Bayou Labranche
Dissolved Oxygen.041805
Lake Borgne Canal (Violet Canal)
Dissolved Oxygen.041401
New Orleans East Leveed Waterbodies
Dissolved (Estuarine) Oxygen.
 EPA requested the public provide to EPA any significant water quality related data or information that might impact the 32 TMDLs in the 
                    **Federal Register**
                     Notices: volume 76, number 219, pages 70442 and 70443 (November 14, 2011), volume 76, number 234, page 76161 (December 6, 2011), and volume 76, number 247, page 80366 (December 23, 2011). The comments which were received, EPA's response to comments, as well as the TMDLs may be found at 
                    *www.epa.gov/​region6/​water/​npdes/​tmdl/​index.htm.* Dated: March 28, 2012. William K. Honker, P.E., Acting Director, Water Quality Protection Division, EPA Region 6.


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