Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 196 / Tuesday, October 10, 2000 / Notices 60189

Reserved

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

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Clean Water Act Section 303(d):

Availability of Total Maximum Daily

Loads (TMDLs)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: This document announces the

availability for comment of the

administrative record file for six TMDLs

prepared by EPA Region 6 for waters

listed in Louisiana’s Mermentau and

Vermilion/Teche river basins, under

section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act

(CWA). EPA prepared these TMDLs in

response to a Court Order dated October

1, 1999, in the lawsuit Sierra Club, et al.

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

Oct. 1, 1999). Under this court order,

EPA is required to prepare TMDLs when

needed for waters on the Louisiana 1998

section 303(d) list by December 31,

2007.

DATES: Comments on the six TMDLs

must be submitted in writing to EPA on

or before November 9, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments on the six

TMDLs should be sent to Ellen

Caldwell, Environmental Protection

Specialist, Water Quality Protection

Division, U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency Region 6, 1445 Ross Ave.,

Dallas, TX 75202–2733. For further

information, contact Ellen Caldwell at

(214) 665–7513. The administrative

record file for these TMDLs is available

for public inspection at this address as

well. Copies of the TMDLs and their

respective calculations may be viewed

at www.epa.gov/region6/water/

tmdl.htm, or obtained by calling or

writing Ms. Caldwell at the above

address. Please contact Ms. Caldwell to

schedule an inspection.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ellen Caldwell at (214) 665–7513.

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 United States

Environmental Protection Agency

(EPA), styled Sierra Club, et al. v.

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

Oct. 1, 1999). Among other claims,

plaintiffs alleged that EPA failed to

establish Louisiana TMDLs in a timely

manner. Discussion of the court’s order

may be found at 65 FR 54032

(September 6, 2000).

EPA Seeks Comments on Six TMDLs

By this notice EPA is seeking

comment on the following six TMDLs

for waters located within the

Mermentau and Vermilion/Teche

basins:

SubsegmentWaterbody

name Pollutant

060212 Chatlin Lake

Canal and

Bayou DuLac.

Fecal Coliform.

060901 Bayou Petite

Anse.

Fecal Coliform.

060701 Tete Bayou ...... Fecal Coliform.

060703 Bayou du Portage.Fecal Coliform.

060909 Lake Peigneur .. Fecal Coliform.

060911 Vermilion-Teche

River Basin.

Fecal Coliform.

EPA requests that the public provide

to EPA any water quality related data

and information that may be relevant to

the calculations for these TMDLs, or any

other comments relevant to these

TMDLs. EPA will review all data and

information submitted during the public

comment period and revise the six

TMDLs where appropriate. EPA will

then forward the TMDLs to the Court

and the Louisiana Department of

Environmental Quality (LDEQ). LDEQ

will incorporate the TMDLs into its

current water quality management plan.

Dated: September 25, 2000.

Sam Becker,

Acting Director, Water Quality Protection

Division, Region 6.

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Science Advisory Board; Notification

of Public Advisory Committee Meeting

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, Public Law

92–463, notice is hereby given that the

Natural Attenuation Subcommittee of

the EPA Science Advisory Board’s

(SAB) Environmental Engineering

Committee will conduct a public

teleconference meeting on Wednesday

October 25, 2000 from 1–3 p.m. Eastern

Time. This activity began at the January

26th conference call meeting and

included a face-to-face meeting August

14–15, 2000. Background, including the

availability of review materials, will be

found in previous notices (see 65 FR

1866–1867, January 12, 2000).

The meeting will be coordinated

through a conference call connection in

room 6450E Ariel Rios North (6th

Floor), U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue

NW., Washington, DC. The public is

strongly encouraged to attend the

meeting through a telephonic link, but

may attend physically if arrangements

are made with the SAB staff by noon

Thursday October 19. Additional

instructions about how to participate in

the conference call can be obtained by

calling Ms. Mary Winston at (202) 564–

4538, and via e-mail at:

winston.mary@epa.gov by noon

Thursday, October 19.

Purpose of the Meeting: During this

meeting the Subcommittee plans to

consider approval of its draft report. If

approved, the draft report will be

forwarded to the Environmental

Engineering Committee for

consideration at a public face-to-face

meeting planned for December.

Availability of the draft Subcommittee

Report: The staff anticipates the draft

report will be mailed to the

Subcommittee the week of October 16;

the draft will be made available to the

public by Email the day after it is

mailed to the Subcommittee. For email

copies, please contact the Designated

Federal Officer at

conway.kathleen@epa.gov. A limited

number of paper copies will be available

from Ms. Mary Winston at (202) 564–

4538, and via e-mail at:

winston.mary@epa.gov.

For Further Information—Any

member of the public wishing further

information concerning either meeting

or wishing to submit brief oral

comments must contact Ms. Kathleen

White Conway, Designated Federal

Officer, Science Advisory Board

(1400A), U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, Ariel Rios Building, 1200

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20460; telephone (202)

564–4559; FAX (202) 501–0582; or via

e-mail at conway.kathleen@epa.gov.

Requests for oral comments must be in

writing (e-mail, fax or mail) and

received by Ms. Conway no later than

noon Eastern Time one week prior to

the meeting.

Providing Oral or Written Comments at

SAB Meetings

It is the policy of the Science

Advisory Board to accept written public

comments of any length, and to

accommodate oral public comments

whenever possible. The Science