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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] 

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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 

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protection of aquatic life entitled ‘‘Draft 

2009 Update Aquatic Life Ambient 

Water Quality Criteria for Ammonia— 

Freshwater’’. Written scientific views on 

the draft recommended criteria were to 

be submitted to EPA on or before March 

1, 2010 (a 60-day request for scientific 

views). Since publication, the Agency 

has received several requests for 

additional time to submit comments. 

Therefore, EPA is extending the period 

of time in which the Agency will accept 

scientific views on the draft criteria 

document for an additional 30 days. 

DATES: Scientific views must be 

received on or before April 1, 2010. 

Comments postmarked after this date 

may not be considered. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your scientific 

views, identified by Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–OW–2009–0921, by one of the 

following methods: 

• www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: OW-Docket@epa.gov. 

• Mail: U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency; EPA Docket Center 

(EPA/DC) Water Docket, MC 28221T; 

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. 

• Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center, 

1301 Constitution Ave., NW., EPA West, 

Room 3334, Washington, DC. Such 

deliveries are only accepted during the 

Docket’s normal hours of operation, and 

special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW–2009– 

0921. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through www.regulations.gov 

or e-mail. The www.regulations.gov Web 

site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, 

which means EPA will not know your 

identity or contact information unless 

you provide it in the body of your 

comment. If you send an e-mail 

comment directly to EPA without going 

through www.regulations.gov your email address will be automatically 

captured and included as part of the 

comment that is placed in the public 

docket and made available on the 

Internet. If you submit an electronic 

comment, EPA recommends that you 

include your name and other contact 

information in the body of your 

comment and with any disk or CD–ROM 

you submit. If EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

EPA may not be able to consider your 

comment. Electronic files should avoid 

the use of special characters, any form 

of encryption, and be free of any defects 

or viruses. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http:// 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the www.regulations.gov 

index. Although listed in the index, 

some information is not publicly 

available, e.g., CBI or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Certain other material, such as 

copyrighted material, will be publicly 

available only in hard copy. Publicly 

available docket materials are available 

either electronically in 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the Office of Water Docket/EPA/DC, 

1301 Constitution Ave., NW., EPA West, 

Room 3334, Washington, DC. This 

Docket Facility is open from 8:30 a.m. 

until 4:30 p.m., EST, Monday through 

Friday, excluding legal holidays. The 

telephone number for the Public 

Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and 

the telephone number for the Office of 

Water Docket is (202) 566–2426. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa 

Huff, Health and Ecological Criteria 

Division (4304T), U.S. EPA, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; (202) 566–0787; 

huff.lisa@epa.gov. 

Dated: February 18, 2010. 

Peter S. Silva, 

Assistant Administrator for Water. 

[FR Doc. 2010–3833 Filed 2–24–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9117–9] 

Good Neighbor Environmental Board 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Under the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, Public Law 92–463, 

EPA gives notice of a meeting of the 

Good Neighbor Environmental Board 

(Board). The Board usually meets three 

times each calendar year, twice at 

different locations along the U.S. border 

with Mexico, and once in Washington, 

DC. It was created in 1992 by the 

Enterprise for the Americas Initiative 

Act, Public Law 102–532, 7 U.S.C. 

Section 5404. Implementing authority 

was delegated to the Administrator of 

EPA under Executive Order 12916. The 

Board is responsible for providing 

advice to the President and the Congress 

on environmental and infrastructure 

issues and needs within the States 

contiguous to Mexico in order to 

improve the quality of life of persons 

residing on the United States side of the 

border. The statute calls for the Board to 

have representatives from U.S. 

Government agencies; the States of 

Arizona, California, New Mexico and 

Texas; and Tribal and private 

organizations to provide advice on 

environmental and infrastructure issues 

along the U.S./Mexico Border. 

The purpose of the meeting is to 

continue discussion and finalize the 

Board’s 13th report. Presentations will 

also be heard on the environmental 

impacts of the border fence. The 

meeting will include a planning session, 

a business meeting and a public 

comment session. A copy of the meeting 

agenda will be posted at http:// 

www.epa.gov/ocem/gneb. 

DATES: The Good Neighbor 

Environmental Board will hold an open 

meeting on Thursday, March 11, from 

8:30 a.m. (registration at 8 a.m.) to 5:30 

p.m. The following day, March 12, the 

Board will hold a business meeting from 

8 a.m. until 1 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

Esplendor Resort, 1069 Camino 

Caralampi, Rio Rico, AZ 85648, phone 

number: 520–281–1901. The meeting is 

open to the public, with limited seating 

on a first-come, first-served basis. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dolores Wesson, Designated Federal 

Officer, wesson.dolores@epa.gov, 202– 

564–1351, U.S. EPA, Office of 

Cooperative Environmental 

Management (1601M), 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: If you 

wish to make oral comments or submit 

written comments to the Board, please 

contact Dolores Wesson at least five 

days prior to the meeting. 

General Information: Additional 

information concerning the GNEB can 

be found on its Web site at http:// 

www.epa.gov/ocem/gneb. 

Meeting Access: For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Dolores 

Wesson at 202–564–1351 or by e-mail at 

wesson.dolores@epa.gov. To request 

accommodation of a disability, please 

contact Dolores Wesson at least 10 days 

prior to the meeting to give EPA as 


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