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Craigville Beach Road. The proposed

NDA encompasses approximately 2,150

surface acres in the Southwest corner in

the Town of Barnstable. The area is

roughly bounded by: 41°36′40.0′′ N by

70°26′41.1′′ W, 41°37′26.9′′ N by

70°19′05.4′′ W, 41°38′19.8′′ N by

70°19′21.9′′ W, and 41° 39′03.2′′ N—

70°24′53.8′′ W.

The State of Massachusetts has

certified that there will be two pumpout facilities located within the

proposed area to service vessels in the

Three Bay/Centerville Harbor Area. The

first, is a pump-out boat operated by the

Harbormasters Office, and docked at the

Oyster Harbor Marine when not in use.

The boat has a holding capacity of 300

gallons. The pump-out boat is available

Wednesday through Sunday from 0930

to 1630 (9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m.) from

Memorial Day to Thanksgiving. The

pump-out boat is accessible by VHF

marine radio via Channel 9 and by

calling the Marine and Environmental

Affairs Division (MEAD) in Barnstable

at (508) 790–6273. The second pumpout facility is a self service trailer unit

and located at the Oyster Harbor

Marine, with a holding capacity of 250

gallons, and provides access for vessels

up to 50 feet in length and a draft of 4

feet at mean low water. This facility is

available daily from June 15 through

September 15 from approximately 0800

to 1700 (8 a.m. to 5 p.m.). During the

early spring and late fall this facility is

available by contacting the

Harbormaster Office by phone at (508)

790–6273.

The town of Barnstable maintains

public facilities at four locations, Loops

Beach, Craigville Beach, Covells Beach

and Dowse’s Beach, and are seasonal. In

addition the three marinas located

within the proposed NDA provide onshore toilet facilities for marina patrons

and their guests.

The waste from the pump-out boat is

off loaded to the trailer unit and then

transported to the Barnstable Water

Pollution Control Facility. The

Barnstable Board of Health issues a

waste permit for this disposal.

The number of mooring permits

indicate that 1,667 vessels reside within

the Three Bay/Centerville Harbor Area

and 1584 are identified as recreational

and 83 are commercial vessels. The

Three Bay/Centerville Harbor Area is

primarily a ‘‘parking lot’’ harbor and

70% of the vessel population is under

25 feet in length, and therefore do not

have any type of Marine Sanitation

Device (MSD). There are a number of

locations in the Three Bay/Centerville

Harbor Area with public launching

ramps, however, the size and condition

of the ramps and the depth of the water

generally limit use to vessels 25 feet and

under. In addition to the vessels that

reside in the Three Bay/Centerville

Harbor Area, there is a transient

population estimated at 110 vessels

which have MSDs.

The resources of the Three Bay/

Centerville Harbor Area are recreational

and commercial. There are four public

beaches, the Dead Neck Audubon Bird/

Wildlife Refuge, and town conservation

lands located within the proposed No

Discharge Area. The area is also used by

both recreational and commercial shell

fishermen for the harvest of quahogs,

and soft-shell clams.

Comments and reviews regarding this

request for action may be filed on or

before June 22, 2001. Such

communications, or requests for

information or a copy of the applicant’s

petition, should be addressed to Ann

Rodney, U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency—New England Region, 1

Congress Street, Suite 1100, CWQ,

Boston, MA 02114–2023. Telephone:

(617) 918–1538.

Ira Leighton,

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 1.

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Notice of Availability for Public Review

and Comment of the Continuing

Planning Process (CPP) for the State

of Missouri

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability for public

review and comment of the continuing

planning process (CPP) for the State of

Missouri.

SUMMARY: The Clean Water Act (the Act)

at section 303(e) and EPA’s

implementing regulation at 40 CFR

130.5, require that each State shall

establish and maintain a continuing

planning process (CPP) consistent with

the Act. Each State is responsible for

managing it’s water quality program to

implement the processes specified in

the CPP, and EPA is responsible for

periodically reviewing the adequacy of

the State’s CPP. This document is being

published in accordance with paragraph

3 of the settlement agreement in the

matter of American Canoe Association,

et al., v. EPA, No. 98–1195–CV–W–

SOW–ECF Cons. with 98–4282–CV–W–

SOW–ECF. Consistent with the

settlement agreement, EPA is publishing

this notice of availability of the CPP to

interested parties. The current CPP in

force for the Missouri Department of

Natural Resources (MDNR) is the 58

page document entitled Continuing

Planning Process dated May 1984. By

November 27, 2001 EPA will prepare a

preliminary written summary of its

review of the CPP and will make that

summary available upon request to

interested parties for their review and

comment. There will be a 60 day

comment period following the

completed summary. Copies of the CPP

will be available beginning May 28,

2001 by contacting the person listed in

the following FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section. Once available, copies

of EPA’s preliminary written summary

may also be requested.

Footnote—The Missouri Department

of Natural Resources (MDNR) has

acknowledged that the 1984 CPP needs

updating. The MDNR 2000 Water

Planning 604(b) grant contains a

workplan element that calls for the

review and revision of the current CPP,

with a preliminary draft scheduled for

May, 2001 and a final draft tentatively

scheduled for submission to the

Missouri Clean Water Commission in

late 2001. This process is underway.

When an official draft is made available

by MDNR for public review, this office

will likewise make it available for

public review. EPA intends to review

and comment on the draft.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert Steiert, Water, Wetlands and

Pesticide Division, Geographic Planning

and Coordination Branch at (913) 551–

7433 or by E-mail at

steiert.robert@epa.gov .

Dated: May 16, 2001,

Nat Scurry,

Acting Deputy Regional Administrator,

Region VII.

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Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Final

Agency Action on 11 Total Maximum

Daily Loads (TMDLs) and Final Agency

Action on 26 Determinations That

TMDLs Are Not Needed

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: This notice announces final

agency action on 11 TMDLs prepared by

EPA Region 6 for waters listed in

Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 100 / Wednesday, May 23, 2001 / Notices 28489

Louisiana’s Mermentau and Vermilion/

Teche river basins, under section 303(d)

of the Clean Water Act (CWA). This

notice also announces final agency

action removing 26 waterbody/pollutant

combinations from the Louisiana 303(d)

list because new data/information

shows that water quality standards are

being met. EPA evaluated these waters

and prepared the 11 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.).

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. EPA

is also required to add or delete waters

to the schedule as new data confirms

that waters are or are not meeting water

quality standards. Documents from the

administrative record files for the 26

determinations that TMDLs are not

needed and for the final 11 TMDLs,

including TMDL calculations and

responses to comments, may be viewed

at www.epa.gov/region6/water/

tmdl.htm. The administrative record

files may be 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.).

Among other claims, plaintiffs alleged

that EPA failed to establish Louisiana

TMDLs in a timely manner. Discussion

of the court order may be found at 65

FR 54032 (September 6, 2000).

EPA Takes Final Agency Action on 11

TMDLs

By this notice EPA is taking a final

agency action on the following 2 fecal

coliform TMDLs for waters located

within the Mermentau and Vermilion/

Teche basins:

A TMDL for subsegment 060205

(Bayou Teche) was written and included

in the same TMDL written for

subsegments 060301 (of Bayou Teche)

and 060401 (also of Bayou Teche) as

referenced at 65 FR 19762–19764 of the

Federal Register published on April 12,

2000 as well as 66 FR 18087–18089 of

the Federal Register published on April

5, 2001. However, as no explicit

reference was given to subsegment

060205 in either of the aforementioned

notices, this notice is to serve as notice

that the TMDL is inclusive of

subsegment 060205. As cited in the

Federal Register notices described

above, the TMDL written for

subsegment 060205, as well as

subsegments 060301 and 060401, may

be viewed at www.epa.gov/region6/

water/tmdl.htm (click on ‘‘Finalized

TMDL Reports * * *’’).

A TMDL for subsegment 050303

(Bayou Castor) was written and

included in the same TMDL written for

subsegment 050301 (Bayou Nezpique)

as referenced at 65 FR 19762–19764 of

the Federal Register published April 12,

2000 as well as 65 FR 18087–18089 of

the Federal Register published April 5,

2001. However, as no explicit reference

was given to subsegment 050303 in

either of the aforementioned notices,

this notice is to serve as notice that the

TMDL is inclusive of subsegment

050303. As cited in the Federal Register

notices described above, the TMDL

written for subsegment 050303, as well

as subsegment 050301, may be viewed

at www.epa.gov/region6/water/tmdl.htm

(click on ‘‘Finalized TMDL Reports

* * *).

As comment on these TMDLs has

already been requested previously, no

further comment is requested.

Also by this notice EPA is taking a

final agency action on the following 9

TMDLs for waters located within the

Mermentau and Vermilion/Teche

basins:

Subsegment Waterbody name Pollutant

050703 ............................................ White Lake ............................................................................................. Total Dissolved Solids.

050703 ............................................ White Lake ............................................................................................. Chloride.

060801 ............................................ Vermilion River—Headwaters To Bayou Fusilier Bourbeaux Junction

to New Flanders.

Sulfate.

060802 ............................................ Vermilion River—From New Flanders to Intracoastal Waterway .......... Sulfate.

060205 ............................................ Bayou Teche—Headwaters at Bayou Courtableau to I–10 .................. Sulfate.

060205 ............................................ Bayou Teche—Headwaters at Bayou Courtableau to I–10 .................. Chloride.

060201 ............................................ Bayou Cocodrie-from U.S. Hwy 167 to the Bayou Boeuf-Cocodrie Diversion Canal (Scenic).Total Dissolved Solids.

060206 ............................................ Indian Creek Reservoir .......................................................................... Temperature.

060202 ............................................ Bayou Cocodrie-Cocodrie Diversion Canal to its intersection with

Bayou Boeuf.

Total Dissolved Solids.

EPA requested the public to provide

EPA with any significant data or

information that may impact the 9

TMDLs at 65 FR 67742 (November 13,

2000). The comments received and

EPA’s response to comments may be

found at www.epa.gov/region6/water/

tmdl.htm.

FINAL AGENCY ACTION REMOVING 26 WATERBODY/POLLUTANTS FROM THE LOUISIANA 303(D) LIST BECAUSE TMDLS ARE

NOT NECESSARY

Subsegment Waterbody description Pollutant Reason for delisting

050101 ......................... Bayou Des Cannes—Headwaters to

Mermentau River.

Oil & Grease .............. Assessment of new data and information

shows it is meeting WQS.

050103 ......................... Bayou Mallet ................................................... Oil & Grease .............. Assessment of new data and information

shows it is meeting WQS.

050201 ......................... Bayou Plaquemine Brule-Headwaters to

Bayou Des Cannes.

Oil & Grease .............. Assessment of new data and information

shows it is meeting WQS.

050901 ......................... Mermentau River Basin Coastal ..................... Oil & Grease .............. Assessment of new data and information

shows it is meeting WQS.

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FINAL AGENCY ACTION REMOVING 26 WATERBODY/POLLUTANTS FROM THE LOUISIANA 303(D) LIST BECAUSE TMDLS ARE

NOT NECESSARY—Continued

Subsegment Waterbody description Pollutant Reason for delisting

060802 ......................... Vermilion River—from New Flanders (Ambassador Caffery) Bridge at Hwy 3073 to Intracoastal Waterway.Oil & Grease .............. Assessment of new data and information

shows it is meeting WQS.

060904 ......................... Vermilion River—B890 Basin New Iberia

Southern Drainage Canal.

Oil & Grease .............. Assessment of new data and information

shows it is meeting WQS.

060907 ......................... Franklin Canal ................................................. Oil & Grease .............. Assessment of new data and information

shows it is meeting WQS.

061101 ......................... Bayou Petite Anse .......................................... Oil & Grease .............. Assessment of new data and information

shows it is meeting WQS.

060804 ......................... Intracoastal Waterway .................................... Oil & Grease .............. Assessment of new data and information

shows it is meeting WQS.

060901 ......................... Bayou Petite Anse .......................................... Oil & Grease .............. Assessment of new data and information

shows it is meeting WQS.

050402 ......................... Lake Arthur and Lower Mermentau ................ Oil & Grease .............. Assessment of new data and information

shows it is meeting WQS.

050602 ......................... Intracoastal Waterway .................................... Oil & Grease .............. Assessment of new data and information

shows it is meeting WQS.

050701 ......................... Grand Lake ..................................................... Oil & Grease .............. Assessment of new data and information

shows it is meeting WQS.

050702 ......................... Intracoastal Waterway .................................... Oil & Grease .............. Assessment of new data and information

shows it is meeting WQS.

050703 ......................... White Lake ...................................................... Oil & Grease .............. Assessment of new data and information

shows it is meeting WQS.

060205 ......................... Bayou Teche—Headwaters at Bayou

Courtableau to I–10.

Oil & Grease .............. Assessment of new data and information

shows it is meeting WQS.

060212 ......................... Chatlin Lake Canal and Bayou DuLac ........... Oil & Grease .............. Assessment of new data and information

shows it is meeting WQS.

060701 ......................... Tete Bayou ...................................................... Oil & Grease .............. Assessment of new data and information

shows it is meeting WQS.

060702 ......................... Lake Fausse Point and Dauterive Lake ......... Oil & Grease .............. Assessment of new data and information

shows it is meeting WQS.

060906 ......................... Intracoastal Waterway .................................... Oil & Grease .............. Assessment of new data and information

shows it is meeting WQS.

060910 ......................... Boston Canal and Associated Canals (Estuarine).Oil & Grease .............. Assessment of new data and information

shows it is meeting WQS.

061103 ......................... Freshwater Bayou Canal ................................ Oil & Grease .............. Assessment of new data and information

shows it is meeting WQS.

050501 ......................... Bayou Queue de Tortue—Headwaters to

Mermentau River.

Oil & Grease .............. Assessment of new data and information

shows it is meeting WQS.

060902 ......................... Bayou Carlin (Delcambre Canal)—Lake

Peigneur To Bayou Petite Anse (Estuarine).

Oil & Grease .............. Assessment of new data and information

shows it is meeting WQS.

060803 ......................... Vermilion River Cutoff ..................................... Oil & Grease .............. Assessment of new data and information

shows it is meeting WQS.

061102 ......................... Intracoastal Waterway .................................... Oil & Grease .............. Assessment of new data and information

shows it is meeting WQS.

EPA requested the public to provide

to EPA any significant data or

information that may impact the

determination that 26 TMDLs are not

necessary at 66 FR 15472 (March 19,

2001). No comments were received.

Dated: May 3, 2001.

Sam Becker,

Acting Director, Water Quality Protection

Division, Region 6.

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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 notice announces the

availability for comment of the

administrative record file for one TMDL

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 this TMDL 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.).

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 this TMDL must

be submitted in writing to EPA on or

before June 22, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this TMDL

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

this TMDL is available for public

inspection at this address as well.