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 Environmental Protection Agency [FRL-8726-9]
 AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
 ACTION: Notice of availability.
 SUMMARY: This notice announces final agency action on 30 TMDLs prepared by EPA Region 6 for waters listed in Louisiana's Terrebonne River Basin, under section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act (CWA). Documents from the administrative record file for the 30 TMDLs, including TMDL calculations and responses to comments, may be 
                        ( print page 58950)
                        viewed at 
                        *http://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 Takes Final Agency Action on 30 TMDLs By this notice EPA is taking final agency action on the following 30 TMDLs for waters located within the Terrebonne River basin: Subsegment
Waterbody name
Pollutant120102
Bayou Poydras
Dissolved Oxygen and Nutrients.120103
Bayou Choctaw
Dissolved Oxygen, Nutrients, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus.120105
Chamberlin Canal
Dissolved Oxygen, Nutrients, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus.120106
Bayou Plaquemine
Dissolved Oxygen and Nutrients.120107
Upper Grand River and Lower Flat River—Headwaters to Intracoastal Waterway
Dissolved Oxygen120109
Intracoastal Waterway—in Morgan City to Port Allen Route—Port Allen Locks to Bayou Sorrel Locks
Dissolved Oxygen and Nutrients120110
Bayou Cholpe—Headwaters to Bayou Choctaw
Dissolved Oxygen.120202
Bayou Black—Intracoastal Waterway to Houma
Dissolved Oxygen and Nutrients.120204
Lake Verret and Grassy Lake
Dissolved Oxygen and Nutrients.120304
Intracoastal Waterway—Houma to Larose
Dissolved Oxygen and Nutrients.120403
Intracoastal Waterway—Bayou Boeuf
Dissolved Oxygen.120604
Bayou Blue—Intracoastal Waterway to boundary between segments 1206 and 1207
Dissolved Oxygen.120401
Bayou Penchant—Bayou Chene to Lake Penchant
Dissolved Oxygen.120404
Lake Penchant
Dissolved Oxygen.120405
Lake Hatch and Lake Theriot
Dissolved Oxygen and Nutrients.120406
Lake de Cade
Dissolved Oxygen and Nutrients.
 EPA requested the public to provide EPA with any significant data or information that might impact the 30 Final TMDLs in the 
                    **Federal Register**
                     Notice: Volume 73, Number 167, pages 50610 and 50611 (August 27, 2008). The comments which were received, the EPA's response to comments, and the final TMDLs may be found at 
                    *http://www.epa.gov/​region6/​water/​npdes/​tmdl/​index.htm.* Dated: September 30, 2008. William K. Honker, Deputy Director, Water Quality Protection Division, EPA Region 6.


[FR Doc. E8-23868 Filed 10-7-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P