Document ID: EPA-HQ-OW-2003-0074-0647
Agency: epa
Document Type: Supporting & Related Material
Title: 
Posted Date: 2003-12-24T05:00Z

1Under
section
303(
d)(
1)
of
the
CWA,
states,
territories,
and
authorized
tribes
must
identify
waterbodies
for
which
technology­
based
controls
required
by
the
Act
are
not
sufficient
to
implement
applicable
water
quality
standards
(
i.
e.,
are
impaired),
and
prioritize
such
waterbodies
for
TMDL
establishment.

2See
http://
www.
state.
ak.
us/
dec/
dawq/
tmdl/
fin_
tmdl.
htm.

Page
1
of
2
Memorandum
From:
Carey
A.
Johnston,
P.
E.
USEPA/
OW/
OST
ph:
(
202)
566
1014
johnston.
carey@
epa.
gov
To:
Public
Record
for
the
Effluent
Guidelines
Program
Plan
for
2004/
2005
EPA
Docket
Number
OW­
2003­
0074
(
www.
epa.
gov/
edockets/)

Date:
December
16,
2003
Re:
Listing
of
Final
Total
Maximum
Daily
Load
(
TMDL)
Plans
for
Alaskan
Waters
Related
to
Seafood
Processing
Overview
Under
the
Clean
Water
Act
(
CWA),
EPA
establishes
technology­
based
national
regulations,
termed
"
effluent
guidelines,"
to
reduce
pollutant
discharges
from
industrial
facilities
to
waters
of
the
United
States.
Section
304(
m)
of
the
Clean
Water
Act
(
CWA)
requires
EPA
to
publish
an
Effluent
Guidelines
Program
Plan
every
two
years.
In
order
incorporate
the
Agency's
goal
of
reducing
the
number
of
impaired
waterbodies
into
effluent
guidelines
planning,
EPA
attempted
to
quantify
the
number
of
facilities
in
an
industrial
point
source
category
that
discharge
the
same
pollutant
(
or
class
of
pollutants)
that
is
causing
the
impairment
of
the
receiving
waterbody.
1
The
CWA
requires
states
to
identify
waters
not
meeting
water
quality
standards
and
to
develop
Total
Maximum
Daily
Loads
(
TMDLs)
for
those
waters
(
Section
303(
d)
of
the
CWA).
A
TMDL
is
essentially
a
prescription
designed
to
restore
the
health
of
the
polluted
body
of
water
by
indicating
the
amount
of
pollutants
that
may
be
present
in
the
water
and
still
meet
water
quality
standards.
The
approved
and
final
TMDL
plans
for
Alaskan
waters
are
available
on
the
Alaskan
Department
of
Environmental
Conservation
website.
2
Those
approved
and
final
TMDL
plans
related
to
seafood
processing
(
40
CFR
408)
are
listed
in
Table
1.
Page
2
of
2
Table
1:
Final
Total
Maximum
Daily
Load
(
TMDL)
Plans
for
Alaskan
Waters
Related
to
Seafood
Processing
Impaired
Waterbody
Location
Pollutant
Causing
Impairment
Major
Source
of
Impairment
TMDL
Approval
Date
Akutan
Harbor
Akutan
Is.
Residues
Seafood
Processing
2/
12/
95
Akutan
Harbor
Akutan
Is.
Dissolved
Gas
(
DO)
Seafood
Processing
2/
12/
95
Captain's
Bay
Unalaska
Is.
Residues
Seafood
Processing
10/
1/
96
King
Cove
King
Cove
Residues
Seafood
Processing
10/
9/
98
South
Unalaska
Bay
Unalaska
Is.
Residues
Seafood
Processing
2/
12/
95
South
Unalaska
Bay
Unalaska
Is.
Dissolved
Gas
(
DO)
Seafood
Processing
2/
12/
95
Udagak
Bay
Unalaska
Is.
Residues
Seafood
Processing
10/
9/
98
Note:
These
TMDLs
can
be
downloaded
from
the
ADEC
website
at:
www.
state.
ak.
us/
dec/
dawq/
tmdl/
fin_
tmdl.
htm.