{"abstract":"This notice announces the availability of EPA's Draft Chesapeake Bay (Bay) TMDL for nutrients and sediment for public review and comment and announces the information regarding public meetings on the Draft TMDL being held within the watershed. EPA is establishing the Draft TMDL for nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus) and sediment for each of the 92 segments in the tidal portion of the Chesapeake Bay watershed pursuant to Sections 117(g) and 303(d) of the Clean Water Act (CWA). As such this Draft TMDL will contain at minimum 92 segment specific point (wasteload) and non-point (load) allocations for nitrogen, phosphorous and sediment that will assure the attainment and maintenance of all applicable water quality standards for each of the 92 segments. The Bay TMDL is a key part of the clean water commitment in the Federal Strategy developed as part of Executive Order 13508 on Chesapeake Bay Protection and Restoration. EPA intends to work with federal partners, the six watershed states, the District of Columbia, local governments and other parties to put in place a comprehensive, transparent and accountable set of commitments and actions that together ensure that pollution controls needed to restore Bay water quality are implemented by no later than 2025 (Executive Order, 13508). To provide information to the public regarding the process, approach and implications of the Draft Bay TMDL, EPA will hold a series of informal public meetings on the dates and locations identified below. The goal of these meetings is to assist the public in their understanding of the Draft Bay TMDL and provide an overview of the TMDL process, especially the stakeholder review and comment process. EPA will verbally respond to as many questions as time permits at these public meetings. Formal comments that any stakeholder wishes to make must be written and submitted as described below and will be entered into the public record. By this notice, EPA is soliciting input from the public on the Draft Bay TMDL. EPA will review all written comments submitted during the public comment period and will consider them, as appropriate, in establishing the Final TMDL. Persons wishing to comment on the information contained in the TMDL are invited to do so in writing from September 24, 2010 to November 8, 2010. All comments must be postmarked no later than November 8, 2010. All comments must be written, include the name, address and telephone number of the commenter, and should be as concise and as specific as possible in order for EPA to develop a meaningful response. Electronic submission of comments as described below is encouraged. Additional information on the Draft Bay TMDL and on the public meetings can be found at http:// www.epa.gov/chesapeakebaytmdl.","action":"Notice of Availability of the Draft TMDL and request for public review and comment on the Draft TMDL.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","name":"Environmental Protection Agency","id":145,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/environmental-protection-agency","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/145","parent_id":null,"slug":"environmental-protection-agency"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2010/09/22/2010-23678.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"75 FR 57776","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":"2010-11-08","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Comments on the Draft TMDL must be submitted in writing to EPA on or before November 8, 2010.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["FRL-9203-2"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"2010-23678","effective_on":null,"end_page":57778,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2010/09/22/2010-23678.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2010/09/22/2010-23678/clean-water-act-section-303d-notice-for-the-public-review-of-the-draft-total-maximum-daily-load-tmdl","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/2010-23678?publication_date=2010-09-22","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2010-09-22/2010-23678/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":3,"page_views":{"count":295,"last_updated":"2026-10-25 08:15:04 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2010-09-22/pdf/2010-23678.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2010-09-22","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2010/09/22/2010-23678.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2010-10-12T08:07:56Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":57776,"subtype":null,"title":"Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Notice for the Public Review of the Draft Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for the Chesapeake Bay","toc_doc":"Public Review of Draft Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for Chesapeake Bay","toc_subject":"Clean Water Act Section 303(d):","topics":[],"type":"Notice","volume":75}