{"abstract":"This notice announces the intent of EPA to establish a Chesapeake Bay-wide Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for nutrients and sediment for all impaired segments in the tidal portion of the Chesapeake Bay watershed. This action is being taken pursuant to section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act (CWA). To provide information to the public regarding the process, approach and implications of this action, EPA will hold a series of public meetings in late 2009 on dates and in locations to be determined. A second public comment period will be held in the summer of 2010 once a draft Chesapeake Bay TMDL is developed. This TMDL is being developed consistent with the requirements of two Consent Decrees settling the following lawsuits: American Canoe Association, Inc. and the American Littoral Society v. EPA, Civil No. 98-979-A (E.D. Va) and Kingman Park Civic Association, et al. v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, et al., No. 1:98CV00758 (D.D.C.). By this notice, EPA is soliciting preliminary input from the public on its plans for developing this Chesapeake Bay TMDL. EPA requests that the public provide to EPA any water quality related data and information that may be relevant to the development and calculation of the Chesapeake Bay TMDL by December 18, 2009. EPA will review all data and information submitted during the public comment period and will consider them in the development of the TMDL as appropriate.","action":"Notice and initial request for public input.","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/2009/09/17/E9-22410.html","cfr_references":[],"citation":"74 FR 47792","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":"2009-12-18","correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Comments must be submitted in writing to EPA on or before December 18, 2009. If you anticipate that you will be submitting comments, but find it difficult to do so within the period of time allowed by this notice, you should advise the contact listed below as soon as possible.","disposition_notes":null,"docket_ids":["FRL-8955-4"],"dockets":[],"document_number":"E9-22410","effective_on":null,"end_page":47794,"executive_order_notes":null,"executive_order_number":null,"full_text_xml_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/xml/2009/09/17/E9-22410.xml","html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2009/09/17/E9-22410/clean-water-act-section-303d-preliminary-notice-of-total-maximum-daily-load-tmdl-development-for-the","images":{},"images_metadata":{},"json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/documents/E9-22410?publication_date=2009-09-17","mods_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/metadata/granule/FR-2009-09-17/E9-22410/mods.xml","not_received_for_publication":null,"page_length":3,"page_views":{"count":535,"last_updated":"2026-10-24 08:15:05 -0400"},"pdf_url":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2009-09-17/pdf/E9-22410.pdf","presidential_document_number":null,"proclamation_number":null,"public_inspection_pdf_url":null,"publication_date":"2009-09-17","raw_text_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/text/2009/09/17/E9-22410.txt","regulation_id_number_info":{},"regulation_id_numbers":[],"regulations_dot_gov_info":{"checked_regulationsdotgov_at":"2009-09-17T18:11:19Z"},"regulations_dot_gov_url":null,"significant":null,"signing_date":null,"start_page":47792,"subtype":null,"title":"Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Preliminary Notice of Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Development for the Chesapeake Bay","toc_doc":"Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Development for the Chesapeake Bay","toc_subject":"Clean Water Act:","topics":[],"type":"Notice","volume":74}