Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Notice of availability.
This notice announces the availability for comment of the administrative record file for 12 modified TMDLs and the calculations for these TMDLs prepared by EPA Region 6 for waters listed in the Mermentau and Vermilion/Teche river basins, under section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act (CWA). These TMDLs were completed in response to the lawsuit styled
Comments must be submitted in writing to EPA on or before January 16, 2003.
Comments on the 12 modified TMDLs 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 these TMDLs are available for public inspection at this address as well. Documents from the administrative record file may be viewed at
Ellen Caldwell at (214) 665–7513.
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
By this notice EPA is seeking comment on the following 12 modified TMDLs for waters located within the Mermentau and Vermilion/Teche river basins:
EPA previously requested the public to provide EPA with any significant data or information that might impact the original 12 TMDLs in Federal Register Notices: Volume 65, Number 173, pages 54032–54034 (September 6, 2000) and Volume 65, Number 196, page 60189 (October 10, 2000).
EPA now requests that the public provide any water quality related data and information that may be relevant to the calculations for these 12 modified