# Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Final Agency Action on 5 Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs)
**AGENCY:**
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
**ACTION:**
Notice of availability.
**SUMMARY:**
This notice announces final agency action on 5 TMDLs prepared by EPA Region 6 for waters listed in the state of Arkansas, under section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act (CWA). These TMDLs were completed in response to the lawsuit styled *Sierra Club, et al.* v. *Clifford, et al.* , No. LR-C-99-114. Documents from the administrative record files for the final 5 TMDLs, including TMDL calculations and responses to comments, may be viewed at *http://www.epa.gov/earth1r6/6wq/artmdl.htm.*
**ADDRESSES:**
The administrative record files for these 5 TMDLs may be obtained by writing or calling Ms. Ellen Caldwell, Environmental Protection Specialist, Water Quality Protection Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 6, 1445 Ross Ave., Dallas, TX 75202-2733. Please contact Ms. Caldwell to schedule an inspection.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Ellen Caldwell at (214) 665-7513.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
In 1999, five Arkansas environmental groups, the Sierra Club, Federation of Fly Fishers, Crooked Creek Coalition, Arkansas Fly Fishers, and Save our Streams (plaintiffs), filed a lawsuit in Federal Court against the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), styled *Sierra Club, et al.* v. *Browner et al.* , No. LR-C-99-114. Among other claims, plaintiffs alleged that EPA failed to establish Arkansas TMDLs in a timely manner.
**EPA Takes Final Agency Action on 5 TMDLs**
By this notice EPA is taking final agency action on the following 5 TMDLs for waters located within the state of Arkansas:
| Segment-Reach | Waterbody name | Pollutant |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 08040201-706-16 | Flat Creek | Chloride. |
| 08040201-706-16 | Flat Creek | Sulfate. |
| 08040201-706-16 | Flat Creek | TDS. |
| 08040201-806-8 | Salt Creek | Chloride. |
| 08040201-806-8 | Salt Creek | TDS. |
EPA requested the public to provide EPA with any significant data or information that may impact the 5 TMDLs at 68 FR 45819 (August 4, 2003). The comments received and EPA's response to comments may be found at *http://www.epa.gov/earth1r6/6wq/artmdl.htm.*
Dated: October 8, 2003.
Jane B. Watson,
Acting Director, Water Quality Protection Division, Region 6.