# Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Final Agency Action on 3 Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs)
**AGENCY:**
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
**ACTION:**
Notice of availability.
**SUMMARY:**
This notice announces final agency action on 3 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 3 TMDLs, including TMDL calculations and responses to comments, may be viewed at *www.epa.gov/earth1r6/6wq/artmdl.htm*
**ADDRESSES:**
The administrative record files for these 3 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. *Clifford, 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 3 TMDLs**
By this notice EPA is taking final agency action on the following 3 TMDLs for waters located within the state of Arkansas:
| Segment-reach | Waterbody name | Pollutant |
| --- | --- | --- |
| AR11110203-904-3 | Stone Dam Creek | Ammonia. |
| AR11110203-904-3 | Stone Dam Creek | Nitrates. |
| AR11110203-931-10 | Whig Creek | Copper. |
EPA requested the public to provide EPA with any significant data or information that may impact the 3 TMDLs at *Federal Register* Notice: Volume 68, Number 190, page 56632 (October 1, 2003). The comments received and EPA's response to comments may be found at *www.epa.gov/earth1r6/6wq/artmdl.htm*
Dated: December 1, 2003.
Miguel I. Flores,
Director, Water Quality Protection Division, Region 6.