# 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 *http://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 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.
| Segment-reach | Waterbody name | Pollutant |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 08040201-80 | Big Johnson Lake | Mercury in fish tissue. |
| 08040204-27 | Grays Lake | Mercury in fish tissue. |
| 08040204 | Monticello Lake | Mercury in fish tissue. |
EPA requested the public to provide EPA with any significant data or information that may impact the 3 TMDLs at *Federal Register* notice 69 FR 19183 (April 12, 2004). No comments were received.
Dated: June 8, 2004.
Miguel I. Flores,
Director, Water Quality Protection Division, Region 6.