# Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Final Agency Action on 3 Arkansas Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs)
**AGENCY:**
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
**ACTION:**
Notice of availability.
**SUMMARY:**
This notice announces the final agency action on 3 TMDLs established 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. *Browner, et al.* , No. LR-C-99-114. Documents from the administrative record files for the final 3 TMDLs, including TMDL calculations may be viewed at *http://www.epa.gov/region6/6wq/npdes/tmdl/index.htm.*
**ADDRESSES:**
The administrative record files for these 3 TMDLs may be obtained by writing or calling Ms. Diane Smith, Environmental Protection Specialist, Water Quality Protection Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 6, 1445 Ross Ave., Dallas, TX 75202-2733. Please contact Ms. Smith to schedule an inspection.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Diane Smith at (214) 665-2145.
**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. *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 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 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 08020203-007 | Blackfish Bayou | Siltation/Turbidity. |
| 08020203-005 | Blackfish Bayou | Siltation/Turbidity. |
| 08020203-003 | Blackfish Bayou | Siltation/Turbidity. |
EPA requested the public to provide EPA with any significant data or information that might impact the 3 TMDLs at *Federal Register* Notice: Volume 72, Number 241, pages 71409—71410 (December 17, 2007). No comments were received.
Dated: January 14, 2008.
William K. Honker,
P.E., Deputy Director, Water Quality Protection Division, EPA Region 6.