CWA 303(d): EPA's Intent To Approve and Availability of State List Submissions

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This notice announces the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) intent to approve the lists submitted to the U.S. EPA pursuant to Clean Water Act (CWA) section 303(d) by the State of New York, the State of New Jersey, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico on September 4, 1992, May 20, 1993, and November 18, 1993, respectively. Please be advised that the U.S. Virgin Islands is not required to submit a 303(d) list because there are no water quality-limited segments in the U.S. Virgin Islands requiring Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL). EPA issued its intent to approve the New York State September 4, 1992 list submittal on May 18, 1993. With regard to the New Jersey May 20, 1993 and the Puerto Rico November 18, 1993 list submittals, although EPA has not yet sent out approval letters, EPA does intend to approve both of these list submittals as well. In the case of the Puerto Rico section 303(d) list, it should be noted that several modifications, which will affect the Commonwealth's section 303(d) list, have been agreed upon by the Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board (PREQB) and EPA subsequent to the November 18, 1993 submittal. These proposed modifications reflect recent negot