Środowisko i energia · 27/08/2010

Clean Water Act Section 303(d): Availability of List Decisions

This notice announces the availability of EPA's decision identifying 12 water quality limited waterbodies and associated pollutants in South Dakota to be listed pursuant to the Clean Water Act Section 303(d)(2), and requests public comment. Section 303(d)(2) requires that States submit and EPA approve or disapprove lists of waters for which existing technology-based pollution controls are not stringent enough to attain or maintain State water quality standards and for which total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) must be prepared. On July 9, 2010, EPA partially approved and partially disapproved South Dakota's Section 303(d) list submittal for the 2010 listing cycle. Specifically, EPA approved South Dakota's listing of 151 waters, associated pollutants, and associated priority rankings. EPA disapproved South Dakota's decision to not include 12 lakes that had been on the 2008 list. EPA evaluated all the existing and readily available data and information on the lakes and concluded that the beneficial uses for these lakes are not being fully met. Based on this evaluation EPA has determined that the following 12 lakes are not fully attaining the water quality standards established by the St