Impaired Waters Indiana

EPA seeks comments on proposed decision to add waters and pollutants to Indiana's 2010 303(d) List

Contact Information

For questions and additional information contact:

Vilma Rivera-Carrero
(rivera-carrero.vilma@epa.gov)
312-886-7795

Section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act (CWA) requires that states submit lists of impaired waters. EPA must review these lists and approve or disapprove them.

"Impaired" means that existing technology-based pollution controls are not stringent enough to attain or maintain state water quality standards for these waterbodies. These segments must have Total Maximum Daily Load calculations (TMDLs) prepared for them.

EPA's decision

On May 8, 2013, EPA partially approved and partially disapproved Indiana's 2010 list submittal of impaired waters under Section 303(d) of the CWA.

Table 1 in Appendix A1 of EPA's decision document identifies the approved water quality limited segments and associated pollutants for Indiana's 2010 303(d) list.

EPA disapproved Indiana's decision not to list waters for certain metal pollutants, and has identified a series of waters and associated metal pollutants to be added to Indiana's 2010 303(d) list (Table 12 in Appendix A1.

Public comment opportunity

EPA is providing the public the opportunity to review its proposed decision to add waters and pollutants to Indiana's 2010 303(d) list. EPA will consider public comments in reaching its final decision on the additional waters and pollutants identified for inclusion on Indiana's final 2010 303(d) list.

Refer to the Federal Register for the Original Public Notice and the Notice Reopening the Public Comment Period dates regarding our proposal to add waters to Indiana's 2010 list of impaired waters under Section 303(d) of the CWA.

You may submit written comments to:

Tinka Hyde, Director
Water Division
Attn: Indiana's 303 (d) list
U.S. EPA Region 5 (WW-16J)
77 W. Jackson Blvd.
Chicago, IL 60604-3590

Comments may also be submitted electronically to Vilma Rivera-Carrerro at (rivera-carrero.vilma@epa.gov)

Documents

EPA's Decision Letter for the partial approval/disapproval of Indiana's 2010 303d list (PDF) (2pp, 148K) May 8, 2013
EPA's Decision Document for the partial approval/disapproval of Indiana's 2010 303d list (PDF) (24pp, 416K) May 8, 2013
EPA's Decision Document Tables – Appendix A1 (PDF) (296pp, 4.9MB) May 8, 2013
- Table 1 identifies the approved water quality limited segments and associated pollutants for Indiana's list.
- Table 12 identifies a series of waters and associated metal pollutants to be added to Indiana's list.