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TMDL Document for CANEY FORK SILTATION AND HABITAT ALTERATION TMDL
| TMDL ID: | 11536 | TMDL Name: | CANEY FORK SILTATION AND HABITAT ALTERATION TMDL | ||
| State/Tribe: | Tennessee | TMDL Date: | 08/03/2005 | ||
| EPA Action: | EPA Approved | Comments: | THERE IS ONE HUC-12 SUBWATERSHED IN THE CANEY FORK RIVER WATERSHED THAT HAS BEEN ASSESSED (PRIMARILY ON THE BASIS OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEYS AS STATED IN SECTION 3.0) AS IMPAIRED DUE TO SILTATION OR HABITAT ALTERATION, FOR WHICH THE RESULTS OF THE SEDIMENT TOOL BASED ANALYSIS INDICATE THAT THE EXISTING SEDIMENT LOAD IS SMALLER THAN THE TARGET LOAD. THIS SUBWATERSHED IS: 051301080805 (FERGUSON BRANCH, INDIAN CREEK, & ROCK SPRINGS BRANCH)THIS SUBWATERSHED REQUIRES A MORE THOROUGH INVESTIGATION TO DETERMINE SITE-SPECIFIC CAUSES OF IMPAIRMENT. A DETAILED ANALYSIS IS PRESENTED IN APPENDIX F. IN CONSIDERATION, HOWEVER, OF THE ASSESSMENT OF WATERBODIES IN THESE SUBWATERSHEDS AS IMPAIRED DUE TO SILTATION OR HABITAT ALTERATION, TMDLS, WLAS FOR CONSTRUCTION STORM WATER SITES, WLAS FOR MS4S, AND LAS FOR NONPOINT PROPOSED SILTATION/HABITAT ALTERATION TMDL CANEY FORK RIVER WATERSHED (HUC 05130108) SOURCES WERE ASSIGNED BASED ON THE PREDOMINANT LEVEL IV ECOREGION IN EACH HUC-12 SUBWATERSHED USING THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURE: ASSIGNED TMDLS WERE DETERMINED TO BE EQUAL TO THE GEOMETRIC MEAN OF THE OVERALL REQUIRED LOAD REDUCTIONS (TMDLS) OF OTHER IMPAIRED HUC-12 SUBWATERSHEDS PREDOMINANTLY IN THE SAME LEVEL IV ECOREGION. ASSIGNED WLAS FOR CONSTRUCTION STORM WATER, WLAS FOR MS4S, AND LAS FOR NONPOINT SOURCES FOR THE SUBWATERSHEDS WERE DETERMINED TO BE EQUAL TO THE GEOMETRIC MEAN OF THE WLA & LA LOAD REDUCTIONS OF OTHER IMPAIRED HUC-12 SUBWATERSHEDS PREDOMINANTLY IN THE SAME LEVEL IV ECOREGION. | ||
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TMDL Pollutant: Siltation
| Total Waste Load Allocation: | Total Load Allocation: | |||
| Explicit Margin Of Safety: | Implicit Margin Of Safety: | Y | ||
| Units for Total Waste Load Allocation and Total Load Allocation: | TMDL Pollutant Source Type: | Point/Nonpoint Source | ||
| TMDL End Point: | APPLICABLE TO ALL USE CLASSIFICATIONS (FISH & AQUATIC LIFE SHOWN): SOLIDS, FLOATING MATERIALS, AND DEPOSITS THERE SHALL BE NO DISTINCTLY VISIBLE SOLIDS, SCUM, FOAM, OILY SLICK, OR THE FORMATION OF SLIMES, BOTTOM DEPOSITS OR SLUDGE BANKS OF SUCH SIZE AND CHARACTER THAT MAY BE DETRIMENTAL TO FISH AND AQUATIC LIFE. OTHER POLLUTANTS THE WATERS SHALL NOT CONTAIN OTHER POLLUTANTS THAT WILL BE DETRIMENTAL TO FISH OR AQUATIC LIFE. APPLICABLE TO THE DOMESTIC WATER SUPPLY, INDUSTRIAL WATER SUPPLY, FISH & AQUATIC LIFE, AND RECREATION USE CLASSIFICATIONS (FISH & AQUATIC LIFE SHOWN): TURBIDITY OR COLOR THERE SHALL BE NO TURBIDITY OR COLOR IN SUCH AMOUNTS OR OF SUCH CHARACTER THAT WILL MATERIALLY AFFECT FISH AND AQUATIC LIFE. APPLICABLE TO THE FISH & AQUATIC LIFE USE CLASSIFICATION: BIOLOGICAL INTEGRITY - THE WATERS SHALL NOT BE MODIFIED THROUGH THE ADDITION OF POLLUTANTS OR THROUGH PHYSICAL ALTERATION TO THE EXTENT THAT THE DIVERSITY AND/OR PRODUCTIVITY OF AQUATIC BIOTA WITHIN THE RECEIVING WATERS ARE SUBSTANTIALLY DECREASED OR ADVERSELY AFFECTED, EXCEPT AS ALLOWED UNDER 1200-4-3-.06. INTERPRETATION OF THIS PROVISION FOR ANY STREAM WHICH (A) HAS AT LEAST 80% OF THE UPSTREAM CATCHMENT AREA CONTAINED WITHIN A SINGLE BIOREGION, (B) IS OF THE APPROPRIATE STREAM ORDER SPECIFIED FOR THE BIOREGION AND (C) CONTAINS THE HABITAT (RIFFLE OR ROOTED BANK)SPECIFIED FOR THE BIOREGION, MAY BE MADE USING THE MOST CURRENT REVISION OF THE DEPARTMENTS QUALITY SYSTEM STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE FOR MACROINVERTEBRATE STREAM SURVEYS AND/OR OTHER SCIENTIFICALLY DEFENSIBLE METHODS. INTERPRETATION OF THIS PROVISION FOR ALL OTHER STREAMS, PLUS LARGE RIVERS, RESERVOIRS, AND WETLANDS, MAY BE MADE USING RAPID BIOASSESSMENT PROTOCOLS FOR USE IN WADEABLE STREAMS AND RIVERS (EPA/841-B-99-002) AND/OR OTHER SCIENTIFICALLY DEFENSIBLE METHODS. EFFECTS TO BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS WILL BE MEASURED BY COMPARISONS TO UPSTREAM CONDITIONS OR TO APPROPRIATELY SELECTED REFERENCE SITES IN THE SAME BIOREGION IF UPSTREAM CONDITIONS ARE DETERMINED TO BE DEGRADED. HABITAT - THE QUALITY OF INSTREAM HABITAT SHALL PROVIDE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DIVERSE AQUATIC COMMUNITY THAT MEETS REGIONALLY BASED BIOLOGICAL INTEGRITY GOALS. THE INSTREAM HABITAT WITHIN EACH SUBECOREGION SHALL BE GENERALLY SIMILAR TO THAT FOUND AT REFERENCE STREAMS. HOWEVER, STREAMS SHALL NOT BE ASSESSED AS IMPACTED BY ABITAT LOSS IF IT HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED THAT THE BIOLOGICAL INTEGRITY GOAL HAS BEEN MET. PROPOSED SILTATION/HABITAT ALTERATION TMDL CANEY FORK RIVER WATERSHED (HUC 05130108) THESE TMDLS ARE BEING ESTABLISHED TO ATTAIN FULL SUPPORT OF THE FISH AND AQUATIC LIFE DESIGNATED USE CLASSIFICATION. TMDLS ESTABLISHED TO PROTECT FISH AND AQUATIC LIFE WILL PROTECT ALL OTHER USE CLASSIFICATIONS FOR THE IDENTIFIED WATERBODIES FROM ADVERSE ALTERATION DUE TO SEDIMENT LOADING. | |||
| NPDES Allocation for Pollutant: Siltation | |||
| NPDES ID | Other Non PCS Identification | Waste Load Allocation | Units |
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| TNG830065 |
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| TNS075256 |
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| TNS075809 |
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| TNS077585 |
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| Listed Water Causes of Impairment for Siltation Click on the underlined Waterbody ID for a Waterbody Report. Click on the underlined "Waterbody Map" literal for a map of the Assessment Unit. |
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| Waterbody ID | Waterbody Name | Map | Cycles Listed | Cause(s) of Impairment Addressed | |
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| TN05130108001_0100 | SNOW CREEK | Data Unavailable | 2002, 2004 | Other Habitat Alteration(s) | |
| TN05130108001_0100 | SNOW CREEK | Data Unavailable | 2002, 2004 | Siltation | |
| TN05130108001_0200 | FERGUSON BRANCH | Data Unavailable | 2002 | Siltation | |
| TN05130108001_0200 | FERGUSON BRANCH | Data Unavailable | 2002, 2004 | Other Habitat Alteration(s) | |
| TN05130108001_0400 | ROCK SPRINGS BRANCH | Data Unavailable | 2002 | Siltation, Other Habitat Alteration(s) | |
| TN05130108002_2000 | HICKMAN CREEK | Waterbody Map | 2002, 2004 | Other Habitat Alteration(s) | |
| TN05130108024_1000 | ROCKY RIVER | Data Unavailable | 2002, 2004 | Siltation | |
| TN05130108025_0400 | HICKORY VALLEY BRANCH | Waterbody Map | 2002, 2004 | Other Habitat Alteration(s) | |
| TN05130108033_0310 | BRADDEN CREEK | Data Unavailable | 2002, 2004 | Other Habitat Alteration(s) | |
| TN05130108033_1000 | BEE CREEK | Data Unavailable | 2002 | Siltation, Other Habitat Alteration(s) | |
| TN05130108036_0810 | FLYN CREEK | Data Unavailable | 2002 | Siltation | |
| TN05130108036_3000 | UNNAMED TRIB TO CANEY FORK RIVER | Data Unavailable | 2002 | Other Habitat Alteration(s) | |
| TN05130108043_0300 | BLUE SPRING CREEK | Data Unavailable | 2002, 2004 | Siltation | |
| TN05130108045_0150 | CANE CREEK | Data Unavailable | 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 | Other Habitat Alteration(s) | |
| TN05130108045_0300 | HUDGENS CREEK | Data Unavailable | 2002, 2004 | Other Habitat Alteration(s) | |
| TN05130108045_0400 | PIGEON ROOST CREEK | Waterbody Map | 2002, 2004 | Other Habitat Alteration(s) | |
| TN05130108045_0450 | PIGEON ROOST CREEK | Waterbody Map | 2002, 2004 | Other Habitat Alteration(s) | |
| TN05130108045_0500 | POST OAK CREEK | Data Unavailable | 2002, 2004 | Other Habitat Alteration(s) | |
| TN05130108045_0500 | POST OAK CREEK | Data Unavailable | 2002, 2004 | Siltation | |
| TN05130108045_1000 | FALLING WATER RIVER | Waterbody Map | 2002, 2004 | Siltation | |
| TN05130108048_1000 | INDIAN CREEK | Data Unavailable | 2002 | Other Habitat Alteration(s), Siltation | |
| TN05130108684_1000 | FALL CREEK | Waterbody Map | 2002, 2004 | Other Habitat Alteration(s), Siltation | |
| TN05130108684_2000 | FALL CREEK | Data Unavailable | 2002, 2004 | Other Habitat Alteration(s) | |