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TMDL Document for TMDL FOR SILTATION AND HABITAT ALTERATION IN THE UPPER DUCK RIVER WATERSHED (HUC 06040002)

TMDL ID: 23046 TMDL Name: TMDL FOR SILTATION AND HABITAT ALTERATION IN THE UPPER DUCK RIVER WATERSHED (HUC 06040002)
State/Tribe: Tennessee TMDL Date: 07/18/2006
EPA Action: EPA Approved

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TMDL Pollutant: Siltation

Total Waste Load Allocation:      Total Load Allocation:
Explicit Margin Of Safety:      Implicit Margin Of Safety: Not Reported
Units for Total Waste Load Allocation and Total Load Allocation:      TMDL Pollutant Source Type: Point/Nonpoint Source
TMDL End Point: 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 AND (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 DEPARTMENT¿S 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. 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 HABITAT LOSS IF IT HAS BEEN DEMONSTRATED THAT THE BIOLOGICAL INTEGRITY GOAL HAS BEEN MET.

NPDES Allocation for Pollutant: Siltation
NPDES ID Other Non PCS Identification Waste Load Allocation Units
TN0071251



TN0071846



TNG110032




TNS077615, TNS075531, TNS077631, TNS075647, TNS075795, TNS077585


TN0022756



TNG110309



TN0003654



TNG110117



TNG110069



TN0061395



TN0066508




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.
Waterbody ID Waterbody Name Map Cycles Listed Cause(s) of Impairment Addressed
TN06040002001_0300 GOOSE CREEK Data Unavailable 2002, 2004 Habitat Alterations
TN06040002012_0100 EAST ROCK CREEK Waterbody Map 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 Siltation, Habitat Alterations
TN06040002012_0700 SNELL BRANCH Data Unavailable 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 Riparian Habitat Alteration, Siltation
TN06040002012_2000 BIG ROCK CREEK Waterbody Map 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 Siltation
TN06040002012_3000 BIG ROCK CREEK Waterbody Map 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010 Habitat Alterations, Siltation
TN06040002021_0100 LITTLE SINKING CREEK Data Unavailable 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 Siltation
TN06040002021_0100 Little Sinking Creek Data Unavailable 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 Habitat Alterations
TN06040002021_1000 SINKING CREEK Data Unavailable 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 Siltation
TN06040002021_1000 Sinking Creek Data Unavailable 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 Habitat Alterations
TN06040002021_2000 SINKING CREEK Data Unavailable 2002, 2004 Habitat Alterations, Siltation
TN06040002024_0100 DAVIS BRANCH Data Unavailable 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 Siltation
TN06040002027_0300 BUTLER CREEK Data Unavailable 2002, 2004 Habitat Alterations
TN06040002027_1000 DUCK RIVER Waterbody Map 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010 Siltation
TN06040002033_0300 BELL BUCKLE CREEK Data Unavailable 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 Habitat Alterations, Siltation
TN06040002038_0300 HURRICANE CREEK Data Unavailable 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 Habitat Alterations, Siltation
TN06040002038_1000 FALL CREEK Data Unavailable 2002, 2004 Siltation, Habitat Alterations
TN06040002039_0250 WEAKLY CREEK Data Unavailable 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 Siltation
TN06040002039_0300 ALEXANDER CREEK Data Unavailable 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 Siltation
TN06040002039_3000 NORTH FORK CREEK Data Unavailable 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 Siltation
TN06040002046_1000 WILSON CREEK Data Unavailable 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 Habitat Alterations
TN06040002047_0300 LICK CREEK Data Unavailable 2002, 2004 Habitat Alterations
TN06040002048_0100 THICK CREEK Data Unavailable 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 Siltation, Habitat Alterations
TN06040002048_1000 CANEY CREEK Data Unavailable 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 Siltation

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