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TMDL Document for MILL CREEK

TMDL ID: 33189 TMDL Name: MILL CREEK
State/Tribe: Kansas TMDL Date: 08/03/2007
EPA Action: EPA Approved

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TMDL Pollutant: Atrazine

Total Waste Load Allocation:      Total Load Allocation: 99.36
Explicit Margin Of Safety:      Implicit Margin Of Safety: Y
Units for Total Waste Load Allocation and Total Load Allocation: LBS/DAY      TMDL Pollutant Source Type: Nonpoint Source
TMDL End Point: LOADING CAPACITIES ARE EXPRESSED AS LOAD DURATION CURVES WHICH ACCOUNT FOR SEASONAL VARIATION IN FLOW FOR EACH IMPAIRED SEGMENT. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TARGETED POLLUTANT AND THE POLLUTANT CAUSING THE IMPAIRMENT IS DIRECT. THE ENDPOINTS ARE SET SUCH THAT AN AVERAGE MONTHLY ATRAZINE EXCEEDANCE OVER 3UG/L WILL OCCUR NO MORE FREQUENTLY THAN ONCE EVERY THREE YEARS IN THE LAKE OR ITS WATERSHED, ANNUAL AVERAGE ATRAZINE CONCENTRATION WILL BE BELOW 3 UG/L IN TUTTLE CREEK LAKE, ITS OUTFALL AND THE STREAMS COMPRISING ITS WATERSHED, AND NO INDIVIDUAL SAMPLE WILL EXCEED THE ACUTE CRITERION OF 170 UG/L. THE LOAD ALLOCATION IN THIS TMDL IS AN EXAMPLE BASED ON THE MEDIAN FLOW DURING MAY TO JUNE. REFER TO THE TMDL FOR SPECIFIC LOADING INFORMATION. THIS TMDL ADDRESSES THE IMPAIRMENTS TO CHRONIC AQUATIC LIFE SUPPORT AND DOMESTIC WATER SUPPLY AND WILL BE PROTECTIVE OF THE ACUTE AQUATIC LIFE CRITERIA.


Listed Water Causes of Impairment for Atrazine
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Waterbody ID Waterbody Name Map Cycles Listed Cause(s) of Impairment Addressed
KS-KR-07-507_20 MILL CR Waterbody Map 2004 Atrazine

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