TMDL Report | WATERS

TMDL Document for TMDL FOR SILTATION AND HABITAT ALTERATION IN THE NOLICHUCKY RIVER WATERSHED (HUC 06010108) IN COCKE, GREENE, HAMBLEN, HAWKINS, JEFFERSON, UNICOI, AND WASHINGTON, COUNTIES, TENNESSEE

TMDL ID:	33998	TMDL Name:	TMDL FOR SILTATION AND HABITAT ALTERATION IN THE NOLICHUCKY RIVER WATERSHED (HUC 06010108) IN COCKE, GREENE, HAMBLEN, HAWKINS, JEFFERSON, UNICOI, AND WASHINGTON, COUNTIES, TENNESSEE
State/Tribe:	Tennessee	TMDL Date:	02/26/2008
EPA Action:	EPA Approved	Comments:	THERE ARE 4 SPECIES OVERLAPPING WITH 9 TMDL SEGMENTS. THESE 9 SEGMENTS ARE ALL PART OF THE NOLICHUCKY RIVER AND INCLUDE 4 LISTED SPECIES: GRAY BAT, SNAIL DARTER, OYSTER MUSSEL, AND APPALACHIAN ELKTOE.

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TMDL Pollutant: Other Habitat Alteration(s)

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:	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. IN CONSIDERATION OF THE COMPLEXITY OF PROCESSES ASSOCIATED WITH SILTATION/HABITAT ALTERATION IMPAIRMENT OF SURFACE WATERS, A SECOND SURROGATE INDICATOR RELATING TO THE BIOLOGICAL HEALTH OF A WATERBODY WAS UTILIZED IN CASES WHERE THE PRIMARY METHOD OF ANALYSIS COULD NOT FULLY REPRESENT SITESPECIFIC CONDITIONS. SINCE MANY WATERBODY ASSESSMENTS ARE BASED ON BIOLOGICAL SURVEYS (REF.: SECTION 3.0), THE WATERBODY HABITAT ASSESSMENT SCORE WAS SELECTED AS THE APPROPRIATE SECOND INDICATOR TARGET. TARGET HABITAT ASSESSMENT SCORES WERE BASED ON THE MEDIAN SCORE FOR LEVEL IV ECOREGION REFERENCE SITES LOCATED IN THE SAME ECOREGION AS THE IMPAIRED WATERBODIES. INFORMATION REGARDING HABITAT ASSESSMENT PARAMETERS AND PROTOCOLS FOR ECOREGION REFERENCE STREAMS CAN BE FOUND IN HABITAT QUALITY OF LEAST IMPACTED STREAMS IN TENNESSEE (TDEC, 2001). TARGET HABITAT ASSESSMENT SCORES FOR ECOREGIONS 67F AND 67G ARE 175 AND 156, RESPECTIVELY.

NPDES ID	Other Non PCS Identification	Waste Load Allocation	Units
NPDES Allocation for Pollutant: Other Habitat Alteration(s)
TNG110215
TNG110215

Waterbody ID	Waterbody Name	Map	Cycles Listed	Cause(s) of Impairment Addressed
Listed Water Causes of Impairment for Other Habitat Alteration(S) Click on the underlined Waterbody ID for a Waterbody Report. Click on the underlined "Waterbody Map" literal for a map of the Assessment Unit.
TN06010108005_0310	PRIVET BRANCH	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Other Habitat Alteration(s)
TN06010108005_0710	Shelton Branch	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Physical Substrate Habitat Alterations
TN06010108010_0300	College Creek	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Other Anthropogenic Substrate Alterations
TN06010108010_0400	MOON CREEK	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Other Habitat Alteration(s)
TN06010108010_0500	Pudding Creek	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Physical Substrate Habitat Alterations
TN06010108010_0750	Rheatown Creek	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Physical Substrate Habitat Alterations
TN06010108010_0800	Hice Creek	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Physical Substrate Habitat Alterations
TN06010108010_0900	Snapp Branch	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Physical Substrate Habitat Alterations
TN06010108010_1100	Asbury Creek	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Physical Substrate Habitat Alterations
TN06010108010_1200	Knave Branch	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Physical Substrate Habitat Alterations
TN06010108010_1300	Keplinger Creek	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Physical Substrate Habitat Alterations
TN06010108010_1400	Lebanon Branch	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Physical Substrate Habitat Alterations
TN06010108010_1900	Martins Creek	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Other Anthropogenic Substrate Alterations
TN06010108010_1910	Spring Creek	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Other Anthropogenic Substrate Alterations
TN06010108010_3600	Moore Branch	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Physical Substrate Habitat Alterations
TN06010108010_3800	Wolf Branch	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Physical Substrate Habitat Alterations
TN06010108030_0100	Cedar Creek	Waterbody Map	2002, 2004, 2006	Physical Substrate Habitat Alterations
TN06010108030_0210	Splatter Creek	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Physical Substrate Habitat Alterations
TN06010108030_0300	Keebler Branch	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Physical Substrate Habitat Alterations
TN06010108030_0400	Clear Fork	Waterbody Map	2002, 2004, 2006	Physical Substrate Habitat Alterations
TN06010108030_0420	Unnamed Trib to Clear Fork	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Physical Substrate Habitat Alterations
TN06010108030_0431	Leesburg Branch	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Physical Substrate Habitat Alterations
TN06010108033_0100	Buffalo Creek	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Physical Substrate Habitat Alterations
TN06010108035_0200	Potter Creek	Waterbody Map	2002, 2004, 2006	Physical Substrate Habitat Alterations
TN06010108035_0400	Mud Creek	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Physical Substrate Habitat Alterations
TN06010108035_0700	Lick Branch	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Physical Substrate Habitat Alterations
TN06010108035_1000	LICK CREEK	Waterbody Map	2002, 2004, 2006	Other Habitat Alteration(s)
TN06010108035_1110	BABB CREEK	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Other Habitat Alteration(s)
TN06010108035_1400	GARDINER CREEK	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Other Habitat Alteration(s)
TN06010108035_1410	WATTENBARGER CREEK	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Other Habitat Alteration(s)
TN06010108035_2300	HORSE FORK	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Other Habitat Alteration(s)
TN06010108035_2310	UNION TEMPLE CREEK	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Other Habitat Alteration(s)
TN06010108035_2320	DAVIS CREEK	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Other Habitat Alteration(s)
TN06010108035_2521	POSSUM CREEK	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Other Habitat Alteration(s)
TN06010108035_2810	POND CREEK	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Other Habitat Alteration(s)
TN06010108035_2900	FOX BRANCH	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Other Habitat Alteration(s)
TN06010108035_3000	LICK CREEK	Waterbody Map	2002, 2004, 2006	Other Habitat Alteration(s)
TN06010108035_3000	Lick Creek	Waterbody Map	2002, 2004, 2006	Physical Substrate Habitat Alterations
TN06010108035_5000	Lick Creek	Waterbody Map	2002, 2004, 2006	Physical Substrate Habitat Alterations
TN06010108035_6000	Lick Creek	Waterbody Map	2002, 2004, 2006	Physical Substrate Habitat Alterations
TN06010108035_7000	Lick Creek	Waterbody Map	2002, 2004, 2006	Physical Substrate Habitat Alterations
TN06010108042_0100	Hale Branch	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Physical Substrate Habitat Alterations
TN06010108042_0110	Slop Creek	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Physical Substrate Habitat Alterations
TN06010108042_0612	Coldspring Branch	Data Unavailable	2004, 2006	Physical Substrate Habitat Alterations
TN06010108043_0200	Crider Creek	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Physical Substrate Habitat Alterations
TN06010108043_0300	Sartain Branch	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Physical Substrate Habitat Alterations
TN06010108043_0310	Carter Branch	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Physical Substrate Habitat Alterations
TN06010108088_0200	Alexander Creek	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Physical Substrate Habitat Alterations
TN06010108102_0100	Unnamed Trib. To Richland Creek	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Physical Substrate Habitat Alterations
TN06010108102_0200	Simpson Creek	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Physical Substrate Habitat Alterations
TN06010108102_0300	Tipton Creek	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Physical Substrate Habitat Alterations
TN06010108102_0400	East Fork Richland Creek	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Physical Substrate Habitat Alterations
TN06010108102_2000	Richland Creek	Waterbody Map	2002, 2004, 2006	Physical Substrate Habitat Alterations
TN06010108456_0200	Dry Creek	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Physical Substrate Habitat Alterations
TN06010108510_0100	Brown Branch	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Physical Substrate Habitat Alterations
TN06010108510_0200	Bacon Branch	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Physical Substrate Habitat Alterations
TN06010108510_2000	Little Limestone Creek	Waterbody Map	2002, 2004, 2006	Physical Substrate Habitat Alterations
TN06010108536_0100	Loyd Creek	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Physical Substrate Habitat Alterations
TN06010108536_0200	Little Cherokee Creek	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Physical Substrate Habitat Alterations
TN06010108DCTRIBS_0100	Mutton Creek	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Physical Substrate Habitat Alterations
TN06010108DCTRIBS_0600	Flag Branch	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Physical Substrate Habitat Alterations

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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:	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 ID	Other Non PCS Identification	Waste Load Allocation	Units
NPDES Allocation for Pollutant: Siltation
TNG110164
	TNS075787
TN0066681
TN0072303
TN0065994
TN0076201
TN0060879
TN0054291
TN0068896
TNG110000
TNG110215
TNG110132
TNG110332
TN0066010
	TNR10-0000
	TNS075728
	TNS075710
	TNS077763
	TNS075574

Waterbody ID	Waterbody Name	Map	Cycles Listed	Cause(s) of Impairment Addressed
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.
TN06010108001_0110	ROBINSON CREEK	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108001_0200	TURKEY CREEK	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108001_1000	NOLICHUCKY RIVER	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108001_3000	NOLICHUCKY RIVER	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108005_0310	PRIVET BRANCH	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108005_0500	GREGG BRANCH	Waterbody Map	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108005_0710	SHELTON BRANCH	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108005_0800	KYKER BRANCH	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108005_1000	NOLICHUCKY RIVER	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108005_2000	NOLICHUCKY RIVER	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108005_3000	NOLICHUCKY RIVER	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108009_0300	CEDAR CREEK	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108009_1000	COVE CREEK	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108010_0200	HOLLEY CREEK	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108010_0300	COLLEGE CREEK	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108010_0500	PUDDING CREEK	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108010_0750	RHEATOWN CREEK	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108010_0800	HICE CREEK	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108010_0900	SNAPP BRANCH	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108010_1000	NOLICHUCKY RIVER	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108010_1100	ASBURY CREEK	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108010_1300	KEPLINGER CREEK	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108010_1400	LEBANON BRANCH	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108010_2000	NOLICHUCKY RIVER	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108010_3000	NOLICHUCKY RIVER	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108010_3100	KATY BRANCH	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108010_3600	MOORE BRANCH	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108010_3800	WOLF BRANCH	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108010_6000	NOLICHUCKY RIVER	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108029_0300	SCIOTO CREEK	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108029_1000	NORTH INDIAN CREEK	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108030_0100	CEDAR CREEK	Waterbody Map	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108030_0200	JOCKEY CREEK	Waterbody Map	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108030_0210	SPLATTER CREEK	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108030_0220	CARSON CREEK	Waterbody Map	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108030_0300	KEEBLER BRANCH	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108030_0400	CLEAR FORK	Waterbody Map	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108030_0420	UNNAMED TRIB TO CLEAR FORK	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108030_0431	LEESBURG BRANCH	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108030_2000	BIG LIMESTONE CREEK	Waterbody Map	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108033_0100	BUFFALO CREEK	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108035_0200	POTTER CREEK	Waterbody Map	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108035_0900	PUNCHEON CAMP CREEK	Waterbody Map	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108035_1000	LICK CREEK	Waterbody Map	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108035_1900	CLEAR CREEK	Waterbody Map	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108035_2310	UNION TEMPLE CREEK	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108035_2320	DAVIS CREEK	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108035_3000	LICK CREEK	Waterbody Map	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108035_5000	LICK CREEK	Waterbody Map	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108035_6000	LICK CREEK	Waterbody Map	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108035_7000	LICK CREEK	Waterbody Map	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108035_9000	LICK CREEK	Waterbody Map	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108042_0612	COLDSPRING BRANCH	Data Unavailable	2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108043_0200	CRIDER CREEK	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108043_0300	SARTAIN BRANCH	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108043_0310	CARTER BRANCH	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108043_0400	CEDAR CREEK	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108088_0200	ALEXANDER CREEK	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108102_0100	UNNAMED TRIB. TO RICHLAND CREEK	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108102_0200	SIMPSON CREEK	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108102_0300	TIPTON CREEK	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108102_2000	RICHLAND CREEK	Waterbody Map	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108456_0200	DRY CREEK	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108510_0100	BROWN BRANCH	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108510_0200	BACON BRANCH	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108510_0300	FEIST BRANCH	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108510_0500	ONION CREEK	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108536_0100	LOYD CREEK	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108536_0200	LITTLE CHEROKEE CREEK	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108536_1000	CHEROKEE CREEK	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108536_2000	CHEROKEE CREEK	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108DCTRIBS_0100	MUTTON CREEK	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108DCTRIBS_0200	JOHNSON CREEK	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108DCTRIBS_0500	MUD CREEK	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108DCTRIBS_0600	FLAG BRANCH	Data Unavailable	2002, 2004, 2006	Siltation
TN06010108DCROCKETT_1000	DAVY CROCKETT LAKE	Data Unavailable	2004, 2006	Siltation

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