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Amended Decisions to Missouri’s 2002 303(d) List
EPA is making the following revisions to its April 23, 2003 decision regarding
Missouri’s 303 (d) list.
I. Sediment Listed Streams
EPA had added back (i.e., restored) 34 waterbodies to Missouri’s 303(d) list. These
waterbodies had been delisted by the Missouri Clean Water Commission after MDNR had
changed the impairment from “sediment” to “habitat loss” for the 2002 list. EPA disapproved
the pollutant name change and restored “sediment” as the cause of impairment. In addition, EPA
restored “sediment” as the cause of impairment to four other waterbodies which were still on
Missouri’s 303(d) list. However, documentation provided by the State during EPA’s public
comment period demonstrated that 12 of the 38 waterbodies are higher quality reference streams.
Therefore, EPA is revising its decision and removing 12 waterbodies from Missouri’s list, and
removing sediment as a pollutant from another waterbody.
EPA is making the following revisions:
Waterbody Name WBID Pollutant Revision
White Cloud Creek 345 Sediment Delist
East Crooked Creek 372 Sediment Delist
E. Fk. Grand River 457 Sediment Delist
Grindstone Creek 502 Sediment Delist
Honey Creek 337 Sediment Delist
L. Drywood Cr 1325 Sediment Delist
Locust Creek 606 Sediment Delist
Marrowbone Creek 508 Sediment Delist
North River 81 Sediment Delist
Spring Creek 657 Sediment Delist
W. Fork Big Creek 449 Sediment Delist
Long Branch 339 Sediment Delist
W. Fk. Locust Creek 612 Sedminent, Unknown Remove Sediment
II. Consent Decree Waterbodies
EPA had added 13 of the 26 Consent Decree waterbodies (Attachment B Waters). Of
these 13 waters, EPA is removing the following 2 waterbodies from the 303(d) list.
Waterbody Name WBID Pollutant Revision
E. Honey Creek 555 Unknown Delist
E. Fk. Locust Creek 608 DO, Unknown Delist