Water Protection Program

Total Maximum Daily Load, or TMDL, Water Body Record

Mississippi River
Approved Nov. 3, 2006

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, approved the TMDL document for the Mississippi River, WBIDs 0001, 1707and 3152, across 16 counties, Clark to Pemiscot county. 

303(d)-listed pollutants:

• Chlordane.
• Polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs.

To address the listed pollutants, TMDLs were calculated for:

• Chlordane.
• Polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs.

Documents in this record:

• Approved Mississippi River TMDL.
• Mississippi River TMDL Information Sheet.
• EPA approval letter - This includes the EPA Region 7 TMDL Review pages in which they document how this TMDL meets all of their requirements.
• Submittal letter transferring the TMDL to EPA for approval.
• Comments and responses - The department received 4 comment letters during the first public notice period, which was from June 9 to July 9, 2006.  As a result of these comments, the document underwent a second public notice, from Aug. 30 to Sept. 29, 2006.  No additional comments were received.