Water Protection Program

Total Maximum Daily Load, or TMDL, Water Body Record

Turkey Creek
Approved Jan. 13, 2005

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, approved the TMDL document for Turkey Creek, WBID 3282, in St. Francois County. 

303(d)-listed pollutants:

• Biochemical Oxygen Demand.
• Volatile Suspended Solids.

To address the listed pollutants, TMDLs were calculated for:

• Biochemical Oxygen Demand.
• Volatile Suspended Solids.
• Total Nitrogen.
• Total Phosphorus.

Documents in this record:

• Approved Turkey Creek TMDL.
• Turkey Creek 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 one comment letter during the public notice period, which was from Nov. 19 to Dec. 19, 2004.