Montana DEQ - Final Reports for Approved TMDLs

Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL)

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Final Reports and EPA Approval Letters
for Completed TMDLs
Location	Reports
Ruby River Watershed	Ruby River Watershed Total Maximum Daily Loads and Framework for a Water Quality Restoration Plan December 2006 Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Appendix D Appendix E Appendix F Appendix G Appendix H Appendix I EPA Approval Letter and Enclosures
Prospect Creek Metals	Total Maximum Daily Loads for Metals in Prospect Creek Watershed October 2006 Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Appendix D Appendix E Appendix F EPA Approval Letter
Lake Helena Volume II	Water Quality Restoration Plan TMDLs for the Lake Helena Planning Area Volume II August 2006 Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Appendix D Appendix E Appendix F Appendix G Appendix H Appendix I Appendix J Appendix K EPA Approval Letter EPA Enclosure #1 EPA Enclosure #2
Lake Helena Volume I	Water Quality Restoration Plan TMDLs for the Lake Helena Planning Area Volume 1 December 2004 Appendices
Ninemile	Water Quality Restoration Plan and TMDLs for the Ninemile Planning Area January 2005 EPA Approval Letter EPA Enclosure #1 EPA Enclosure #2
Bitterroot Headwaters	Water Quality Restoration Plan and TMDLs for the Bitterroot Headwaters Planning Area October 2005 EPA Approval Letter EPA Enclosure #1 EPA Enclosure #2
Big Spring	Water Quality Assessment and TMDLs for the Big Spring Planning Area March 2005 EPA Approval Letter EPA Enclosure #1 EPA Enclosure #2
Dearborn	Water Quality Assessment and TMDLs for the Dearborn River Planning Area February 2005 Appendix A, C, D & E Appendix B EPA Approval Letter EPA Enclosure #1 EPA Enclosure #2
Flathead River Headwaters	Water Quality Assessment and TMDLs for the Flathead River Headwaters Planning Area, Montana December 2004 Summary Report Appendix C EPA Approval Letter EPA Enclosure #1 EPA Enclosure #2
Grave Creek Watershed	Grave Creek Watershed Water Quality and Habitat Restoration Plan and Sediment Total Maximum Daily Load March 2005 EPA Approval Letter EPA Enclosure #1 EPA Enclosure #2
Bobtail Creek Watershed	Water Quality Protection Plan and TMDLs for the Bobtail Creek Watershed January 2005 EPA Approval Letter EPA Enclosure #1 EPA Enclosure #2
Sun River Watershed	Water Quality Protection Plan and TMDLs for the Sun River Watershed December 2004 Appendices Maps EPA Approval Letter EPA Enclosure #1 EPA Enclosure #2
Swan Lake	Water Quality Protection Plan and TMDLs for the Swan Lake Watershed June 9, 2004 Appendices Maps EPA Approval Letter
Blackfoot Headwaters Sediment	Water Quality and Habitat Restoration Plan and TMDL for Sediment April 2004 Appendices Figures EPA Approval Letter
Teton	Water Quality Management Plan and TMDLs for the Teton River Watershed September 2003 Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Appendix D Appendix E Appendix F EPA Approval Letter
Big Creek (Columbia Basin)	Watershed Restoration Plan March 2003 ESA EPA Letter ESA FWS Findings Letter EPA Approval Letter EPA Approval Attachments
Big Creek (Yellowstone Basin)	Flow Restoration Plan (TMDL) December 2000 EPA Acknowledgment
Blackfoot Headwaters Metals	Water Quality Restoration Plan for Metals in the Blackfoot Headwaters TMDL Planning AreaJune 2003 Appendixes and Figures EPA Approval Letter EPA Enclosure 1 EPA Enclosure 2
Big Sandy Creek	Salinity TMDL and Water Quality Restoration Plan January 2002 EPA Approval Letter
Careless Creek	Water Quality Restoration Plan, MT DEQ February 2001 EPA Approval Letter
Clark Fork River	Voluntary Nutrient Reduction Program (Tri-State Implementation Council, August 1998) EPA Approval Letter
Cooke City	Water Quality Restoration Plan for the Cooke City TMDL Planning Area September 23, 2002 Appendixes and Figures EPA Approval Letter
Deep Creek	Development of a TMDL to Reduce NonPoint Source Sediment Pollution in Deep Creek, Montana March 1996
Elk Creek	Elk Creek Restoration Project Survey Green Mountain Watershed Project Implementation Plan Elk Creek TMDL Maps EPA Approval Letter
Flathead Lake	Title Page w/Map Nutrient Management Plan & TMDL for Flathead Lake, Montana DEQ, December 2001 Document Appendix A Additional Figures Appendix B Historical Perspective on Managed Forest Lands Appendix C Current Flathead Lake Monitoring Program Appendix D DEQ Responses to Public Comments EPA Approval Letter
Lone Tree Creek	Lone Tree Creek TMDL Addressing Riparian Habitat Degradation, Flow Alteration & Nutrient Enrichment February 2001 EPA Approval Letter
Lower Musselshell	Lower Musselshell TMDL Planning Area Decision Document December 28, 2001
Sage Creek	Salinity TMDL for Sage Creek, Montana January 16, 2002 EPA Approval Letter
Teton River	EPA Approval Letter
Upper Lolo	Water Quality Restoration Plan and Total Maximum Daily Loads for the Upper Lolo Creek TMDL Planning Area EPA Approval Letter

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Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL)