Water Protection Program

Total Maximum Daily Load, or TMDL, Water Body Record

Big Creek
Approved Feb. 17, 2006

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, approved the TMDL document for Big Creek, WBID 2916, in Iron County. 

303(d)-listed pollutants:

• Metals.

To address the listed pollutants, TMDLs were calculated for:

• Dissolved Cadmium.
• Dissolved Lead.
• Dissolved Zinc.

Documents in this record:

• Approved Big Creek TMDL.
• Big 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 no comments during the public notice period, which was from Nov. 18 to Dec. 18, 2005.