Volume 44 - Issue 30 - July 24, 2025

State of Kansas

Department of Health and Environment

Notice of Hearing

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has prepared a revised draft Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) for Cow Creek in the Lower Arkansas River Basin. This revised draft addresses EPA comments by including the assignment of wasteload allocation for two facilities. This river is impaired for total phosphorus and does not meet state surface water quality standards.

The total phosphorus TMDL presented for public review is:

Lower Arkansas River Basin

• Cow Sub-basin (Hydrologic Unit Code–11030011):
  • Cow Creek (with the following tributaries):
    • Little Cheyenne Creek
    • Plum Creek
    • Lost Creek
    • Spring Creek
    • Little Cow Creek
    • Owl Creek
    • Jarvis Creek
    • Dry Creek
    • Salt Creek

Draft copies of this TMDL can be obtained for review by contacting the Policy Planning and Standards Unit at 785-296-0491 or by accessing them online through the

KDHE TMDL website at http://www.kdhe.ks.gov/1443/. A public hearing to take testimony from interested parties will be held virtually:

Date: August 6, 2025
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 pm

The first portion of the hearing will be a briefing outlining the TMDL, and the second portion of the hearing will be open for public comment. The public comment period for these TMDLs will be held open from July 24, 2025 through August 25, 2025. After reviewing the testimony and public comments, KDHE will make appropriate revisions to the TMDLs and submit them to Region 7 of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Any individual with a disability may request accommodation in order to participate in the public hearing process and may request the proposed TMDLs in an accessible format. Requests for accommodation to participate in the hearing process should be made at least five working days in advance of the hearing by contacting KDHE. Requests, questions, or written comments should be directed to Ryan Brice at: 1000 SW Jackson St., Suite 420, Topeka, KS 66612-1367; by email at Ryan.Brice@ks.gov; or by telephone at 785-296-0491.

Janet Stanek
Secretary