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Below are links to subbasin assessments, total maximum daily loads (TMDLs), implementation plans, and five-year reviews completed in Idaho.

For information on and DEQ contacts for specific subbasins, click on the subbasin name. For general information on the TMDL process, contact DEQ's TMDL Program Manager, Marti Bridges, at (208) 373-0382 or marti.bridges@deq.idaho.gov.

Subbasin Name	Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)	TMDL Status	Implementation Plan Status	Five Year Review Status
American Falls Subbasin	17040206	Subbasin Assessment and Loading Analysis Submitted to EPA May 2012
Bear River Basin/Malad River Subbasin	16010201 16010102 16010204 16010202	Approved by EPA June 2006 Bear River Basin Addendum Submitted to EPA: July 2011	Lower Bear/Malad Subbasin Agriculture: Completed May 2010 Central Bear (Bear River Mainstem) Agriculture: Completed October 2008 Northern Middle Bear Agriculture: Completed September 2008 Southern Middle Bear Agriculture: Completed September 2008 Bear Lake Subbasin Agriculture: Completed July 2008 Bear River/Malad River Forest Svc.: Completed April 2008 Daniels Watershed: Completed 2007 Cub River Watershed Agriculture: Completed September 2006
Beaver-Camas Subbasin	17040214	Approved by EPA August 2005	Under development
Big Lost River Subbasin	17040218	Approved by EPA August 2004 Addendum approved by EPA December 2011	Under development	See TMDL Addendum
Big Wood River Subbasin	17040219	Approved by EPA May 2002 Errata approved by EPA February 2012	Agriculture Completed October 2006
Birch Creek Subbasin	17040216	SBA March 2005
Bissel Creek Subbasin	17050122	Approved by EPA October 2003	Completed April 2006
Black Lake Subbasin	17010303	Approved by EPA August 2011
Blackfoot River Subbasin	17040207	Approved by EPA April 2002 Brush Creek Temperature TMDL Approved by EPA November 2007	Completed February 2006
Boise - Mores Creek Subbasin	17050112	Approved by EPA February 2010
Boise River (Lower) Nutrient/Tributary Subbasin	17050114	SBA December 2001 Link to Lower Boise River Water Quality Plan Web Site	NA
Boise River (Lower) Subbasin	17050114	Approved by EPA January 2000 Sediment and Bacteria Addendum Approved by EPA June 2008 Lake Lowell TMDL Addendum Approved by EPA December 2010	Completed December 2003 Total Phosphorus Implementation Plan Completed December 2008	Completed February 2009
Boise River (South Fork) Subbasin	17050113	Approved by EPA March 2009	Completed October 2009	See TMDL
Boise River (Upper) Subbasin	17050111 and 17050113	SBA November 2000	NA
Brownlee River (Weiser Flat) Subbasin	17050201	Approved by EPA November 2003	Agriculture: Completed September 2004
Bruneau River Subbasin	17050102	Approved by EPA March 2001 Jacks Creek Aquaculture Addendum TMDL Approved by EPA November 2007	Bruneau River Agriculture: Completed June 2002 Jack Creek Agriculture: Completed June 2002
Camas Creek Subbasin	17040220	Approved by EPA September 2005	Agriculture: Completed August 2007
Cascade Reservoir	17050123	Phase I: Approved by EPA May 1996 Phase II: Approved by EPA April 1999 Tributary TMDL Addendum: Approved by EPA February 2012	All Phases: Completed June 2000	All Phases: Completed February 2009
Clark Fork - Pend Oreille Subbasin	17010213 and 17010214	Approved by EPA April 2001 September 2000 Temperature Addendum Approved by EPA April 2008 Sediment Addendum Approved by EPA January 2008 Pack River Nutrients Addendum Approved by EPA December 2008	Pack River Total Maximum Daily Load Implementation Plan for Agriculture Completed December 2007 Pack River Watershed Management Plan and TMDL Implementation Plan Completed July 2006 Cocolalla Lake, Cocolalla Creek, and Hoodoo Creek Implementation Plan Completed July 2004
Clark Fork River (Lower) Subbasin	17010213	Approved by EPA October 2007
Clearwater River, North Fork (Upper) Subbasin	17060307	Approved by EPA December 2003	Under development
Clearwater River, North Fork (Lower) Subbasin	17060308	Approved by EPA January 2003	Completed May 2004
Clearwater River, South Fork Subbasin	17060305	Approved by EPA January 2003	Completed April 2006
Coeur d'Alene Lake and River Subbasin	17010303	Approved by EPA July 2000 Temperature Addendum Submitted to EPA January 2012	Completed 2002	See TMDL Addendum and Update
Coeur d'Alene River, North Fork Subbasin	17010301	Approved by EPA 2002	Under development
Coeur d'Alene River, South Fork Subbasin	17010302	Approved by EPA February 2002	Under development
Cottonwood Creek Subbasin	17060305	Approved by EPA June 2000	Under development
Cow Creek Subbasin	17060305	Approved by EPA February 2006	Agriculture: Completed July 2008
Fall Creek Subbasin	17040104	Approved by EPA April 2004	Under development
Goose Creek Subbasin	17040211	Approved by EPA July 2004 Temperature Addendum Approved by EPA April 2012	Under development	Completed June 2010
Hangman Creek (Upper) Subbasin	17010306	Approved by EPA September 2007
Hatwai Creek Subbasin	17060306	Approved by EPA December 2010
Henrys Fork (Upper and Lower) Subbasin	17040202 17040203	SBA December 1998 Addendum approved by EPA August 2010	NA	Completed April 2010
Idaho Falls Subbasin	17040201	Approved by EPA November 2004	Under development
Jim Ford Creek Subbasin	17060306	Approved by EPA June 2000	Completed
Jordan Creek Subbasin	17050108	Partially Approved/Partially Disapproved by EPA April 2011
Kootenai and Moyie Rivers Subbasins	17010101 17010104 17010105	Approved by EPA January 2007
Lemhi River Subbasin	17060204	Approved by EPA March 2000 Open for Public Comment April 5-May 7, 2012	Completed September 2001
Lindsay Creek Subbasin	17060306	Approved by EPA June 2007
Little Lost River Subbasin	17040217	Approved by EPA September 2000	Completed February 2002
Little Salmon River Subbasin	17060210	Approved by EPA March 2006	Completed November 2008	Completed April 2012
Little Wood River Subbasin	17040221	Approved by EPA September 2005	Implementation Plan for Agriculture Completed March 2010
Lochsa River Subbasin	17060303	SBA only; EPA Approval Not Required Addendum Submitted to EPA May 2012	NA
Lolo Creek Tributaries Subbasin	17060306	Approved by EPA December 2011
Medicine Lodge Subbasin	17040215	Approved by EPA May 2003	Completed July 2002
Owyhee (Upper) Subbasin	17050104	Approved by EPA March 2003 Draft Temperature TMDLs Addendum: Open for Public Comment Period Closed May 11,2012	Agriculture Completed: Ocotober 2004	Completed June 2009
Owyhee River (North and Middle Forks) Subbasin	17050107	Approved by EPA February 2000 Draft Temperature TMDLs Addendum: Open for Public Comment Period Closed May 11,2012	Completed April 2001	Completed June 2009
Owyhee River (South Fork) Subbasin	17050105	Approved by EPA March 2000 Draft Temperature TMDLs Addendum: Open for Public Comment Period Closed May 11,2012	Under development
Pahsimeroi River Subbasin	17060202	Approved by EPA December 2001	Under development
Palisades Subbasin	17040104	Approved by EPA February 2001	Completed August 2002
Palouse River Tributaries Subbasin	17060108	Approved by EPA March 2005	Under development
Palouse River, South Fork Subbasin	17060108	Approved by EPA October 2007
Paradise Creek Subbasin	17060108	Approved by EPA February 1998	Completed December 1999
Payette River (Lower) Subbasin	17050122	Approved by EPA May 2000	Completed January 2003	Completed February 2009
Payette River, Middle Fork Subbasin	17050121	Approved by EPA July 2000 Temperature TMDL Approved by EPA December 2007	Completed August 2003	Completed February 2009
Payette River, North Fork Subbasin	17050122 17050123	Approved by EPA August 2005	Completed June 2007
Payette River, South Fork Subbasin	17050120	SBA July 2005	NA	Completed January 2011
Pend Oreille Lake (Nearshore Waters) Subbasin	17010214	Approved by EPA October 2002	Completed December 2004
Portneuf River Subbasin	17040208	Approved by EPA April 2001 Revision & Addendum Approved by EPA August 2010	Completed July 2003	See Revised TMDL
Potlatch River Subbasin	17060306	Approved by EPA February 2009	Agriculture: Completed June 2010
Priest River Subbasin	17010215	Approved by EPA March 2002 Addendum Approved by EPA June 2003	Under development
Raft River Subbasin	17040210	Approved by EPA July 2004 Temperature Addendum Approved by EPA April 2012	Agriculture: Completed July 2006	Completed September 2011
Salmon Falls Creek Subbasin	17040213	Approved by EPA February 2008
Salmon River (Lower) and Hells Canyon Subbasins	17060209 17060101	Approved by EPA February 2010
Salmon River (Middle) - Chamberlain Creek Subbasin	17060207	Approved by EPA January 2003	Under development
Salmon River (Middle) - Panther Creek Subbasin	17060203	Approved by EPA July 2001	Completed November 2002
Salmon River (Upper) Subbasin	17060201	Approved by EPA March 2003	Under development
Salmon River, Middle Fork Subbasin	17060205	Approved by EPA February 2009
Salmon River, South Fork Subbasin	17060208	Approved by EPA January 1992 Addendum Submitted to EPA March 2012	Under development	Completed March 2011
Selway River (Lower) Subbasin	17060302	SBA December 2000	NA
Snake River - Hells Canyon Subbasin	17060101 17050103 17050115 17050201	Approved by EPA September 2004	Completed July 2003
Snake River - King Hill-C.J. Strike Reservoir Subbasin	17050101	Approved by EPA June 2006	Agriculture: Completed November 2007 Dissolved Oxygen: Completed November 2007 Revised Dec. 2008
Snake River (Middle) - Succor Creek Subbasin	17050103	Approved by EPA January 2004 Approved by EPA December 2007	Completed July 2005	Completed September 2011
Snake River (Middle) - Upper Snake Rock Subbasin	17040212	Approved by EPA August 2000 City of Twin Falls TSS Revision Submitted to EPA January 2011 Upper Snake River/Rock Creek Subbasin Temperature TMDL Addendum Open for Public Comment: May 11 - June 11, 2012	Completed June 2001	Completed April 2010
Snake River (Middle) Subbasin	17040212	Approved by EPA September 2005	Under development
Spokane River (Upper) Subbasin	17010305	Approved by EPA January 2001 Fish Creek Watershed Assessment and TMDLs Approved by EPA June 2008	Underdevelopment
St. Joe River Subbasin	17010304	Approved by EPA August 2003 Temperature TMDL Addendum Approved by EPA December 2011	Under development	Completed September 2011
Tammany Creek Subbasin	17060103	Approved by EPA February 2002 Addendum approved by EPA December 2010	Under development
Teton River Subbasin	17040204	Approved by EPA February 2003 and September 2003	Under development
Walcott Lake Subbasin	17040209	Approved by EPA June 2000 Fall and Rueger Springs Creeks Aquaculture Addendum TMDLs Approved by EPA March 2007	Completed December 2001	Completed May 2012
Weiser River Subbasin	17050124	Approved by EPA January 2007 (Original TMDL) Temperature Addendum Approved by EPA January 2007	Agriculture: Completed December 2008
Wildhorse River Subbasin	17050201	Approved by EPA October 2007	Agriculture: Completed March 2010 Forestry: Completed February 2010
Willow Creek Subbasin	17040205	Approved by EPA June 2004	Agriculture Implementation Plan Completed January 2011
Winchester Lake - Lapwai Creek (Upper) Subbasin	17060306	Approved by EPA March 1999	Completed

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