Jordan Creek is located in the City and Borough of Juneau (CBJ), at the northern end of the Southeast Alaska panhandle. The state of Alaska included Jordan Creek on its 1998 303(d) list as water quality limited by sediment, dissolved oxygen (DO), and residue (debris) and identified roads, recreation, urban development, and stormwater runoff as pollutant sources. Jordan Creek remains on the 2003 303(d) list for non-attainment of the applicable standards for those pollutants. A Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) is established in this document to meet the requirements of Section 303(d)(1)(C) of the Clean Water Act and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) implementing regulations (40 CFR Part 130), which require the establishment of a TMDL for the achievement of water quality standards when a waterbody is water quality limited. A TMDL is composed of the sum of individual waste load allocations (WLAs) for point sources and load allocations (LAs) for nonpoint sources and natural background loads. In addition, the TMDL must include a margin of safety (MOS), either implicitly or explicitly, that accounts for the uncertainty in the relationship between pollutant loads and the quality of the receiving waterbody. A TMDL represents the amount of a pollutant the waterbody can assimilate while maintaining compliance with applicable water quality standards. This document addresses only the debris impairment to the creek; a separate TMDL has been developed to address the dissolved oxygen and sediment impairments. It is important to note that the term debris used in this document refers only to human-caused residues, and should not be confused with naturally occurring woody debris. The major source of debris in the watershed is littering and improperly stored garbage near the creek. The debris typically consists of plastics, wood scraps, metal, household garbage, and paper. The debris enters the Jordan Creek watercourse directly from littering or indirectly from stormwater runoff, snowmelt, wind, and wildlife (bears).