United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Office of Water
Regulations and Standards
Washington, DC 20460
EPA 440/M8-035
September 1988
Water
State Water Quality
Standards Summary:
American Samoa
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AMERICAN SAMOA
Responsible Agency:
Aierican Samoa Environmental Protection Agency
Office of the Governor
Pago Pago
684-633-2304
96799
State Contact:
Nr. Pati Faiai
Director
American Saioa Environmental Protection
Agency
Office of Governor
Pago Pago 96799 684-633-2304
State Contact:
Standards Available From:
Hr. Pati Faiai, Director
Aierican Saioa Environmental Protection
Agency
Office of Bovernor
Pago Pago 9^799
684-633-2304 Fee: no Mailing List: no
State Narrative Language For: An ^degradation
State Narrative Language For: Toxics
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f\? fratiVe Lan9"age Por: Free From
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activities of Ban that -ill produce color, odor, or taste, either of itself or in combinations, or in the
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D, They shall be free from substances and conditions or combinations thereof attributable to seuge, indus-
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.rial wastes, or other activities of ian which tay be toxic to huians, other anitals, plants, and aquatic life.
State Narrative Language For: Mixing Zones
A zone of fixing can only be granted by the Environmental Quality Cottission if the application and the supp-
orting infonation clearly shoiis that all of the following conditions have been let:
1. The beginning or. continuation of the function or operation involved in a discharge by the granting of the
zone of fixing is in the public interest; and '
2. The proposed discharge does not substantially endanger huian health or safety; and
3. Cospliance with the existing water quality standards at the point of discharge would produce serious
econoaic hardships without equal or greater benefit to the public; and
4. Alterations generated by a proposed discharge do not disrupt the larine ecology of the receiving waters
outside the zone of fixing; and
5. A zone of fixing shall not be granted for fresh surface waters, Pala Lagoon, Fagatele Bay, that portion
of Pago Pago Harbor described in section IV.B.3.C., or in those waters in Manu'-a described in section IV.C.5.
Those water quality paraieters which are subject to zones of fixing are chlorophyll a, light penetration
depth, nutrients, pH, tetperature, turbidity, and fecal colifort. Furtherfore, those water quality parateters
which are subject to zones of fixing «ust confort to alternative within-zone litits detertined by the EBC.
The zone of fixing is defined in section V.B.f.g. Deterfination of effluent litits for toxic substances fust
cofply with section VI.A.8,9; and
6. The proposed discharges shall be substantially free frot visible floating taterials, grease, oil, scuf,
foaf and other floating Batter attributable to sewage, industrial wastes, or other activities; and
7. The proposed discharge will not result in a lowering of water quality outside the zone of fixing so as to
violate the standards of Section VI as they fay be applicable.
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Classifications
Potable Hater Supply
Support i Propaga.
of Aquatic Life
4 Wildlife
Aesthetic Enjoyient
Coipatible Recreat.
In & On Hater e.g.
Fishing 4 Swilling
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Physical
pH
Upper Value
Loner Value
Dissolved Oxygen
Loner Value
Tetperature
Upper Value
Teiperature Change
Upper Value
Turbidity
Upper Value
All
Classes
"
8.0
6.5
6.0
85
1.5
12
g/L
F
F
NTU
Potable Water S.. Support t Propa.. Aesthetic Enjoy.
Nutrients
Total Nitrogen
Upper Value
Phosphorus
Upper Value
Toxic Metals
Pesticides
Qrganics
Bacteria
Fecal Colifon
Upper Value
Nar'r.
150 ug P/L
Narr.
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Compatible Recr..
Physical
Nutrients
Toxic Hetils
Pesticides
Organics
Bacteria
AS-5
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